Re: LUG: Symbolic link for AFS directory - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:21:49 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Symbolic link for AFS directory

From : asarkar3@ncsu.[redacted]

Date : Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:21:49 -0500

Yes that seems to be the easiest way. Symbolic links dont work for
ssh/sftp connections.thanks!

> I'd try using sshfs. "apt-get install sshfs". (This uses FUSE - Filesystem
> in Userspace, with modules written to interconnect SSH and filesystem
> creation in userspace, which is way way cool.)
>
> Create the 'AFShome' directory (as your mountpoint).
>
> Then:
>
> $ sshfs jpgoel@remote-linux.eos.ncsu.[redacted]:/ncsu/jpgoel AFShome
>
> I think you can edit /etc/fstab to do this on boot. Of course you could
> alias the above command, eg "mountafs"
>
> Best,
>
> Jay
>
> PS. It didn't occur to me to do this for the past 4 years until you asked
> the question. Thanks!
>
>
> On Fri, March 12, 2010 9:17 pm, asarkar3@ncsu.[redacted] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How can I create a symbolic link for my AFS home directory on Ubuntu. I
>> tried:
>> ln -s
>> sftp://asarkar3@grendel.ece.ncsu.[redacted]/afs/unity.ncsu.edu/users/a/asarkar3/
>> AFShome
>>
>> but it says the path could not be found. However when I do a 'Connect to
>> Server' I am able to connect using the same path.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Anirban
>>
>
>