How to mount ftp folder to local directory

[sam1948]

(worked on ubuntu 8.10 but it is very basic and should always work)
install curlftpfs (type in the terminal)

sudo aptitude install curlftpfs

edit fstab

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

add the curlftpfs line with your local directory and ftp user and password

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=671919f3-1114-43f1-9fd4-d5b5d4f55969 /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=88dd186f-bb66-4b52-834a-f2b8ede16451 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
/dev/disk/by-label/DataDisk   /media/DataDisk  ntfs-3g   rw,user,sgid,suid,exec,auto,utf8  0   1
/dev/disk/by-label/XP   /media/XP  ntfs-3g   rw,user,suid,sgid,exec,auto,utf8  0   1
curlftpfs#ftpUsername:ftpPassword@ftp://ftpUrl /localDirectory fuse rw,uid=1000,umask=0777,user,suid,allow_other,exec,auto,utf8  0   1

this is how my fstab is looks like. please search for fstab for further explanation

now runing

mount -a

will mount the ftp
but !!!
it will not happen on start up because the default order of boot
is that first drives are mounted and only then the network is up
then we will do the following thing

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

add this just before the "exit 0" line

mount -a

I know it will remount drives that are already mounted but it does no harm and it is way simpler then changing order of boot
have fun

[zzzuppermen]

Thanks! Worked like a charm.

One note:

In /etc/fstab use

curlftpfs#ftpUsername:ftpPassword@ftpUrl /localDirectory fuse rw,uid=1000,umask=0777,user,suid,allow_other,exec,auto,utf8  0   1

without the "ftp://"

[fcorreia]

Hi,

You should use the _netdev option instead:

curlftpfs#ftp.server.com /home/jhon/mydir fuse rw,allow_other,auto,user,_netdev 0 0

[sam1948]

thnx to u2

[Lockheed]

I am having issues with this setup. Here's my fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#  -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config -- 
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda6 :
UUID=087b9e3b-a65c-4890-9b0e-de019b0fff18 / ext4 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1,noatime,nodiratime
#/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,auto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/c ntfs-3g defaults,locale=pl_PL.utf8 0 0
UUID=b0d53a94-e988-4860-ab15-95e75be2d71b /media/d ext4 defaults 0 2
UUID=24e59dc5-cd67-4717-94ed-c3ff28b6ab26 none swap defaults 0 0
curlftpfs#xxxx:yyyy@zzzz.co.uk /media/d/wwws/zzzz_online fuse rw,allow_other,auto,user,_netdev 0 0

and here's what's happening when I am trying to mount -a:

~$ mount -a
[mntent]: line 9 in /etc/fstab is bad
fusermount: option allow_other only allowed if 'user_allow_other' is set in /etc/fuse.conf

EDIT:
Solved it by uncommenting user_allow_other in /etc/fuse.conf

[jazzik]

delicious! thank you!

[JJRabbit]

At: http://www.compdigitec.com/labs/2008...u-as-a-folder/

It is suggested to add this line

sudo curlftpfs -o umask=0777,uid=1000,gid=1000,allow_other ftp://username:password@your.ftpserver.here /media/ftpmountedhere

to rc.local, so that not all drives have to be remounted.

[|2eason]

curlftpfs seems buggy as hell to me. It constantly crashes when trying to delete, and it fails to copy files frequently.

Are there any alternatives?

[|2eason]

I ended up running curlftpfs in debug mode. What a mess. It constantly spams the server with LOOKUP and getattr requests. I'm surprised I haven't had my account locked.

The reason that is fails to create new files looks to be that, in the process of spamming the server with pointless requests, it requests the attributes of a file that has only just been touched.

LOOKUP /New Empty File
getattr /New Empty File
unique: 1459, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16

Who wrote this junk software?

[Hulkiedulkie]

curlftpfs is giving me i/o errors too, other clients work fine.