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MOUNT_WEBDAV(8)                          BSD System Manager's Manual                         MOUNT_WEBDAV(8)

NAME
     mount_webdav -- mount a WebDAV filesystem

SYNOPSIS
     mount_webdav [-s] [-S] [-i] [-v volume_name] [-o options] [scheme://]host[:port][/path] node

DESCRIPTION
     The mount_webdav command mounts the WebDAV-enabled server directory at [scheme://]host[:port][/path] at
     the mount point indicated by node.

     The user and group IDs for all files and directories are set to unknown, and the permissions default to
     read, write and execute for user, group and other.

     The arguments and options are:

     -s      Require that authentication credentials be sent securely to the server.  Note: If this option
             is not set, sending authentication credentials insecurely to the server will be allowed but
             will be logged.

     -S      Suppresses all user interface including the authentication dialogs and the non-responsive
             ("disconnect") server dialogs. If the server connection becomes non-responsive, the file system
             is immediately unmounted when this option has been used.

     -i      Interactive mode, you are prompted for the username and password.

     -o      Options passed to mount(2) are specified with the -o option followed by a comma-separated
             string of options. See the mount(8) man page for possible options and their meanings. If con-necting connecting
             necting to a Class 1 compliant WebDAV server, the rdonly option will be set even if it was not
             specified because mount_webdav will not allow files to be opened with write access on servers
             which do not support the DAV LOCK method.

     -v volume_name
             Allows the volume_name attribute (ATTR_VOL_NAME) returned by getattrlist(2) to be specified. If
             the volume_name is not specified, the last path component name of the node path is used as the
             volume_name.

     [scheme://]host[:port][/path]
             The WebDAV-enabled server directory (collection resource) to mount as a volume.  The scheme, if
             specified, must be "http://" or "https://". If the scheme is not specified, then "http://" is
             used.  If the port is not specified, then port 80 is used when the scheme is "http://" or port
             443 is used when the scheme is "https://".  If the path is not specified, then the path "/" is
             used.

     node    Path to mount point.

EXAMPLES
     The following example illustrates how to mount the WebDAV-enabled server directory
     http://idisk.mac.com/membername/ at the mount point /Volumes/mntpnt/.

           mount_webdav http://idisk.mac.com/membername/ /Volumes/mntpnt/

DIAGNOSTICS
     The mount_webdav utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.  Here is a list of common
     results (other error results not listed may be returned):

     0                  mount_webdav successfully mounted the server directory.

     [ENOENT]           The server directory could not be mounted by mount_webdav because the node path is
                        invalid.

     [ENODEV]           The server directory could not be mounted by mount_webdav because it is not WebDAV-enabled WebDAVenabled
                        enabled or because it does not exist, or because node does not have proper access.

     [ECANCELED]        The server directory could not be mounted by mount_webdav because the user did not
                        provide proper authentication credentials.

COMPATIBILITY
     As noted above, the -afd option is considered deprecated in Mac OS X 10.4 and may not be supported in
     future releases. Use the FSMountServerVolumeSync() and FSMountServerVolumeAsync() APIs in Carbon-Core/Files.h CarbonCore/Files.h
     Core/Files.h instead.

SEE ALSO
     mount(2), unmount(2), mount(8) getattrlist(2)

HISTORY
     The mount_webdav command first appeared Mac OS X Version 10.0. Support for HTTP Digest Access authenti-cation authentication
     cation was added in Mac OS X Version 10.1.1. Support for the https URL scheme, and for additional
     authentication methods and proxies supported by the CFNetwork framework were added in Mac OS X Version
     10.4.

Mac OS X                                      October 27, 2008                                      Mac OS X

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