On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 11:16 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > For the first time I noticed that there is a file system on my disk > > called gvfs-fuse-daemon. It seems to exist concurrently with > > my /dev/sda3 partition in the same disk space. What is this and what is > > its significance? > > > I am not sure, but judging by the name, it sounds like the Gnome > Virtual File System daemon using fuse for mounting. One use for me > is an encrypted directory - it mounts a file in my home directory on > a mount point in my home directory. As long as I provide the proper > pass phrase, it gets mounted, with encryption/decryption handled for me. > > I am not sure, but it might also be used for opening up things like > zip files, tar archives, etc. It may also handle mounting > Windows/Samba shares for the user, instead of system mounts. > > This should give you enough to look into it deeper if you are > interested. > Ok, I don't want to make this too much of a mystery. This I know. It is the latest replacement for the GNOME-VFS system. It indeed uses fuse for mouunting. But beyond this I get a bunch of gobbilty gook. There are commands like gvfs-mkdir and gvfs-mount but I can't get a handle on how to use them. But I will keep looking. For example, how do you mount a file in your home directory using the gvfs-fuse daemon? -- ======================================================================= To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. -- Bertrand Russell ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
