[Techtalk] Re: [Grrltalk] really basic debian question

[mgmonza at sdf.lonestar.org]

No, no, yours was the one that gave me some info on debian-women and 
debian-users.  Not sure what was forwarded, but yours wasn't a bit 
RTFMish.  Thanks for the detailed explanation - it will help a lot.

Kathleen

Kathleen
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Benjamin A'Lee wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:54 +0000
> From: Benjamin A'Lee <lists at benalee.co.uk>
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: [Techtalk] Re: [Grrltalk] really basic debian question
> 
>
> Well, since I didn't intend it to come across as RTFM, I'll give it
> another go...
>
> sshfs requires a kernel with the "fuse" module.  You can do it the hard
> way, and compile a kernel from scratch, or the easier way, and compile
> the module from scratch and have it load when needed (or at boot).  The
> easiest way, however, is to use the module-assistant program to build a
> .deb package and install it.
>
> Firstly, make sure you've got a deb-src line in your /etc/apt/source.list
> (in there by default AFAIK).  Then install module-assistant and anything
> required for compiling (everything from here on should be run as root):
>
> $ apt-get install module-assistant build-essential
>
> Then build and install the package:
>
> $ module-assistant auto-install fuse
>
> Then you should be all set:
>
> $ apt-get install sshfs
>
> If the fuse module doesn't load automatically, you may need to do:
>
> $ modprobe fuse
>
>
> Hope that helps more,
>
> 	 bma
>