Mounting an FTP space ?

Kevin Kinsey kdk at daleco.biz
Thu Mar 1 16:46:58 UTC 2007


John Nielsen wrote:
> On Thursday 01 March 2007 01:37, Never you mind wrote:
>> On my Mac from the Finder I can select "Connect to server", give it the
>> details of an ftp location and it will connect and display the ftp
>> space as a drive on the desktop.
>>
>> Can I obtain the same sort of functionality using freeBSD and xfce
>> desktop manager?
> 
> I haven't used it, but the sysutils/fusefs-curlftpfs should allow you to mount 
> an ftp location as a virtual filesystem. The desktop icon thing you'll have 
> to work out on your own, but it shouldn't be too difficult (a shortcut to 
> your chosen mountpoint should suffice).
> 

And I'll have to apologize for the noise of my last, as John seems to 
have caught what you were Really Asking(tm).

Kevin Kinsey

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