[FreeNX-kNX] FUSE / SSHFS

[Denis Cardon]

Hi everybody,

> > > Just discovered and tried out sshfs.
> > >
> > > http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html
> > 
> > Log into your freenx server and point konq back at your client with ...
> >     fish://username@client.ip.address/
> > 
> > If your client gets a dynamic IP that you don't know you can grab it from 
> > "nxserver --list" on the freenx server.  If we could just tunnel over the 
> > existing ssh connection it would be better 
> 
> That's exactly what "nxfish" will be doing  :-)
> 
> >
> The syntax will be a simple "nxfish:/" and it will auto-connect to a 
> securely shared NX client-side directory named "NX-Share". 
> 
> On the NX client side, just put anything you want to share with the remote
> session into that directory, including symlinks.
> 
> On the NX server side, "nxfish:/" in Konqueror (or in the FileOpen and the
> SaveAs dialogs) will give you access to that directory.

Fuse works really well. It is composed of both a kernel module (that can
be compiled for pre-2.6.14 kernels, and user space tools. It avoids the
mount hell, which is a big step for humanity.

Kde kioslaves or gnome vfs are interesting technologies, but they only
solve the problems for applications that are compiled using that
specific technology (which amounts to just a few applications). 

Fuse and ssh allow any applications to access a remote ssh share as long
as that application is able to access the local filesystem.

It is really very stable, it is NOT an immature technology and I think
it really should be consired as an option for local file access under
freenx. It will make much more sense than other virtual file system
technologies (and much more sense that the smb access). 

Please Kurt, give it a try, it just a matter a few seconds of
compilation and you'll enjoy a new world of file sharing over a
network. :-)

Cheers,

Denis

note : the fuse smb client is also awesome


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