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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 9.x => Topic started by: steever on April 07, 2016, 12:26:24 AM

Title: Shared Folder Contrib + Webdav
Post by: steever on April 07, 2016, 12:26:24 AM

Hi, I have SME Server 9 with the shared folders contrib installed.  How do I access the shared folders I have set up with webdav from Windows clients?  I would appreciate an answer so much.  Thanks!

Title: Re: Shared Folder Contrib + Webdav
Post by: Daniel B. on April 07, 2016, 09:08:38 AM

You just map the shared folder url as a network drive:

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net use K: https://sme.domain.tld/share /user:dani

You can also use the graphical wizzard from the file explorer (connect a network drive).

Note that the WebDav client in Windows is a bit buggy, and doesn't work everytime. It also has a file size limit which is very low. If you want to increase the file size limit to its maximum (which is about 4GB), you have to set the key FileSizeLimitInBytes in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WebClient\Parameters to ffffffff

You can use dedicated clients (WinSCP, Bitkinex) if you prefer an FTP-like experience. And you can also access it from Linux clients (at least when using Gnome) by using davs://sme.domain.tld/share as url

Title: Re: Shared Folder Contrib + Webdav
Post by: steever on April 11, 2016, 05:43:38 AM

Webdav definitely doesn't work very well, does it Daniel?

Title: Re: Shared Folder Contrib + Webdav
Post by: Daniel B. on April 11, 2016, 09:07:38 AM

Webdav itself works well. I use it daily without any problem. Only the default Windows client is not always very reliable. On Windows XP, it was a complete failure, since Windows 7, it's working much better.