andy, i understand clearly that ftp & nfs are clearly different but what i understood of bryan's problem was he wanted to access files on a box that he FTPs to,as a local mount. i also assume that he didnt want to start ftp (or scp or sftp over ssh whatever the case may be) each time he wants to transfer a file. now what he can try to do is export a certain directory(from the box he usually FTPs to) onto the client pc he works on,which can be done thru NFS,agree?
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 04:47:26 +0800, Andy Sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bryan <paradox2004x at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Yup I meant I want to I access a box/server that I FTP > > to as a local mount.... but not only via konqueor. > > > > can this be configured. :) > > brentoy at gmail.com wrote: > > > yes,it can be.u might wanna read up on configuring nfs (network file > > system).i figure itll answer pretty much of ur needs. google for nfs > > or visit tldp.org for documentation/howtos (nfs & others) :) > > > Huh? NFS and FTP are two different things. > > I believe what Bryan is asking is if it is possible to mount > an ftp:// url address onto the filesystem. The short answer > is no, you can't. Do a 'man mount' and look at the supported > file systems, nfs is supported but not ftp. > > You can't arbitrarily mount an ftp:// url onto your > filesystem but Bryan can opt to run an NFS server (or > Samba) on the host that he wants to access remotely > to get the files there to mount and appear as 'local' > directories, but using Samba or NFS has nothing to do > with FTP. > > > Still, this led me to an interesting idea: how feasible > would it be to write a VFS plug-in that would enable ftp > mounts? This could be pretty cool... > > Microsoft's CIFS (what they are evolving SMB towards) is > about providng similar functionality (enabling filesystem > mounts across the Internet). > > > > > -- > reply-to: a n d y @ n e o t i t a n s . c o m > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Robert Brent P. Lipke, RHCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user #314306 http://counter.li.org gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 49A711F1 -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
