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Questions tagged [davfs2]

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Mounting a webDAV share for all users

I'm trying to mount a webDAV share with this fstab line: myserverip /media/myserver/ davfs noauto,user,rw 0 0 I have added the secret credentials to ~/.davfs2/secrets. Also done sudo dpkg-reconfigure davfs2 to allow mounting by non-root…
Minos
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Automating a mount operation that requires user input

I want to mount a directory on a file server at startup. This is my /etc/fstab entry: # mount the fileserver https://fsrv.company/ /mnt/fileserver davfs user,auto 0 0 Manually mounting it with mount /mnt/fileserver works fine. However, because of…
jotrocken
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Deja dup: Permission denied when trying to read manifest on davfs

I have been using Déjà Dup to create backups for several years. Recently it started to fail with the message Permission denied when trying to read ‘/duplicity-inc.20161201T072516Z.to.20161202T074205Z.manifest.gpg’. This seems to happen after the…
jotrocken
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davfs2: /sbin/mount.davfs: different URL in /etc/fstab

I am trying to mount a webdav server in /etc/fstab with davfs, but when i try open this in my file manager (Thunar) i will get the error: Failed to mount "My Folder" /sbin/mount.davfs: different URL in /etc/fstab The entry in /etc/fstab looks like…
nichtNox
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Cannot mount WebDAV share using davfs2

I have a workstation with Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. And I have a remote server with nginx + WebDAV. (It's under FreeBSD but it doesn't seem important.) I configured mounting of the webdav share on my workstation using this manual. And everything has been…
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davfs2 : Depends: libneon27 but it is not going to be installed

When installing davfs2 on Ubuntu bionic, I have got the following errors: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages…
Jason Lo
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davfs2: file "disappear" and end up as lost+found/.goutputstream-XXX

Recently, I noticed a very strange (and very annoying) bug in Ubuntu 18.04 (not sure which package causes it): I have a remote webdav drive mounted using mount.davfs, and sometimes files saved on that drive disappear. I have several different types…
Nicolas Schmidt
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What permissions does freefilesync run on?

I have mounted a webdav folder using webdav as described here . For mounting this directory I use the following command: sudo mount -t davfs -o uid=bruni,gid=users https://serveraddress /home/bruni/mountpoint However, when trying to sync this…
Bruni
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Make davfs2 accept wild card certificate (webDAV)

I have multiple servers that share files via webDAV. The connections are secured with TLS and the same wild card certificate on all servers. I have different subdomains pointing to the respective servers. However I can't get davfs2 to accept my wild…
Minos
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Mounting a webDAV share by users

How do I make a webDAV share mountable, so that is available for all users? without having to type in a password.
Minos
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mounting webdav folder a non sudoer user fails

I am on Ubuntu 12.04. I need to mount a webdav directory, and it is critical non sudoers may access it. I followed these instructions: http://techiech.blogspot.de/2013/04/mounting-webdav-directory-in-linux.html Mounting the directory with sudo now…
Vince
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davfs user group for remote directory mount

I have recently been trying to access a remote directory over davfs2, and I have been running into quite a bit of trouble trying to make it work. After struggling with some crashes due to (apparently) corrupted davfs2.config file, I purged davfs2…
MicahJ
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Mount a webDAV to a specific disk

I want to mount a webDAV to a specific disk. I am copying large files to the webDAV, but it appears when I do this, it takes up space on my main disk (which is not /media/username/Crucial) instead of the disk the webdav is mounted on. Can the fstab…
nikost
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un-mounting a davfs2 fails without any error (no open files)

How can I dismount or debug why this mount can't be unmounted? background: Kubuntu 20.04 lsof $mountpoint => empty list all terminal windows are closed all other apps are closed. a webdav davfs $url is mounted on $mountpoint via: sudo mount -t…
Berry Tsakala
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WebDAV folder is too slow to connect

I have a Box.com folder connected to my system using davfs2, and it takes a long time moving between folders everytime I use it with nautilus. I mount it to a local folder and everytime I click on a folder or a file, it takes a while to run, and…
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