Auto mount webdav folder

Solution 1:

Here is an article about that automount http://techiech.blogspot.ch/2013/04/mounting-webdav-directory-in-linux.html. However I had a problem mounting it in that way, but when I commented the line secrets ~/.davfs2/secrets back everything went fine.

• Install davfs2

  sudo apt-get install davfs2

• Reconfigure davfs2 to enable to use davfs under unprivileged users

  sudo dpkg-reconfigure davfs2

• Edit /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf to enable automatic credentials use.

  • Uncomment the line secrets ~/.davfs2/secrets

• Edit ~/.davfs2/secrets file to add credentials to remote WebDav diectory.

  • Add a line to the end of file in following style:

    https://<WebDav URI> <username> <password>

  • Set the permission:

    chmod 600 ~/.davfs2/secrets

• Add a line to /etc/fstab about the remote WebDav directory

  https://<WebDav URI> <mount point> davfs user,noauto,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1

• Add your user to the davfs2 group

  sudo vi /etc/group

  • Add your username as follows:

    davfs2:x:134:<username>

• That's it. You can use following commands without being a root user to mount/umount

  mount <mount point>

  umount <mount point>

  You can also use nautilus to mount/umount the directory.