WebDAV access ‘how to’
Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by fotis in Blog, General
MyNetworkFolders.com supports webDAV access to your personal file space. Find below instructions on how to access your files via a webDAV folder in Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Windows 7
1. Open ‘My Computer’ and select ‘Map Network Drive’:
2. In the pop-up dialog select a drive letter and enter https://mynetworkfolders.com/webdav in the “Folder” field, then click “Finish”. If you check “Reconnect at logon”, windows will try to mount your folder each time you log in.
3. Enter your username & password and click “OK”. If you registered via openID, Yahoo, facebook, etc. you need to enter the username & password that you defined during registration specifically for webDAV access.
Thats it! You will view your personal file space as a webDAV folder in My Computer.
Windows Vista
1. Like in Windows 7, open up ‘My Computer’ and select ‘Map Network Drive’:
2. In the pop-up dialog select a drive letter and enter https://mynetworkfolders.com/webdav in the “Folder” field, then click “Finish”. If you check “Reconnect at logon”, windows will try to mount your folder each time you log in.
3. Enter your username & password and click “OK”. If you registered via openID, Yahoo, facebook, etc. you need to enter the username & password that you defined during registration specifically for webDAV access.
Thats it! You will view your personal file space as a webDAV folder in My Computer.
Windows XP
1. Like in Windows 7 & Vista, open up ‘My Computer’ and select ‘Map Network Drive’:
2. In the pop-up dialog select a drive letter and enter http://mynetworkfolders.com/webdav in the “Folder” field, then click “Finish”. If you check “Reconnect at logon”, windows will try to mount your folder each time you log in.
3. In the authentication dialog that pops-up enter your username & password and click “OK”. If you registered via openID, Yahoo, facebook, etc. you need to enter the username & password that you defined during registration specifically for webDAV access.
Thats it! You will view your personal file space as a webDAV folder in My Computer.
MacOS
1. Launch Finder and select “Connect to Server” from the “Go” menu.
2. In the pop-up dialog enter https://mynetworkfolders.com/webdav in the “Folder” field, then click “Finish”.
3. In the authentication dialog that pops-up enter your username & password and click “OK”. If you registered via openID, Yahoo, facebook, etc. you need to enter the username & password that you defined during registration specifically for webDAV access.
Thats it! Your file space is mounted and a new mount appears on your desktop.
Linux
1. You need to have davfs2 installed. The way to do it is similar in most Linux distributions; e.g. in Ubuntu you can add the davfs2 package with the Synaptic Package Manager or with this command:
sudo apt-get install davfs2
2. Mount the webDAV folder with this command (syntax may differ slightly in different distributions):
sudo mount https://mynetworkfolders.com/webdav -t davfs /your_mount_point
3. The system will request your credentials, enter your username & password. If you registered via openID, Yahoo, facebook, etc. you need to enter the username & password that you defined during registration specifically for webDAV access.
Thats it! Your personal file space will appear as a folder under the mount point you defined in the ‘mount’ command.
Note: The WebDAV protocol is not very efficient over the Internet. Expect lower performance compared to the web client, desktop client and direct API access. We plan to support more efficient means for integrating your folders into your desktop.
