Mounting web folders?

[BritishNemesis]

Is it possible to mount web folders in Linux like it is in M$? I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be possible but is there software out there that does this? Will Samba do this?

Thanks guys!

[Hayl]

samba only mounts smb shares.

the closest equivalent is shfs/sshfs and ftpfs.

there is a patch for ftpfs and shfs/sshfs in some kernels or you could download the patch(es) and patch your own kernel. they basically allow you to mount ftp and ssh sites as a normal network filesystem.

ftp.sf.net (ftpfs.sf.net) (was down when i tried to get to it just now - it's on sourceforge so not a surprise :))
shfs.sf.net

wolk kernels have shfs/sshfs and ftpfs patches.

<edit>looks like these are obsoleted by lufs (linux userland FS) (http://lufs.sf.net) </edit>