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Remove references to FTP, replace with FUSE.

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We originally intended to implement an FTP server (and before
than, an NFS server).  But we didn't implement either.  We
did however implement a FUSE service (guestmount) which takes
the place of both.
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Richard Jones
2010-02-15 22:53:40 +00:00
parent 1f0f0df9b1
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README
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@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over
FUSE.
Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management
programs (or management programs written in OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby,
@@ -271,8 +272,8 @@ Notes on cross-architecture support
At the moment we basically don't support cross-architecture or
32-on-64. This limits what is possible for some guests. Filesystem
operations and FTP export will work fine, but running commands in
guests may not be possible.
operations and FUSE will work fine, but running commands in guests may
not be possible.
To enable this requires work for cross-architecture and 32-on-64
support in febootstrap, fakeroot and fakechroot.

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src/generator.ml
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@@ -4704,8 +4704,8 @@ let seq_of_test = function
(* Handling for function flags. *)
let protocol_limit_warning =
"Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use
FTP."
of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files, see
L<guestfs(3)/UPLOADING>."
let danger_will_robinson =
"B<This command is dangerous. Without careful use you
@@ -5213,8 +5213,7 @@ and generate_xdr () =
(* Having to choose a maximum message size is annoying for several
* reasons (it limits what we can do in the API), but it (a) makes
* the protocol a lot simpler, and (b) provides a bound on the size
* of the daemon which operates in limited memory space. For large
* file transfers you should use FTP.
* of the daemon which operates in limited memory space.
*)
pr "const GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX = %d;\n" (4 * 1024 * 1024);
pr "\n";
@@ -8393,7 +8392,8 @@ schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over
FUSE.
See also L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)> for a set of useful library
functions for using libguestfs from Perl, including integration
@@ -8930,7 +8930,8 @@ schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over
FUSE.
Errors which happen while using the API are turned into Python
RuntimeError exceptions.

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src/guestfs.pod
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@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over
FUSE.
Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management
programs (or management programs written in OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby,