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diff --git a/sysutils/fusefs-afuse/pkg-descr b/sysutils/fusefs-afuse/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c66582b84981 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/fusefs-afuse/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Afuse is an automounting file system implemented in user-space using +FUSE. Afuse currently implements the most basic functionality that can +be expected by an automounter; that is it manages a directory of virtual +directories. If one of these virtual directories is accessed and is not +already automounted, afuse will attempt to mount a filesystem onto that +directory. If the mount succeeds the requested access proceeds as normal, +otherwise it will fail with an error. + +The advantage of using afuse over traditional automounters is that afuse +is designed to run entirely in user-space by individual users. This way an +automounting action can take advantage of the invoking users environment, +for example allowing access to an ssh-agent for password-less sshfs +mounts, or allowing access to a graphical environment to get user input +to complete a mount (i.e. popping up a window asking for a password). + +WWW: http://afuse.sourceforge.net/ |