How can I mount Mac shares on Arch?

Shofs · 2005-08-26 20:56:01

I am tired of ftp-ing files all the time to and from the physics dept. here at school. I want to mount my share here at home so I can work with files and data without the hassle of getting and putting files on the ftp server all the time.

I don't think there really is a good solution to this. NetATalk is a server app and its client app is no longer in development. The main campus firewall blocks samba, possibly NFS too.

cactus · 2005-08-26 21:42:05

there was some talk about an ssh sftp share mount program not too long ago. I don't know what the forum topic was...maybe someone else remembers...

It was a kernel module, that when loaded, allowed you to mount a remote ssh/sftp share, just like an nfs or samba share on your local network..

it provided nearly seamless, if a bit slower, shares over longer distances.

kinduv cool.

tomk · 2005-08-27 00:07:51

It's more than talk - it's shfs, and you can get it in the AUR here - read the comments first.

Snowman · 2005-08-27 01:28:57

tomk gave a wrong link.
It's actually here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=1&ID=698

tomk · 2005-08-27 08:56:12

Thanks Snowman - sorry about that folks.

Shofs · 2005-08-28 02:46:04

Thanks, so far so good except that I cant mount my share as a non-root user. The docs on the shfs site say this:

Is it possible to allow ordinary users to mount shfs shares?
Yes, though it is not enabled by default. Just set suid (chmod u+s) attribute on /usr/bin/shfsmount and /usr/bin/shfsumount.

but it still isn't working.

shfsmount: /mnt/shfs/my_dir: Operation not permitted

sh__ · 2005-08-28 20:05:07

Quoting the manpage:

User must be owner (or member of group) of mount_point and must have write access for that directory.

So, changing the ownership of /mnt/shfs/my_dir could be an idea.

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#1 2005-08-26 20:56:01

How can I mount Mac shares on Arch?

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Re: How can I mount Mac shares on Arch?

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Re: How can I mount Mac shares on Arch?

#4 2005-08-27 01:28:57

Re: How can I mount Mac shares on Arch?

#5 2005-08-27 08:56:12

Re: How can I mount Mac shares on Arch?

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