Bug 129010 - [feature-request] Please add ability to mount FTP shares
Summary: [feature-request] Please add ability to mount FTP shares
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All SuSE Linux 10.0
: P5 - None : Enhancement (vote)
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Assignee: Dr. Werner Fink
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Reported: 2005-10-18 13:45 UTC by Alexey Eremenko
Modified: 2005-10-18 14:35 UTC (History)
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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.