gmailfs

juniox · 09-16-2005, 10:52 PM

when i try mount one gmail partition here, it show:

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root@host:~# mount -t gmailfs /usr/local/bin/gmailfs.py /mnt/gmailfs/ -o
Username=XXXX,Password=XXXX,Fsname=XXXX

root@host:~# Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/gmailfs.py", line 21, in ?
from fuse import Fuse
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/fuse.py", line 24, in ?
from _fuse import main, FuseGetContext, FuseInvalidate
ImportError: libfuse.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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but, if i run "mount", it show:

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gmailfs on /mnt/gmailfs type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev)
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so, when i type....

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root@host:~# ls /mnt/gmailfs
ls: /mnt/gmailfs: Transport endpoint is not connected
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anybody can help me? please

thank you.

shilo · 09-17-2005, 02:40 AM

The important thing is:

Quote:

ImportError: libfuse.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Is libfuse installed? Look in /usr/lib for libfuse*. You may be abler to resolve the issue by making a symbolic link between the existing libfuse shared library and libfuse.so.2.

cb951303 · 09-17-2005, 05:46 AM

what is a gmail partition?

nukey · 09-17-2005, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cb951303
what is a gmail partition?

Just looked it up

http://richard.jones.name/google-hac...ilesystem.html

juniox · 09-17-2005, 09:29 AM

what i need to install to have libfuse.so ?
all i have here is:

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root@host:/usr/lib# locate libfuse
/usr/local/lib/libfuse.a
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juniox · 09-17-2005, 02:37 PM

oh my god!!
alright, now i've installed all fuse, including libfuse.so.2
but... take a look:

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root@host:/home/juniox# mount -t gmailfs /usr/local/bin/gmailfs.py /mnt/gmailfs/ -o username=XXXXXX,password=XXXXXX

root@host:/home/juniox# gmailfs.py:Gmailfs:mountpoint: '/mnt/gmailfs/'
gmailfs.py:Gmailfs:unnamed mount options: ['rw']
gmailfs.py:Gmailfs:named mount options: {'username': 'XXXXXX', 'password': 'XXXXXXX'}
fuse: failed to exec fusermount: Invalid argument
fuse: reading device: Bad file descriptor
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anybody can help?
thanks

juniox · 09-17-2005, 09:35 PM

nobody?

shilo · 09-17-2005, 11:29 PM

I've never used any of this before, but have you followed the directions at http://richard.jones.name/google-hac...ilesystem.html ?

I ask because you clearly missed the installing fuse part. Have you installed the Python FUSE bindings?

Don't be surprised that you are having issues. From the homepage, it looks like this is Alpha software.

gbonvehi · 09-17-2005, 11:58 PM

You seem to be missing fsname= argument acording to that link:

Code:

mount -t gmailfs /usr/local/bin/gmailfs.py /path/of/mount/point -o username=gmailuser, password=gmailpass, fsname=zOlRRa

Quote:

The username and password fields speak for themselves. The fsname is the name of this Gmail filesystem. It is important to choose a hard-to-guess name here - because if others can guess the fsname, they can corrupt your Gmail filesystem by injecting spurious messages into your Inbox.

PS: There are rules in the forum, bumping a thread before 24 hours without answers is not allowed.

carboncopy · 09-18-2005, 12:14 AM

A little OffTopic but related.

If you do not want the hassle of gmailfs, you can try http://xmailharddrive.com

It uses gmail as well. And provide you with a web interface to upload and download whatever you want to put into gmail.

I personally prefer to do it manually (including splitting files larger then 10mbytes) and use the email contents as meta data. So, using the search function on gmail web interface works like spotlight in Mac Os X.