wok-6.x diff afuse/description.txt @ rev 25425
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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Thu Aug 18 16:31:57 2022 +0100 (2022-08-18) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/afuse/description.txt Thu Aug 18 16:31:57 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ 1.4 +Afuse is an automounting file system implemented in user-space using FUSE. 1.5 +Afuse currently implements the most basic functionality that can be expected by 1.6 +an automounter; that is it manages a directory of virtual directories. If one 1.7 +of these virtual directories is accessed and is not already automounted, afuse 1.8 +will attempt to mount a filesystem onto that directory. If the mount succeeds 1.9 +the requested access proceeds as normal, otherwise it will fail with an error. 1.10 + 1.11 +The advantage of using afuse over traditional automounters is afuse runs 1.12 +entirely in user-space by individual users. Thus it can take advantage of the 1.13 +invoking users environment, for example allowing access to an ssh-agent for 1.14 +password-less sshfs mounts, or allowing access to a graphical environment to 1.15 +get user input to complete a mount such as asking for a password.