CurlFtpFS
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Installation
Install the curlftpfs package.
If needed, make sure that fuse has been started.
# modprobe fuse
Mount FTP folder as root
Create the mount point and then mount the FTP folder.
# mkdir /mnt/ftp # curlftpfs ftp.yourserver.com /mnt/ftp/ -o user=username:password
If you want to give other (regular) users access right, use the allow_other
option:
# curlftpfs ftp.yourserver.com /mnt/ftp/ -o user=username:password,allow_other
Do not add space after the comma or the allow_other
argument will not be recognized.
To use FTP in active mode add the option 'ftp_port=-':
# curlftpfs ftp.yourserver.com /mnt/ftp/ -o user=username:password,allow_other,ftp_port=-
You can add this line to /etc/fstab to mount automatically.
curlftpfs#USER:PASSWORD@ftp.domain.org /mnt/mydomainorg fuse auto,user,uid=1000,allow_other,_netdev 0 0
To prevent the password to be shown in the process list, create a .netrc
file in the home directory of the user running curlftpfs and chmod 600
with the following content:
machine ftp.yourserver.com login username password mypassword
Mount FTP folder as normal user
You can also mount as normal user (always use the .netrc
file for the credentials and ssl encryption!):
$ mkdir ~/my-server $ curlftpfs -o ssl,utf8 ftp://my-server.tld/ ~/my-server
if the answer is
Error connecting to ftp: QUOT command failed with 500
then the server does not support the utf8
option. Leave it out and all will be fine.
To unmount:
$ fusermount -u ~/my-server