From d956b70370e53aeb0587f5e5065dd044011ec070 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Willingham Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 02:51:47 +0100 Subject: Doco - update dav2fs instructions. That should never have worked, but now it actually doesn't work. --- doc/dav_davfs2.md | 58 ------------------------------------------------------- doc/dav_mount.bb | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/dav_davfs2.md (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/dav_davfs2.md b/doc/dav_davfs2.md deleted file mode 100644 index e4313e810..000000000 --- a/doc/dav_davfs2.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -**Installing The Cloud as a Filesystem on Linux** - -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 - -`apt-get install davfs2` - -If you want to let normal users mount the filesystem - -`dpkg-reconfigure davfs2` - -and select "yes" at the prompt. - -Now you need to add any user you want to be able to mount dav to the davfs2 group - -`usermod -aG davfs2 {{DesktopUser}}` - -Edit /etc/fstab - -`nano /etc/fstab` - -to include your cloud directory by adding - -`example.com/cloud/{{Username}} /mount/point davfs user,noauto,uid={{DesktopUser}},file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1` - -Where {{Username}} is your username at your Red hub, 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 - -`example.com/cloud/ /home/bob/cloud davfs user,noauto,uid=bob,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1` - -Now, create the mount point. - -`mkdir /home/bob/cloud` - -and also create a directory file to store your credentials - -`mkdir /home/bob/.davfs2` - -Create a file called 'secrets' - -`nano /home/bob/.davfs2/secrets` - -and add your cloud login credentials - -`example.com/cloud {{username}} {{password}}` - - -Where {{username}} and {{password}} are the username and password for your hub. - -Don't let this file be writeable by anyone who doesn't need it with - -`chmod 600 /home/bob/.davfs2/secrets` - -Finally, mount the drive. - -`mount example.com/cloud/{{username}}` - -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. diff --git a/doc/dav_mount.bb b/doc/dav_mount.bb index 85ca614f4..62edc09d0 100644 --- a/doc/dav_mount.bb +++ b/doc/dav_mount.bb @@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ Edit /etc/fstab to include your cloud directory by adding [code] -example.com/cloud/ /mount/point davfs user,noauto,uid=<DesktopUser>,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1 +[baseurl]/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. +Where [baseurl] 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 -[code]example.com/cloud/ /home/bob/cloud davfs user,noauto,uid=bob,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1[/code] +[code][baseurl]/cloud/ /home/bob/cloud davfs user,noauto,uid=bob,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1[/code] Now, create the mount point. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Create a file called 'secrets' and add your cloud login credentials [code] -example.com/cloud <username> <password> +[baseurl]/cloud <username> <password> [/code] Where <username> and <password> are the username and password [i]for your hub[/i]. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Don't let this file be writeable by anyone who doesn't need it with Finally, mount the drive. -[code]mount example.com/cloud[/code] +[code]mount [baseurl]/cloud[/code] 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. -- cgit v1.2.3