Is it possible to mount a FTP server like a hard disk?

[pMay]

Is it possible to mount a FTP server like a hard disk?
Linux can do that - but I am not sure if Mac OS can do that.

[atari1356]

I haven't tried it, but it is possible to mount FTP servers with "macfuse":

http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/

[atari1356]

... and here's something else I found that may help... a GUI app that someone created to control MacFuse:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/05/09/macfusion-brings-a-gui-interface-to-macfuse

EDIT: in fact, that GUI app makes it incredibly easy. Just install MacFuse from Google, then install MacFusion. Then you'll see a new menubar item at the top of your screen... select it, and choose "Quick Mount > FTP". Enter the host info, and you're done.

[kzg]

Not sure if this is what you want or not, but here it goes. Open a finder window then open the Go menu item. Then click on connect to server. Then type in your address. Make sure its in the format: ftp://something.com . It should then mount it as a drive and even appear on your desktop.


oh it should show up mounted in the Volumes under the name of the server. So if you went into the terminal and checked out the directory "/Volumes" you would see it mounted as "something.com"

[kostia]

Not sure if this is what you want or not, but here it goes. Open a finder window then open the Go menu item. Then click on connect to server. Then type in your address. Make sure its in the format: ftp://something.com . It should then mount it as a drive and even appear on your desktop.

Holy crap. This is awesome.

Thank you!

[crabpot8]

Not sure if this is what you want or not, but here it goes. Open a finder window then open the Go menu item. Then click on connect to server. Then type in your address. Make sure its in the format: ftp://something.com . It should then mount it as a drive and even appear on your desktop.


oh it should show up mounted in the Volumes under the name of the server. So if you went into the terminal and checked out the directory "/Volumes" you would see it mounted as "something.com"

Aw, bums - I cannot figure out how to specify a username and password for this type of connection, it apparently only supports anonymous FTP. Someone please tell me I am incorrect!

[ChrisA]

Aw, bums - I cannot figure out how to specify a username and password for this type of connection, it apparently only supports anonymous FTP. Someone please tell me I am incorrect!

Doesn't the username and password go into the URLl in the standard way?

[crabpot8]

Aw, bums - I cannot figure out how to specify a username and password for this type of connection, it apparently only supports anonymous FTP. Someone please tell me I am incorrect!

I stand corrected - adding the username to the url makes it ask for a username (useful even though it is in the URL, because many usernames look something like admin@site.com) and a password

quick example:
ftp://admin@ftp.mysite.com

link:
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/user-pass-url.html

crab

[aristobrat]

The only problem I've had with using the ftp:// via finder is that it mounts read-only.

[washingtony]

Aw, bums - I cannot figure out how to specify a username and password for this type of connection, it apparently only supports anonymous FTP. Someone please tell me I am incorrect!

type ftp://username:password@ftp.yourserver.com/