ethersrv-linux(8)

📦 version 0~20180203, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ ethersrv-linux ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about a page from the System Manager's Manual 💖 this one's ethersrv-linux(8), and it's genuinely iconic.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ethersrv-linux — the Ethernet DOS Filesystem server 🖥️✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ethersrv-linux [-f] iface directory [directory...]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the vibe: ethersrv-linux serves up the directories you name, and it does it over the interface iface. That's it, that's the whole job 🫶

And the mapping? the first exported directory gets mapped to C:, the second one to D:, and so on down the alphabet. First one's the main character, basically. 👑

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -f — stay in the foreground, meaning do not daemonize the process. She stays right there with you, in the terminal, not running off to the background. lowkey clingy but we love her for it 💖

🔥 NOTES 🔥

okay listen, this part matters, no cap:

  • ethersrv-linux needs the CAP_NEW_RAW system capability. which, fr fr, usually means you gotta run it as root. no way around it, bestie. 😭
  • the exported directories should live on FAT filesystems. why? because that's what makes sure FAT attributes and mixed-case filenames get handled correctly ✨, and it's also what makes . and .. show up in the expected order. it's giving attention to detail and we are obsessed. 🙈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

ethersrv-linux was written by Mateusz Viste. 💜

and this manual page? it was adapted from the provided documentation by Stephen Kitt, for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but it may be used by others too, she's generous like that. 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from the etherdfs-server era, dated December 30, 2020, filed under ethersrv-linux(8). slay, go serve some directories 💅🦋🌸

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