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Subject: Re: ln accross ssh
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:34:11PM -0800, Zuk Zuk wrote:
> Why does "ln" not  work with ssh ?
> ln -s works across mounted file systems.
> 
> If an ln -s worked with ssh then I could just do
> 
> ln -s ssl://source_host@host_dir my_mount_point
> or ln -ssh source_host@host_dir my_mount_point
> 
> 
> and then any other command, i.e.,
> cd would be able to go ahead and interpret this as a request for ssh session
> . The reponsibility of further commands lies with the new session. Being
> able to scp from that directory is equivalent to having read permissions to
> it .
> ....
> sure many people would have thougth about this.. just wondering why its not
> there yet?

Look in ports for sysutils/fusefs-sshfs.  I believe that it will do
what you want.  And I think this really belongs in -questions.

Erik