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Obsolete Releases => SME 8.x Contribs => Topic started by: stefan on June 03, 2012, 11:58:12 AM
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Hello, i've a Problem with Windows 7 (and 8, at least the public Release-Preview) and DAV:
The DAV-contrib works as described in http://wiki.contribs.org/DAV#Accessing_a_DAV_enabled_ibay (http://wiki.contribs.org/DAV#Accessing_a_DAV_enabled_ibay) with Windows XP, Linux, NetBSD, OSX etc. But it doesn't work with Windows 7, because of a bug that's already a known issue to Microsoft (see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2560598 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2560598)). They don't seem to view this as important, since the same bug exists in Windows 8 (till now). The workaround they suggest is not an option for my clients (the trouble with the network-drives and security-warnings, not remembering credentials and warning at startup, etc. is to much, they can't handle it. Also: it is incredible slow and instable). So i tried to put an ibay with DAV enabled as content into the Primary ibay (by means of server-manager, the Domain-section), which solves part of the Problem: Now Windows 7 can do as described in the DAV-contrib howto. But the shares i want my clients to access are done with the SharedFolders-contrib (http://wiki.contribs.org/SharedFolders (http://wiki.contribs.org/SharedFolders)) because i want per user rights and ssl/https encrypted password transfer. If i simply connect an ibay to be the contents of Primary with the server-manager, i have the ibay-name and password as auth, and at least no https as default-option. Also: if i enable DAV for that ibay (that's to workaround the Windows-bug), my users can modify it, and i don't want that.
So it comes down to this question: can i connect a SharedFolder (done with the contrib) as content of Primary?
Or: does anybody know a better solution, e.g. somehow enabling DAV for Primary but with write-access for nobody?
Hopefully that was understandable, sry for the bad english.
s.
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stefan
does anybody know a better solution...
Use webshare contrib, does that do what you want ?
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Thanks for the Tip -- but i did it by other means now. There's nothing about what technology the Webshare-contrib uses on the site. Is it a php-thing?
Here's my solution, doesn't fit everybodys needs perhaps, but for me it's ok:
I use the workaround Microsoft suggests, but not by means of their ever-warning etc. graphical interface, so my clients don't get nervous. Instead i installed a batch-file on the client-machines, with a nice-looking icon to start, that connects without reconnecting at next logon, and disconnects when called a second time, and connects again when doubleclicked again, etc. That's something they can handle. The file looks like this:
echo off
set usr=USER
set pwd=PASSWORD
if exist DRIVELETTER: goto drop
goto connect
:connect
net use DRIVELETTER: https://URL/FOLDER /user:%usr% %pwd% /persistent:no
goto end
:drop
net use DRIVELETTER: /d
:end
Windows 7 (and 8) still produce scary warnings about untrusted files when moving anything from the server to the workstations by drag+drop, but curiously doesn't produce any warnings when moving by copy+paste. I can't get rid of the warnings without seriously corrupting security on the client systems. But main use is the other way: writing something and uploading it. Also: Windows doesn't handle DAV like it should be: transparent for applications, with locking handled correctly to be able to work directly on the files stored on the server. But LibreOffice does, so i configred my clients LibreOffice-Installations to do so. It's ugly, but i hope to get my clients to use Linux or OSX when Windows 8 will hit the markets. I'm pretty sure that's a shock for the average user. Xubuntu or even Arch with whatever desktop or Windowmanager will make them feel at home compared to that ugly thing. But perhaps i'm wrong.
s.
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Ok, that's to funny not to mention: My problem arises from an OS trying to guess what a user wants instead of behaving like a tool. So is this forum. As i write Windows 8 in brackets it looks like this: (Windows 8)
But that's not a complain, thanks for the great work on SME, just a little hit by what Hegel calls "Weltgeist" (German Philosopher from last century).
s.
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Ok, that's to funny not to mention: My problem arises from an OS trying to guess what a user wants instead of behaving like a tool. So is this forum. As i write Windows 8 in brackets it looks like this: (Windows 8)
That is because that is the shorthand for a smiley with subglasses. There are some workarounds: either put a space between the 8 and the closing bracket or expand the "attachments and other options" panel below the edit box and check the checkbox: "Don't use smileys".