Comments on: A frontend for configuring FUSE filesystems http://lazesharp.net/2007/06/19/frontend-for-configuring-fuse-filesystems/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:47:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: dimitri http://lazesharp.net/2007/06/19/frontend-for-configuring-fuse-filesystems/#comment-6 dimitri Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:09:54 +0000 http://lazesharp.net/index.php/2007/06/19/a-frontend-for-fuse-based-filesystem-configuration/#comment-6 Hi, I was thinking about working on a similar tool -> what is your status on this and is there chance of cooperation? For instance, I could help you with the GTK front-end, or anything else. Please reply by mail Dimitri Hi, I was thinking about working on a similar tool -> what is your status on this and is there chance of cooperation? For instance, I could help you with the GTK front-end, or anything else. Please reply by mail

Dimitri

]]> By: Alex Forrow http://lazesharp.net/2007/06/19/frontend-for-configuring-fuse-filesystems/#comment-2 Alex Forrow Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:06:30 +0000 http://lazesharp.net/index.php/2007/06/19/a-frontend-for-fuse-based-filesystem-configuration/#comment-2 Sounds pretty dam good. It'll be good to have a good UI to get no-hassle filesystem access to remote hosts on a per-user basis. NFS is good(-ish) but is not much use if you don't have root (not to mention its routing complexities, and oh yeah, total lack of security). Few things to add though: You say it should connect on start-up, but sometimes wouldn't it be better to connect as the user logs in? If a system had loads of users (on NIS or similar) it would be crazy to mount them all even when they may not be used. Also, on a laptop network connections may not be available until the user has logged in and connected to wireless. Maybe there could be an option for this? Also, the use of authorized_keys is good, but that would allow any form of ssh use on the remote host with no authentication (which may or may not be acceptable). Would the gnome-keyring be useful here to store passwords? Lastly, I think there's a typo where you mean fusetab instead of fstab :p Good work with that, look forward to seeing something. Alex Sounds pretty dam good. It’ll be good to have a good UI to get no-hassle filesystem access to remote hosts on a per-user basis. NFS is good(-ish) but is not much use if you don’t have root (not to mention its routing complexities, and oh yeah, total lack of security). Few things to add though:

You say it should connect on start-up, but sometimes wouldn’t it be better to connect as the user logs in? If a system had loads of users (on NIS or similar) it would be crazy to mount them all even when they may not be used. Also, on a laptop network connections may not be available until the user has logged in and connected to wireless. Maybe there could be an option for this?

Also, the use of authorized_keys is good, but that would allow any form of ssh use on the remote host with no authentication (which may or may not be acceptable). Would the gnome-keyring be useful here to store passwords?

Lastly, I think there’s a typo where you mean fusetab instead of fstab :p

Good work with that, look forward to seeing something.

Alex

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