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Quite often we will give a researcher access to some resource by giving a webdav enabled url, a username and password. This page describes how to use this url. In the remainder of this page we will assume that you were given the url https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php, the username u123456 and the password PASSWORD. | Quite often we will give a researcher access to some resource by giving a webdav enabled url, a username and password. This page describes how to use this url. | ||
In the remainder of this page we will assume that you were given the url <code><nowiki>https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php</nowiki></code>, the username <code>u123456</code> and the password <code>PASSWORD</code>. | |||
The resource can be anything. It can be simply a folder for shared data, or it can be a web experiment accessible via another (non webdav) url. | The resource can be anything. It can be simply a folder for shared data, or it can be a web experiment accessible via another (non webdav) url. | ||
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In Linux (and other POSIX compliant operating systems) you can connect a local directory (~/experiment in this example) to the Webdav resource (replace USER with your username): | In Linux (and other POSIX compliant operating systems) you can connect a local directory (~/experiment in this example) to the Webdav resource (replace USER with your username): | ||
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sudo apt install davfs2 # no need to allow non root users (setuid root) | |||
mkdir ~/experiment | |||
sudo mount.davfs https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php ~/experiment -o rw,uid=USER,gid=USER | |||
</pre> | |||
If you want to mount this resource each time you boot your computer, put the following in /etc/fstab (replacing USER with your username) | If you want to mount this resource each time you boot your computer, put the following in /etc/fstab (replacing USER with your username) | ||
<pre> | |||
https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php /home/USER/experiment davfs _netdev,noauto,user,uid=USER,gid=USER 0 0 | |||
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and put the password in /etc/davfs2/secrets using: | and put the password in /etc/davfs2/secrets using: | ||
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/home/USER/experiment u123456 PASSWORD | |||
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== Nautilus == | == Nautilus == | ||
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== Dolphin == | == Dolphin == | ||
[[File:Dolphinwebdav.png.png|thumb|none|Dolphin mounting a Webdav filesystem]] | |||
Click the address bar. Type the address: webdavs://u123456@exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php. A popup will appear for the password. | Click the address bar. Type the address: webdavs://u123456@exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php. A popup will appear for the password. | ||
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= Mac OSX = | = Mac OSX = | ||
Use the finder "Connect to Server" option (cmd-k) to mount to the webdav file folder. For the server address use: https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php and replace "experiment" with the name of your experiment folder. Press the connect button and login as a registered user with your u-number or s-number. If you want to use OSX finder please ask TSG to enable file locking, otherwise resouces will be mounted read only. | Use the finder "Connect to Server" option (cmd-k) to mount to the webdav file folder. For the server address use: <code><nowiki>https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php</nowiki></code> and replace "experiment" with the name of your experiment folder. Press the connect button and login as a registered user with your u-number or s-number. If you want to use OSX finder please ask TSG to enable file locking, otherwise resouces will be mounted read only. | ||
[[File:Finder connecttoserver login.jpg|thumb|none|Mapping a network drive in OSX using Finder]] | [[File:Finder connecttoserver login.jpg|thumb|none|Mapping a network drive in OSX using Finder]] | ||