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Afuse is an automounting file system implemented in user-space using
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FUSE. Afuse currently implements the most basic functionality that can
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be expected by an automounter; that is it manages a directory of virtual
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directories. If one of these virtual directories is accessed and is not
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already automounted, afuse will attempt to mount a filesystem onto that
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directory. If the mount succeeds the requested access proceeds as normal,
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otherwise it will fail with an error.
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The advantage of using afuse over traditional automounters is that afuse
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is designed to run entirely in user-space by individual users. This way an
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automounting action can take advantage of the invoking users environment,
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for example allowing access to an ssh-agent for password-less sshfs
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mounts, or allowing access to a graphical environment to get user input
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to complete a mount (i.e. popping up a window asking for a password).
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WWW: http://afuse.sourceforge.net/
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