-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ken jones wrote:
Would somebody please explain to me what exactly FUSE does?
I succeeded in using fusexmp to mount my root directory into /tmp/fuse2.5.3/example. I also succeeded in unmounting with fusermount -u. I do not understand why I should want to.
This all started when I upgraded the kernel and the type ntfs file system on the other half of my dual mounted system refused to "mount". I got distracted into FUSE then remembered to install the matching kernel-module-ntfs below.
Now I am again successfully using 'smbmount' to mount ntfs file types. I am running Fedora 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 with kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-2.1.27-0.rr.10.4.i686.rpm
What good is FUSE to me? I've Googled till the cows come home, but I do not understand the responses.
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Well, let me take a crack at this one. FUSE = FileSystems in user space (you knew that....) An example: I use sshfs (http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html) to mount a file system which I can access via ssh but cannot mount it via NFS (because the file system is behind a firewall). I can mount it as a mere user (not root). Traditionally, all file system mounts had to be done as root (relaxed later for removeable media such as floppies, CD/DVD, USB memory, etc). In the case of NTFS, I'm not sure I see an advantage either way. Perhaps FUSE is just another way to access data stored on an NTFS partition. I'm not certain, but I think the "big deal" about FUSE is that the user can do it without requiring root. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE3prPHl0iXDssISsRAvcsAJ9dinyw3LK+2dTu9P4rw/uSr5pZjwCfUeiM wKhz03ccqcKLbUzOwW6DkIY= =W8vK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----