On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 15:18, Bruce Robert Pocock wrote: > On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 22:08, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > Here goes, > > > > Mockup: > > http://www.hadess.net/files/shots/25-06-2002.1.jpg > > > > Ideas: > > 1) Completely based off Gnome-vfs (no kernel support needed) > > 2) supports: > > - ssh > > - smb > > - nntp > > - webdav > > - ftp > > (where's the nfs module gone ?) > > afp? (AppleTalk File Protocol) No, it's not supported, because nobody wrote a method for it. > > 3) how it works ? Tries to open the uri mentioned as a directory. > > I. Permission denied ? Ask for password. Modify the URI in consequence. > > II. Still couldn't connect ? Fail. > > III. Works, create a .desktop in the user's desktop (saving > > username/password), > > What kind of protection on this? Could it use the Mozilla/Galeon "save > passwords under another password" feature? We'll need a decent keychain mechanism in Gnome. I'll try to see if I can find the relevant headers on MacOS X, for us to mock up an API. > > add it to the user's favourites (more on that > > later), and open this desktop file with nautilus. > > > > Browse feature: > > Merely a virtual folder containing the local network neighbourhood as > > smb:/// gives us, and the user's favourites. The main problem being that > > only smb: gives us a browsing feature. That sucks, but that's life. > > > > Why no kernel support ? Because it only has smb and nfs support builtin, > > the others working more or less (rather less than more). And mixing > > gnome-vfs with kernel style, would only give the user more problems. > > (need for root, permissions on mounted devices depending on who mounted > > it, etc.) > > > > Ideas ? Before I start implementing this thing ;) > > > > Cheers > > > > PS: BTW, where should we put the code ? Obviously in Gnome CVS, but > > where ? > > gnome-vfs-extras right now contains the smb: handler and a (broken?) > rio500: handler. Might be best place to start. Geez. Did you come here to annoy me ? I wrote the rio500 method, and it bloody works. You should well be more tactful next time. > Ideally? Split gnome-vfs-extras into e.g. gnome-vfs-smb, gnome-vfs-nfs, > et al... Why o why would I put the "Connect to server" feature in gnome-vfs-extras, and why would I split it ? I reckon I'll put it in gnome-panel. -- /Bastien Nocera http://hadess.net
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