[100547] in RedHat Linux List
Re: ftp mounting??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Messmer)
Sat Nov 21 19:06:11 1998
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:03:16 -0800
From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com>
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James Michael Keller wrote:
[snip]
> What I want to know is there a way to map an ftp connection so it shows
> up as local file system?
>
> Basicaly have it set so instead of having to use an ftp client, I can
> have whatever program consult a config file, make the ftp connection,
> and mount the remote file system to /mnt so normal file commands can
> work. Something like SAMBA for netbios connections.
>
My first question is: why not use samba? You can mount samba shares
from Windows machines, or other machines running SAMBA.
If you want to use FTP as a local filesystem, KFM from KDE isn't too
bad. (As I see it, the one useful program in KDE) It doesn't mount
the remote dir in the filesystem, but file operations are exactly the
same as local filesystems.
MSG
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