Dokan library 0.2.1 released
December 20th, 2007 in Dokan
Dokan library 0.2.1 is now released.
Dokan library is a user-mode file system library for Windows. You can write a file system in userland.
Changes from 0.2.0
- Fixed memory leak when write operation was cancelled
- Fixed BSOD while read operation
- Improved error handling
If you update from previous version, you must uninstall it and restart your computer before install new version.
I have installed Dokan 0.2.1. I’m now trying to install dokan-sshfs-0.1.6.920 but the installation fails (a message telling me installation went wrong and procedure is canceled). I have posted the MSI log file at http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uccafco/tmp/MSIddc23.LOG
Please contact me by email for more information.
Hi, FX
Did you install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647
Thanks, it works after I installed the MSVC++ libraries.
I now have another problem: Connection to my host works fine if I enter my password, but I don’t want to, as I usually connect to it with a SSH key that has an empty passphrase. So I select “Identity”, choose the file that has my private key (it is called key-private.ppk, generated by PuTTY), and leave the passphrase empty. The program then says “failed to connect”.
I suspect this is a format problem, so my question is: what is the format expected for the private key (if it’s indeed a private key that is required, because it’s not stated explicitly)?
Thanks for your help,
FX
PS: the PuTTY-generated private key file has the following format:
PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa
Encryption: none
Comment: rsa-key-20061121
Public-Lines: 4
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
Private-Lines: 8
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXX
Private-MAC: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hello, FX
Dokan SSHFS supports only OpenSSH key format. This restriction is by SharpSSH (SSH library for C#). I should have mentioned it on Dokan SSH documentation. Thank you for your information.
Thanks for developing and sharing this software.
It works fine on Windows XP.
Enhancement suggestions:
- In Dokan SSHFS setting window,
* when the user enters a passphrase,
the passphrase is displayed as characters. If you change this
to display bullets instead of characters,
it will improve the security.
* when “Save” button is clicked, do not store the passphrase
or password string in “setting.xml” to improve the security.
- After mounting two remote drives through two instances
of Dokan SSHFS, two “SSH” icons appear in the system tray.
When I right click on any of these icons,
the context menu shows “Exit” and “Unmount”.
It is difficult to identify which corresponds to
which mounted drive letter. It will be helpful if the context
menu shows “Exit” and “Unmount driveletter”.