On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Joshua See <[email protected]> wrote:
> Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:49:29 -0500 > From: Joshua See <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: WebDAV Mount Displayed Name > To: macosx-admin <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > On Jun 29, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: >> I've scoured a lot of documentation and have not yet found what I'm >> looking for. >> >> I have set up a couple of WebDAV servers that are functioning just >> fine. >> >> I'd like to be able to have the name of the mounted Volume >> customized so that It doesn't just display the URL. >> >> So say I have a virtual host at http://documents.example.com. >> >> Currently when the server is mounted the Volume appears with the >> name "documents.example.com". >> >> I'd like for it to just read "Documents". >> >> Anyone have any clues how to accomplish that? > > Create and connect the mountpoint manually. > > mkdir /Volumes/ArbitraryName > mount_webdav https://webdav.server.example.com/path/to/sharepoint / > Volumes/ArbitraryName > > Using the -v switch on with mount_webdav should work, but I've never > gotten it to do so reliably. Older versions of OS X may benefit from > an open command to remind the Finder that the share is available. > Well manual connection is fine for me. But my users won't be able to comprehend any command line business. So, I've got to come up with something foolproof. I suppose I might be better off using AFP or FTP where I can define a custom Mount Point easier. The problem I'll run into with AFP is that I have windows clients to support and need to make things easy for them as well. It's my understanding that FTP would require a client app for write operations. Is it true that Finder does not support PUT to an FTP share? I also thought about using Samba, but most of the data will be Audio Files and Project files created on mac. I worry about loss of Resource forks in that case. Seemingly WebDAV would be a good choice for cross platform file sharing. I suppose there might be a way to create an Automator app that would make the connection and setup the custom Mount automatically. I'm just trying to make this a simple as possible for my users. Best, Tim Roberts Water Knot Music Nashville, TN_______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
