diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8acf70b..0874b8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -432,11 +432,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "directories",
  "futures",
  "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tarpc",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5361674..2a59c78 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tarpc = { version = "0.34", features = ["full"] }
 futures="0.3"
 lazy_static="1.4"
 chrono="0.4"
+libc = "0.2"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 #tarpc = {path = "../../Documents/git/OMGeeky/tarpc/tarpc/"}
diff --git a/gdriver-backend/src/service.rs b/gdriver-backend/src/service.rs
index 3b4148e..bb69780 100644
--- a/gdriver-backend/src/service.rs
+++ b/gdriver-backend/src/service.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 use chrono::Duration;
+use gdriver_common::ipc::gdriver_service::errors::*;
 use gdriver_common::{
     drive_structure::drive_id::{DriveId, ROOT_ID},
     ipc::gdriver_service::*,
 };
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::Arc, thread};
+use tarpc::context::Context;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 use crate::drive::Drive;
@@ -15,6 +18,20 @@ struct GdriverServer {
     drive: Arc<Mutex<Drive>>,
 }
 impl GDriverService for GdriverServer {
+    async fn get_settings(self, _: Context) -> StdResult<GDriverSettings, GetSettingsError> {
+        Ok(GDriverSettings::default()) //todo actually implement this
+    }
+
+    async fn get_file_by_name(
+        self,
+        context: Context,
+        name: OsString,
+        parent: DriveId,
+    ) -> StdResult<DriveId, GetFileByPathError> {
+        dbg!(context, name, parent);
+        Err(GetFileByPathError::Other)
+    }
+
     async fn get_file_by_path(
         self,
         context: ::tarpc::context::Context,
diff --git a/gdriver-client/Cargo.toml b/gdriver-client/Cargo.toml
index 0851930..dabbee9 100644
--- a/gdriver-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gdriver-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ tarpc.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
+libc.workspace = true
 anyhow = "1.0"
 futures-sink = "0.3.30"
 fuser = "0.14.0"
 bimap = "0.6"
-libc = "0.2.152"
 futures = "0.3"
 thiserror = "1.0.56"
 
diff --git a/gdriver-client/src/filesystem.rs b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem.rs
index 19f7a14..a3f60b5 100644
--- a/gdriver-client/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/gdriver-client/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use bimap::BiMap;
-use fuser::{KernelConfig, ReplyEntry, Request};
+use fuser::{KernelConfig, ReplyEntry, ReplyOpen, Request};
+use tarpc::context::current as current_context;
 use tracing::*;
 
 use gdriver_common::drive_structure::drive_id::{DriveId, ROOT_ID};
-use gdriver_common::drive_structure::meta::read_metadata_file;
+use gdriver_common::drive_structure::file_handle_flags::HandleFlags;
+
 use gdriver_common::ipc::gdriver_service::{
     errors::GDriverServiceError, GDriverServiceClient, GDriverSettings,
 };
@@ -18,7 +20,6 @@ use crate::filesystem::attributes::read_inode_attributes_from_meta_file;
 use crate::filesystem::errors::FilesystemError;
 use crate::prelude::macros::*;
 use crate::prelude::*;
-use tarpc::context::current as current_context;
 
 mod macros;
 
@@ -26,24 +27,25 @@ mod macros;
 const TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
 
 type Inode = u64;
+type FileHandle = u64;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 struct FileIdentifier {
     parent: Inode,
     name: OsString,
 }
-
-pub struct Filesystem {
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct DriveFilesystem {
     gdriver_client: GDriverServiceClient,
 
     entry_ids: BiMap<Inode, DriveId>,
-    ino_to_file_handles: HashMap<Inode, Vec<u64>>,
+    ino_to_file_handles: HashMap<Inode, Vec<FileHandle>>,
     next_ino: u64,
     gdriver_settings: GDriverSettings,
     entry_name_parent_to_ino: BiMap<FileIdentifier, Inode>,
 }
 
-impl Filesystem {
+impl DriveFilesystem {
     pub fn new(gdriver_client: GDriverServiceClient) -> Self {
         Self {
             gdriver_client,
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ impl Filesystem {
 }
 
 //region DriveFilesystem ino_to_id
-impl Filesystem {
+impl DriveFilesystem {
     fn get_id_from_ino(&self, ino: Inode) -> Option<&DriveId> {
         self.entry_ids.get_by_left(&ino)
     }
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ impl Filesystem {
 //endregion
 mod attributes;
 
-impl fuser::Filesystem for Filesystem {
+impl fuser::Filesystem for DriveFilesystem {
     //region init
     fn init(&mut self, _req: &Request<'_>, _config: &mut KernelConfig) -> StdResult<(), c_int> {
         self.entry_ids.insert(1, ROOT_ID.clone());
@@ -111,6 +113,9 @@ impl fuser::Filesystem for Filesystem {
     //endregion
     //region lookup
     fn lookup(&mut self, _req: &Request<'_>, parent: u64, name: &OsStr, reply: ReplyEntry) {
+        if name.to_str().unwrap().contains('/') {
+            todo!("The name in lookup can contain multiple path segments, not just a single name, directly under the parent")
+        }
         let metadata = utils::lookup::lookup(self, parent, name.to_os_string());
         match metadata {
             Ok(metadata) => {
@@ -133,12 +138,37 @@ impl fuser::Filesystem for Filesystem {
         }
     }
     //endregion
+    //region open
+    fn open(&mut self, _req: &Request<'_>, ino: u64, flags: i32, reply: ReplyOpen) {
+        let data = utils::lookup::open(self, ino, HandleFlags::from(flags));
+        match data {
+            Ok((file_header, flags)) => {
+                reply.opened(file_header, flags.into());
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                error!("Got an error during open: {e:?}");
+                match e {
+                    FilesystemError::Rpc(_) => reply.error(libc::EREMOTEIO),
+                    FilesystemError::NotFound => reply.error(libc::ENOENT),
+                    FilesystemError::IO(_) => reply.error(libc::EIO),
+                    e => {
+                        dbg!(e);
+                        todo!("Handle other errors and decide what error code should be used here")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    //endregion
 }
+
 mod errors {
-    use gdriver_common::ipc::gdriver_service::errors::GDriverServiceError;
     use std::error::Error;
+
     use tarpc::client::RpcError;
 
+    use gdriver_common::ipc::gdriver_service::errors::GDriverServiceError;
+
     #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
     pub enum FilesystemError {
         #[error("Error while executing RPC: {0}")]
@@ -153,17 +183,22 @@ mod errors {
         Other(#[source] Box<dyn Error>),
     }
 }
+
 mod utils {
     use super::*;
+
     pub mod lookup {
-        use super::*;
-        use crate::filesystem::attributes::InodeAttributes;
-        use crate::filesystem::errors::FilesystemError;
         use futures::TryFutureExt;
+
         use gdriver_common::ipc::gdriver_service::errors::GetFileByPathError;
 
+        use crate::filesystem::attributes::InodeAttributes;
+        use crate::filesystem::errors::FilesystemError;
+
+        use super::*;
+
         pub fn lookup(
-            fs: &mut Filesystem,
+            fs: &mut DriveFilesystem,
             parent: Inode,
             name: OsString,
         ) -> StdResult<InodeAttributes, FilesystemError> {
@@ -216,5 +251,14 @@ mod utils {
                 .map_err(FilesystemError::IO)?;
             Ok(metadata)
         }
+
+        pub(crate) fn open(
+            fs: &mut DriveFilesystem,
+            inode: Inode,
+            flags: HandleFlags,
+        ) -> StdResult<(FileHandle, HandleFlags), FilesystemError> {
+            dbg!(&fs, inode, flags);
+            todo!()
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gdriver-client/src/main.rs b/gdriver-client/src/main.rs
index d8d9d9f..5bfc90d 100644
--- a/gdriver-client/src/main.rs
+++ b/gdriver-client/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+use fuser::{mount2, MountOption};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::{error::Error, net::IpAddr, result::Result as StdResult};
 
+use crate::filesystem::DriveFilesystem;
+use crate::service::create_client;
+use gdriver_common::ipc::gdriver_service::GDriverServiceClient;
 use gdriver_common::{ipc::sample::*, prelude::*};
 use tarpc::{client, tokio_serde::formats::Json};
 
@@ -7,7 +12,14 @@ type Result<T> = StdResult<T, Box<dyn Error>>;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    service::start().await?;
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+    let config = &CONFIGURATION;
+    println!("Config: {:?}", **config);
+    let client: GDriverServiceClient = create_client(config.ip, config.port).await?;
+    let fs = DriveFilesystem::new(client);
+    mount2(fs, Path::new("/tmp/gdriver"), &[MountOption::RW])?;
+
+    // service::start().await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 pub mod prelude;
diff --git a/gdriver-common/Cargo.toml b/gdriver-common/Cargo.toml
index 7718525..ff3c2bb 100644
--- a/gdriver-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gdriver-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 serde.workspace = true
 tarpc.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+libc.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 lazy_static.workspace = true
diff --git a/gdriver-common/src/drive_structure.rs b/gdriver-common/src/drive_structure.rs
index 5ef6a77..95cd1f5 100644
--- a/gdriver-common/src/drive_structure.rs
+++ b/gdriver-common/src/drive_structure.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod drive_id;
+pub mod file_handle_flags;
 pub mod meta;
diff --git a/gdriver-common/src/drive_structure/file_handle_flags.rs b/gdriver-common/src/drive_structure/file_handle_flags.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eb8ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdriver-common/src/drive_structure/file_handle_flags.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct HandleFlags {
+    // File status flags used for open() and fcntl() are as follows:
+    /// append mode.
+    o_append: bool,
+    /// [SIO](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/help/codes.html#SIO) Write according to synchronized I/O data integrity completion.
+    o_dsync: bool,
+    /// Non-blocking mode.
+    o_nonblock: bool,
+    /// [SIO](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/help/codes.html#SIO) Synchronized read I/O operations.
+    o_rsync: bool,
+    /// Write according to synchronized I/O file integrity completion.
+    o_sync: bool,
+
+    // Mask for use with file access modes is as follows:
+    /// Mask for file access modes.
+    // O_ACCMODE
+
+    // File access modes used for open() and fcntl() are as follows:
+
+    /// Open for reading only.
+    o_rdonly: bool,
+    /// Open for reading and writing.
+    o_rdwr: bool,
+    /// Open for writing only.
+    o_wronly: bool,
+}
+
+impl HandleFlags {
+    pub(crate) fn can_write(&self) -> bool {
+        self.o_wronly || self.o_rdwr
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn can_read(&self) -> bool {
+        self.o_rdonly || self.o_rdwr
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<i32> for HandleFlags {
+    fn from(value: i32) -> Self {
+        debug!("Creating HandleFlags from an i32: {:x}", value);
+        let s = Self {
+            o_append: value & libc::O_APPEND != 0,
+            o_dsync: value & libc::O_DSYNC != 0,
+            o_nonblock: value & libc::O_NONBLOCK != 0,
+            o_rsync: value & libc::O_RSYNC != 0,
+            o_sync: value & libc::O_SYNC != 0,
+            o_rdonly: value & libc::O_ACCMODE == libc::O_RDONLY,
+            o_rdwr: value & libc::O_ACCMODE == libc::O_RDWR,
+            o_wronly: value & libc::O_ACCMODE == libc::O_WRONLY,
+        };
+        #[cfg(test)]
+        {
+            let o_accmode = value & libc::O_ACCMODE;
+            let o_rdonly = o_accmode == libc::O_RDONLY;
+            let o_rdwr = o_accmode == libc::O_RDWR;
+            let o_wronly = o_accmode == libc::O_WRONLY;
+            debug!(
+                "accmode {:x} rdonly {} rdwr {} wronly {}",
+                o_accmode, o_rdonly, o_rdwr, o_wronly
+            );
+        }
+        debug!("created HandleFlags: {:?}", s);
+        s
+    }
+}
+
+impl Into<i32> for HandleFlags {
+    fn into(self) -> i32 {
+        let mut flags = 0;
+        if self.o_append {
+            flags |= libc::O_APPEND;
+        }
+        if self.o_dsync {
+            flags |= libc::O_DSYNC;
+        }
+        if self.o_nonblock {
+            flags |= libc::O_NONBLOCK;
+        }
+        if self.o_rsync {
+            flags |= libc::O_RSYNC;
+        }
+        if self.o_sync {
+            flags |= libc::O_SYNC;
+        }
+        if self.o_rdonly {
+            flags |= libc::O_RDONLY;
+        }
+        if self.o_rdwr {
+            flags |= libc::O_RDWR;
+        }
+        if self.o_wronly {
+            flags |= libc::O_WRONLY;
+        }
+        flags
+    }
+}
+
+impl Into<u32> for HandleFlags {
+    fn into(self) -> u32 {
+        let i_num: i32 = self.into();
+        i_num as u32
+    }
+}
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn handle_flags_ro() {
+        let flags = 0;
+        let handle_flags = HandleFlags::from(flags);
+        debug!("flags: {:x} => {:?}", flags, handle_flags);
+        assert!(handle_flags.can_read());
+        assert!(!handle_flags.can_write());
+        let flags = 32768;
+        let handle_flags = HandleFlags::from(flags);
+        debug!("flags: {:x} => {:?}", flags, handle_flags);
+        assert!(handle_flags.can_read());
+        assert!(!handle_flags.can_write());
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn handle_flags_wo() {
+        let flags = 1;
+        let handle_flags = HandleFlags::from(flags);
+        debug!("flags: {:x} => {:?}", flags, handle_flags);
+        assert!(handle_flags.can_write());
+        assert!(!handle_flags.can_read());
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn handle_flags_rw() {
+        let flags = 2;
+        let handle_flags = HandleFlags::from(flags);
+        debug!("flags: {:x} => {:?}", flags, handle_flags);
+        debug!("test432");
+        assert!(handle_flags.can_write());
+        assert!(handle_flags.can_read());
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn handle_flags_into_rw() {
+        debug!("test123");
+        let mut x = HandleFlags::default();
+        x.o_rdwr = true;
+        assert!(x.can_write());
+        assert!(x.can_read());
+        let flags: i32 = x.into();
+        assert_eq!(2, flags);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gdriver-common/src/ipc/gdriver_service.rs b/gdriver-common/src/ipc/gdriver_service.rs
index 6d65e2c..1f4f647 100644
--- a/gdriver-common/src/ipc/gdriver_service.rs
+++ b/gdriver-common/src/ipc/gdriver_service.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ pub mod errors {
     }
 
     #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, thiserror::Error)]
-    pub enum GetFileByPathError {}
+    pub enum GetFileByPathError {
+        #[error("Other")]
+        Other,
+    }
 
     #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, thiserror::Error)]
     pub enum UpdateChangesError {}
diff --git a/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs b/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs
index a24c75a..063075f 100644
--- a/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pub mod result {
     pub use std::result::Result as StdResult;
 }
 pub(crate) use result::*;
+pub(crate) use tracing::*;