Bug 129010

Summary:	[feature-request] Please add ability to mount FTP shares
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Alexey Eremenko <al4321>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	Dr. Werner Fink <werner>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	unspecified
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Hardware:	All
OS:	SuSE Linux 10.0
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Description Alexey Eremenko 2005-10-18 13:45:03 UTC

Currently in order to work with FTP, I need a special program such as KBear, or
command-line ftp client.

I think it would be good to "integrate" FTP with the rest of the OS.
KDE team already did this by integrating FTP functionality into Konqueror, but I
ask you to integrate FTP further with the OS by making it possible to mount FTP
directories like: "mount -t ftp -o ro ftp://ftp.myserver.com/myfolder /mnt/ftp"

Comment 1 Dr. Werner Fink 2005-10-18 14:13:48 UTC

ftp is not a file system even if konqueror shows it like this.

Comment 2 Alexey Eremenko 2005-10-18 14:30:45 UTC

Not a filesystem?
OK, FTP is a protocol. *BUT* FTP has a characteristics of a filesystem, inluding:

- hierarchy (directories)
- files (case sensitive)
- UNIX permissions

FTP is no less filesystem than SMB. If it's possible to mount Windows shares this way, FTP should be mountable as well.

Comment 3 Dr. Werner Fink 2005-10-18 14:35:12 UTC

Just an idea: write this file system and not only you will use it.