Endorsement of a wonderful tool: SSHFS

[Brian Fahrlander]

Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op zondag 24-05-2009 om 19:20 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Brian
> Fahrlander:
>   
>> Jan Claeys wrote:
>>     
>>> Op dinsdag 19-05-2009 om 11:23 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Brian
>>> Fahrlander:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>     GNOME has the "connect to server" thing, too; but this makes the 
>>>> filesystem completely transparent so you can point things like 
>>>> Rythmnbox/Xine/Totem at the files and everything works without a
>>>> hitch.  
>>>> Under the built-in methods most everything but Nautilus complains "not
>>>> a real file system" or somesuch.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> If you install gvfs-fuse, you can use every gvfs "mount" with every
>>> program (the mount points are in ~/.gvfs/ )
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Hmm. I already have a .gvfs filesystem; that's the one Rhytmnbox 
>> won't touch. I'm not sure what you mean...are there more parts to the 
>> device we're talking about?  I'm just using it out-of-the-box, as it were...
>>     
>
> I don't understand exactly what you mean, but AFAIK Rhythmbox uses gvfs
> and not the fuse-mount by default...
>
> The fuse-mount is useful when non-Gtk apps need to access a filesystem
> that was gvfs-mounted through (for example) nautilus
    I suppose Nautilus is built to work with gvfs; RB wouldn't cope. But 
SSHFS permits me *from*anywhere*on*the*net to ssh into my server and 
play my music.  It's a beautiful thing.  I can also watch video, but 
it's more likely to drag, given the compression and all that.

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 Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad
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