FTP access as a user-defined file system
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review
- Vol. 28 (2) , 73-80
- https://doi.org/10.1145/198153.198163
Abstract
Current methods of accessing services provided in the internet require users to know several interfaces. We show that integrating these services into the file naming spaces brings considerable benefits: users are able to use different services by a simple file access. This mechanism is general enough so that all applications can use the available services. Our idea is demonstrated by the implementation of a file server which handles ftp access transparently. This server was integrated into the regular file name space by using the NFS interface, thus avoiding the need to relink the kernel and ensuring portability.Keywords
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