---
name: "auto.ftp"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ftpfs-utils"
version: "0.6.2-9"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/auto.ftp"
---

# auto.ftp(8)

autofs helper for mounting FTP filesystems

## NAME

auto.ftp — autofs helper for mounting FTP filesystems

## SYNOPSIS

**ftpmount** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

**auto.ftp** program is called from automounter if you  install it as a helper application. The options passed to it are described in  the **[automount(8)](/automount/8.md)** manpage. The program will find the  correct options for mounting FTP trees and pass them to mount.

## SETUP

To setup autofs to make use of auto.ftp, edit the file /etc/auto.master  and insert this line:

/mnt/remote-ftps /usr/sbin/auto.ftp

Replace /mnt/remote-ftps with your favorite directory, and create this  directory. Then restart autofs with **/etc/init.d/autofs**  **restart**. If everything worked fine, you can access any FTP ressource  by entering /favorite/directory/ftp.HOST.com/pub or so.

## SEE ALSO

**[ftpmount(8)](/ftpmount/8.md)**, **[automount(8)](/automount/8.md)**, **[auto.master(5)](/auto.master/5.md)**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Eduard Bloch  (blade@debian.org) for the **Debian**  **GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of  the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any  later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant  Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.