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+To install your cloud directory as a filesystem, you first need davfs2 installed. 99% of the time, this will be included in your distributions repositories. In Debian
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+[code]apt-get install davfs2[/code]
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+If you want to let normal users mount the filesystem
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+[code] dpkg-reconfigure davfs2[/code]
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+and select "yes" at the prompt.
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+Now you need to add any user you want to be able to mount dav to the davfs2 group
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+[code]usermod -aG davfs2 <DesktopUser>[/code]
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+Edit /etc/fstab
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+[code]nano /etc/fstab[/code]
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+ to include your cloud directory by adding
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+[code]
+example.com/cloud/ /mount/point davfs user,noauto,uid=<DesktopUser>,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1
+[/code]
+
+Where example.com is the URL of your hub, /mount/point is the location you want to mount the cloud, and <DesktopUser> is the user you log in to one your computer. Note that if you are mounting as a normal user (not root) the mount point must be in your home directory.
+
+For example, if I wanted to mount my cloud to a directory called 'cloud' in my home directory, and my username was bob, my fstab would be
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+[code]example.com/cloud/ /home/bob/cloud davfs user,noauto,uid=bob,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1[/code]
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+Now, create the mount point.
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+[code]mkdir /home/bob/cloud[/code]
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+and also create a directory file to store your credentials
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+[code]mkdir /home/bob/.davfs2[/code]
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+Create a file called 'secrets'
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+[code]nano /home/bob/.davfs2/secrets[/code]
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+and add your cloud login credentials
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+[code]
+example.com/cloud <username> <password>
+[/code]
+
+Where <username> and <password> are the username and password [i]for your hub[/i].
+
+Don't let this file be writeable by anyone who doesn't need it with
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+[code]chmod 600 /home/bob/.davfs2/secrets[/code]
+
+Finally, mount the drive.
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+[code]mount example.com/cloud[/code]
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+You can now find your cloud at /home/bob/cloud and use it as though it were part of your local filesystem - even if the applications you are using have no dav support themselves.
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+Return to the [zrl=[baseurl]/help/main]Main documentation page[/zrl]
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