[KLUG Members] Davenport: WebDAV CIFs

[James N]

The university? :)

Ok really :)  With your implementation of it, were you behind a firewall?

In what ways can this be an admin's nightmare?


--- Adam Tauno Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com> wrote:
> 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
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