---
name: "lufs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lufs-utils"
version: "0.9.7-6"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lufs"
---

# lufs(1)

utilities around the Linux Userland Filesysystem

## NAME

lufs - utilities around the Linux Userland Filesysystem

## DESCRIPTION

This manpage briefly documents various tools of the lufs-utils package because the original source package did not contain manpages for them. Most commands provide a short help message, call them with **-h** argument to see it.

- **lufsmount**

  lufsmount is a frontend used to mount different filesystems via the lufs module. See **lufsmount** (1) manpage and  */usr/share/doc/lufs-utils/README.Debian* for details.

- **lufsumount**

  lufsmount is a umount frontend used to unmount lufs shares. See **lufsmount** (1) manpage and  */usr/share/doc/lufs-utils/README.Debian* for details.

- **lufsmnt**

  lufsmnt is a suid wrapper called by lufsd.  See  */usr/share/doc/lufs-utils/README.Debian*  for instructions to configure it as suid-root program.

- **lussh**

  lussh is a helper script that does obligatory work needed to create the OpenSSH key pair and install it on a remote system account.

- **lufsd**

  lufsd is the backend program that actually communicates between the filesystem module in the kernel and the libraries for the remote access. Can also be invoked as **mount.lufs**.

- **auto.ftpfs, auto.sshfs**

  auto.\* helpers that act as automount maps. See  [**auto.master**(5)](/auto.master/5.md) and [**automount**(8)](/automount/8.md) manpages for instructions.

## AUTHOR

Module was written by Eduard Bloch \<blade@debian.org\> for the Debian distribution but may be used by others.