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diff --git a/system/davfs2/MINI_HOWTO b/system/davfs2/MINI_HOWTO new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bb14fc0387 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/davfs2/MINI_HOWTO @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +HOW TO CONNECT WITH A WEBDAV SERVER +on SLACKWARE LINUX 13.0 + +In this HOWTO, the user is named "user" +Amend as required for your choice of username. + +1. Login as root + +2. Define a davfs2 group and user: + + # groupadd -g 230 davfs2 + # useradd -u 230 -d /var/cache/davfs2 -g davfs2 davfs2 + +3. If (and only if) you have a Slack64 install; + # export ARCH=x86_64 + +4. You may want to set the Package type that you will build: + # export PKGTYPE=txz + +5. Build and install your package: + # tar xvf davfs2.tar.gz + # cd davfs2 + # wget http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/nongnu.org/davfs2/davfs2-1.4.5.tar.gz + # ./davfs.SlackBuild + # installpkg /tmp/davfs2-1.4.5-x86_64-1_SBo.txz + +6. Add the user if not already defined. My user shall be called user, so: + + # adduser user + + Read the Slackbook for more details on adduser, choose default settings BUT: + with the default group list add also davfs2: + + Press ENTER to continue without adding any additional groups + Or press the UP arrow to add/select/edit additional groups + : audio cdrom floppy plugdev video power netdev davfs2 + +7. Edit /etc/fstab with the following line: + WEBDAV_SERVER_URL mount_point davfs noauto,user 0 0 + + For example: + https://example.org/user /home/user/mnt/dav davfs noauto,user 0 0 + +8. logout + +9. Login again as your davfs user ("user" in my case). + +10. $ mkdir -p $HOME/.davfs2/certs/private/ $HOME/mnt/dav + +11. Move the certificate to $HOME/davfs2/certs/private and restrict the permission to rw-------: + For example: + + $ mv CERTIFICATE.pfx $HOME/.davfs2/certs/private/ + $ chmod 600 $HOME/.davfs2/certs/private/CERIFICATE.pfx + +12. Optionally: Switch user to root and copy the system configuration file. + Then change ownership to the davfs user and exit back to the davfs user. There + are a lot of interesting comments in these files that might be helpful. + + $ su - + # cp /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf ~user/.davfs2/ + # cp /etc/davfs2/secrets ~user/.davfs2/ + # chown -R user:users ~user/.davfs2/ + # exit + +13. Edit $HOME/.davfs2/davfs2.conf with the following line: + + clientcert ~/.davfs2/certs/private/CERTIFICATE.pfx + + Read: + + $ man davfs2.conf + + for all the details and options. Tests have shown that you do not need more + than the line above, but you may want to set many other interesting + parameters. + +14. Edit $HOME/.davfs2/secrets with the following 2 lines: + + https://example.org/user username password + CERTIFICATE.pfx passphrase + + passphrase is the password for the PFX certificate + +15. Restrict permssion for $HOME/.davfs2/secrets to rw-------: + + $ chmod 600 $HOME/.davfs2/secrets + +16. Mount the davfs service on $HOME/mnt/dav + + $ mount https://example.org/user + + You should be able to see your WEBDAV server on $HOME/mnt/user + +17. When you would like to disconnect: + + $ umount $HOME/mnt/dav + + You should get a similar response (the pid number is random): + + /sbin/umount.davfs: waiting while mount.davfs (pid 5700) synchronizes the cache .. OK |