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Asked: 2011-09-04 07:58:27 +0800 CST

Recommendations for a WebDAV client

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I am trying to get additional functionality from a school website that can allow multiple file uploads/downloads via drag and drop between the site's Resources folders and my personal computer via a WebDAV client, versus downloading each individual file manually. However, this feature is only officially supported for Windows and Mac, or for 3rd-party clients for those operating systems. I would like to be able to use this feature with Ubuntu 11.04.

I have already taken a look at this question, but had no luck with its answer...probably because it never asks me for my school password, and I can't find a way to input one.

If there's a way to do this using what's already installed by default, or from some other application, please let me know.

UPDATE: When I try connecting through Nautilus, I get the following error message, regardless of whether I picked WebDAV (http) or Secure WebDAV (https):

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And just to reiterate, at no point does it ever ask for my password.

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5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In Nautilus (the file browser), select File > Connect to ... and select WebDAV. Enter the information you need, such as a host name, a directory, port and username. Check the box to create a bookmark, and you'll find it in your Files and Folder lense and in the left pane in Nautilus.

    You'll be able to use your WebDAV share as if it were a local folder.

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  2. On Ubuntu 14.04:

    1) Open Nautilus (File manager)

    2) Click on 'Connect to Server'

    3) As server address enter:

    davs://<username>@<webdav_address>

    It is important that webdav_address doesn't contain the protocol. So for example if your web url is: https://example.com/webdavand your username is alice, the corresponding address for the server will be:

    davs://[email protected]/webdav
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  3. All of the server connections are handled in the same way in nautilus. You fill out the data for nautilus to connect to the remote server at which point it will be added as a bookmark to the bookmarked folders list.

    The first time you try to connect to the server if it is password protected you will be asked to provide the password and you will be asked whether you want to save the password permanently, for the current session or forget immediately. Once the server has been mounted it can be browsed like any other folder on your system.

    Hope this helps

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  4. Use directly the protocol webdav://

    Often you can use directly the protocol webdav:// in your file browser.
    Nowadays under kubuntu, for example, it's enough to write in Dolphin instead of a local path the address required with the protocol webdab:// before.

    For example,

    webdav://192.168.1.10/remote.php/webdav/

    It will prompt for username and password, then you will deal with it in a manner similar to a local path.

    Notes:

    • Working on Kubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
    • Dolphin (currently Version 17.12.3)
    • A local instance of webdab under nextcloud accessible with an address similar to 192.168.1.10/remote.php/webdav/
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  5. This looks more like a windows name resolution problem... it cannot resolve the netbios name of the server. It should work with te IP address however.

    -To mount a windows share on a DHCP network, it is convenient to be able to mount by netbios name... it's very easy:

    1) Edit your /etc/nsswitch.conf file with your preferred editor (gedit, kate, nano, vim, etc)... search through the file and look for the line that looks something like this:

    hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

    ...and add "wins" to the end of the line so it looks something like this:

    hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns mdns4

    2) Save the file. Note: "wins" MUST come before "dns" if you are using the openDNS service.

    3) Now you'll need to install winbind

    Code: sudo apt-get install winbind

    4) Reboot, or restart your network.

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