Mount FTP share locally in Linux using ftpfs
To mount a remote FTP account to locally on Linux system-
1)Install required Packages
2)Mounting system with remote details
3)Testing
1) - Install fuse-curlftpfs package on you Linux system.
2)- After package installation need to create a mount point(directory) and mount ftp server data using curlftpfs command, to do this you must have ftp details.
Consider below details.
ftp User: altmish
ftp Password: tech2smooth
ftp Host:- ftp.tech2smooth.in
Mount Directory:- /usr/ftp_data
Create the mount point and mount ftp account data.
[root@localhost /]#mkdir /usr/ftp_data
[root@localhost /]#curlftpfs -o altmish:tech2smooth@ftp.tech2smooth.in /usr/ftp_data
Note: Above mounted data will be accessible only for the user who mounted the system. To make it public-ally accessible use below.
[root@localhost /]#curlftpfs -o allow_other altmish:tech2smooth@ftp.tech2smooth.in /usr/ftp_data