FUSE FS
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Overview
Fusefs is a userspace filesystem which was ported over from Linux and made its first appearance on FreeBSD 6.
FUSE makes it possible to implement a filesystem in a userspace program.
Features include: simple yet comprehensive API, secure mounting by non-root users, support for RELENG_6 and HEAD FreeBSD kernels, multi-threaded operation.
I use fusefs over a secure SSH connection to access disks across the network. It is completely transparent to applications and provides a very intuitive way to work with remote files including play music files (which is what I use it for) provided you have decent bandwidth.
Installation & Configuration
- FreeBSD 6/7
- Ports fully updated
$ sudo portinstall sysutils/fusefs-sshfs $ sshfs remote.host.com: # .ssh/config has my local cfg $ sshfs remote.host.com:/home/mp3 # thats where my music is $ sudo mount_fusefs /dev/fuse0 /mnt/fuse $ sudo mount_fusefs /dev/fuse1 /home/mp3 $ cd /mnt/fusefs
Notes
- UIDs are same for me on both the systems to prevent permission problems
- /dev/fuseN gets incremented with each run of sshfs, be sure to refer to the correct fuse device when mounting them. (ls -l /dev/fuse* helps)
