[KLUG Members] Davenport: WebDAV CIFs

[Adam Tauno Williams]

Just discovered a great new application/service: Davenport

This little gem drops into a Tomcat JAVA application server and provides a
WebDAV gateway to a CIFS/SMB network (Samba, NT, etc...).  You can browse the
network via a web browser, download any file you normally have access to *OR*
just use the WebDAV exports like a native filesystem assuming your VFS supports
it (works in Windows 2000 and Ximian's XD2 at least).

Accessing files via WebDAV is much faster when your remote (as you
transparenltly make a local copy and sync back upon save) and the GNOME WebDAV
VFS module is faster than the GNOME CIFS VFS module.

And of course, it lets you close those goofy NetBIOS ports.

Took about five minutes to get it running.

http://davenport.sourceforge.net/

Adam Tauno Williams
Network & Systems Administrator
Morrison Industries
Grand Rapids, Mi. USA