This article will describe installing curlftpfs for FTP client.
Table of Contents
1 Install curlftpfs
Install curlftpfs package.
> sudo zypper -n in curlftpfs
2 Mount FTP with curlftpfs
Mount FTP with curlftpfs to mnt directory.
> FTP_SERVER=$(hostname)-ftp-server.hiroom2.com
> FTP_USERNAME=guest
> FTP_PASSWORD=guest
> mkdir mnt
> curlftpfs -o user=${FTP_USERNAME} "${FTP_SERVER}" mnt
Enter host password for user '${FTP_USERNME}':
You can set password with user=<username>:<password>.
> curlftpfs -o user=${FTP_USERNAME}:${FTP_PASSWORD} "${FTP_SERVER}" mnt
The password in ~/.netrc will be used with user=<username>:.
> cat <<EOF > ~/.netrc
machine ${FTP_SERVER}
login ${FTP_USERNAME}
password ${FTP_PASSWORD}
EOF
> chmod 600 ~/.netrc
> curlftpfs -o user=${FTP_USERNAME}: "${FTP_SERVER}" mnt
If not specifying user, you will connect as anonymous user.
> curlftpfs "${FTP_SERVER}" mnt
The allow_other allows access from other user. The allow_root allows access from root user. If not specifying allow_other and allow_root, mount point can be accessed by only user which runs mount.
> curlftpfs -o user=${FTP_USERNAME},allow_other "${FTP_SERVER}" mnt
3 Mount FTP on boot
Add mount entry to /etc/fstab. For avoiding mounting FTP before network initialization, you need to add _netdev option. For making x-systemd.automount to mount FTP, you need to add x-systemd.automount to option.
> OPT=_netdev,x-systemd.automount,allow_other
> cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
curlftpfs#${FTP_USERNAME}:${FTP_PASSWORD}@${FTP_SERVER} \
/mnt fuse ${OPT} 0 0
EOF
Creating .netrc in /root can omit password.
> cat <<EOF | sudo tee /root/.netrc
machine ${FTP_SERVER}
login ${FTP_USERNAME}
password ${FTP_PASSWORD}
EOF
> sudo chmod 600 /root/.netrc
> OPT=_netdev,x-systemd.automount,allow_other
> cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
curlftpfs#${FTP_USERNAME}:@${FTP_SERVER} /mnt fuse ${OPT} 0 0
EOF