[GRLUG] Is there a Linux equivalent to network folders

[Ron Lauzon]

Bill Creswell wrote:
> I am sure the name may be different, since I didn't find anything like 
> it by googling.
>
> I would like to have an ftp folder that acts like a drive, so that I 
> could open a file on the server with Screem, instead of downloading 
> the file, saving it and uploading it.

Fire up Konqueror.  Enter ftp://server.  You now have a window that you 
can drag/drop files from/to.

If it's secured, you may have to modify the URL with an ID/password:

|ftp://userid:password@ftp.anywhere.com/|

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