Abstract
FUSE is the acronym for file system in userspace.
This means you can configure and mount a file system as an unprivileged
user. Normally, you have to be
root
for this task. FUSE alone
is a kernel module. Combined with plug-ins, it allows you to extend FUSE
to access almost all file systems like remote SSH connections, ISO
images, and more.
Before you can use FUSE, you have to install the package
fuse
. Depending which file
system you want to use, you need additional plug-ins available as
separate packages. FUSE
plugins are not shipped with SUSE Linux Enterprise.
Generally you do not have to configure FUSE, you just use it. However, it
is a good idea to create a directory where all your mountpoints are
combined. For example, you can create a directory
~/mounts
and insert your subdirectories for your
different file systems there.
FUSE is dependent on plug-ins. The following table lists common plug-ins. FUSE plugins are not shipped with SUSE Linux Enterprise.
Table 13.1. Available FUSE Plug-ins¶
|
mounts CD-ROM images with ISO9660 file systems in them |
|
mount NTFS volumes (with read and write support) |
|
file system client based on SSH file transfer protocol |
|
mount WebDAV file systems |
See the homepage http://fuse.sourceforge.net of FUSE for more information.