For reference, see:

FusePort
AutoMount

I'm a new 770 user this week and a geek.. so among other things, I'm working on remote connectivity to my home network and resources.

CIFS/Win mounts locally worked OK, but I never tried to automount since the 770 isn't always on my home network.

SSHFS is a solution to that - secure mounting to remote resources from anywhere with a public IP.

I installed the FUSE software above and it works - I can mount drives over the local 802.11 and over my BT DUN phone. I haven't tried another AP yet, but I'm confident it'll work (the SSHFS is on a publicly SSH'able box, and I have the no-password auto RSA authentication working fine for both user and the root account)

I thought I'd take it to the next level and automount (see the second link) the FS - and get fancier and automount/unmount when the network goes up/down.

First off, I tried a few variations in /etc/fstab with the FUSE mounts and none of 'em worked, using root or user.

I bailed on that, and instead thought I'd try an ifup/ifdown script using sshfs and fusermount explicitly naming the mounts.

The script works if I run it through xterm.

I put it into /etc/network/if-up.d (and if-down.d), but either it isn't called, or it fails (it looks like there isn't a "messages" log on the 770, probably to save precious space).

Root and User both have the RSA keys set up for no-prompt ssh connection to the SSH server in question.

Does the if-up script run as another user account? Not root, not user, but something else? If so, what?

Should I have been able to use /etc/fstab?

If I can get it figured out, the next step after auto-mount is to also decide if I'm on my home network, or remote - and if home, use CIFS instead of SSHFS - it seemed faster, and then I can leave the Compression on the SSHFS, too (making the assumption I'm connecting remotely and bandwidth could be at a premium)

I haven't ordered a BT keyboard yet, but it'll happen soon - that'll make hacking MUCH better. It's hard to ssh /vnc into the 770 and make adjustments when part of the process involves taking down the network connection and bringing it back up.

Thank you!
This is what I've been looking for.
The only issue _I_ have is if it will work on a N800 with the latest firmware.I'd be willing to test if someone (you?) would build it for the N800. My workstation at home is in a state of flux (working like junk) right now so I can't install scratch-box and build it myself.


Rod
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