brentoy wrote: > 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.
Ok. Although it really sounded to me more like he wanted a way to map an FTP server's contents directly onto a directory in his filesystem. ... which as I was musing might make for a nifty VFS plug-in project. > 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? Uh... if you read my last message carefully, I already said this: "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" ... which was to confirm what you said in your first message. So why are you asking me if I agree with you or not? :-D -- 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
