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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-...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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/...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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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 $...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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-...
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Ubuntu is not shutting down

I added a WebDAV folder to /etc/fstab https://my.owncloud.de/remote.php/dav/files/matt/ /home/matt/Owncloud davfs user,rw,auto 0 0 but when it's mounted then Ubuntu doesn't shut down. See more ...
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davfs2 segfault when browsing with Nautilus and Ubuntu 24.04

After updating to Ubuntu 24.04 with Gnome 46, Nautilus (files) shows the following error when browsing a davfs share: error opening directory 'transfer endpoint is not connected' This effectively ...
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using davfs without root, problem with groups [duplicate]

bruni@PROX15:~$ mount /home/bruni/Documents/Data_Buero/Egroupware/wd_files /sbin/mount.davfs: user bruni must be member of group davfs2 bruni@PROX15:~$ groups bruni bruni : bruni dialout cdrom floppy ...
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davsf2 auto mount on startup with root

I have a folder that I want to be mounted all the time. But when the server reboots the mount will be lost. So I followed this tutorial: link Now, I don't use users and I do everything on my root. ...
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Box cloud syncing with davfs2

I have set up dual boot on my computer: I had Windows 7-32bit and added Ubuntu 14.04 -64bit. (just this past Sunday, so I'm a total newbie) A fundamental practice was the use of Box cloud. I managed ...
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Automating Mounting of DavFS share

So I have the problem that I have a WebDAV share that requires me to be logged into a VPN in order for it to be available. And in general, I have a lot of shares that I have access to but that aren't ...
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