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= Linux =
= Linux =
In Linux (and other POSIX compliant operating systems) you can connect a local directory (~/experiment in this example) to the Webdav resource:
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):


   sudo apt install davfs2 # make sure to allow non root users (setuid root)
   sudo apt install davfs2 # no need to allow non root users (setuid root)
   mkdir ~/experiment
   mkdir ~/experiment
   mount.davfs https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php ~/experiment -o rw
   sudo mount.davfs https://exp.socsci.ru.nl/experiment/webdav.php ~/experiment -o rw,uid=USER,gid=USER
 
If you accidentally did not allow non-root users access, run:
 
  sudo dpkg-reconfigure davfs2
  sudo usermod -a -G davfs2 $USER


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)