When a user creates a file via WebDAV, the default behavior is that the file is owned by the user and group running the Apache process, with a umask of 022.
Unfortunately, this makes it impossible for unprivileged users to write to the files by other means without being a member of the group Apache runs under (which strikes me as a particularly bad idea).
My current solution is to set umask 000
With FUSE it is possible to mount many things purely as a non privileged user. However, it seems that for webdav davfs2 is the preferred project, which appears to be a filesystem driver and uses the standard mount/umount which requires privileges.
Is there a way to use this (or another library) to mount webdav only as a user via fuse ? (i.e.
I am setting up Lion server so users on an Active Directory network can access webdav folders from iPads.
I have got this working fine when accessing a shared multi user folder.
I want users to also be able to access their own personal folders, with no one else being able to access the folder.
I can share the Users folder out to Active Directory groups but this will give each user access to oth
I have a local folder on my Mac that I want to sync with a WebDAV server.
There are a lot of files in my folder.
Hey all. I'm having trouble with my webdav server. i am mounting the server to a folder i created in / using davfs2 and every time i mount the device, write access is only allowed from the root account. i have tried changing the permissions on the folder, but they reset every time i unmount and then mount the device. I've searched the forums and the wiki, and have
How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.2
This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on an OpenSUSE 12.2 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning
and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to
directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be
downloaded/uploaded via FTP.
How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 11.2
How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10
How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Fedora 11
Email this page
