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Line 32 Authoring Spaces.
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WebDAV allows a user to connect to an Authoring Space in the same way as removable |
WebDAV allows a user to connect to an Authoring Space in the same way as removable |
media, and to use their own laptop/desktop computer's file management tools and |
media, and to use their own laptop/desktop computer's file management tools and |
applications to move, edit and delete files. In the case of MacOS, the user selects |
applications to move, edit and delete files. See: ``WebDAV access to Authoring Space'' |
the ``Go'' item in the Finder toolbar and selects ``Connect to Server''. |
section in the Authoring manual for more information. |
The user will then enter a URL for a library server where the authoring space is located: |
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e.g., https:// $<$ hostname $>$ /webdav/ $<$dom$>$ / $<$ username $>$/ where dom is the domain |
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and username is the username of the Authoring Space owner. |
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Note: webDAV usage requires Apache with SSL to be running on the library server. |
Note: webDAV usage requires Apache with SSL to be running on the library server. |
The user will be prompted to enter a username (this will be the LON-CAPA username |
The user will be prompted to enter a username (this will be the LON-CAPA username |
if the user is also the author, or username:domain of the user, |
if the user is also the author, or username:domain of the user, |
if the access is for a co-author), and the user's LON-CAPA password. |
if the access is for a co-author), and the user's LON-CAPA password. |
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If you use Single Sign On to authenticate LON-CAPA users in your domain, then to |
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support webDAV you also need to support authentication by LON-CAPA for your users. |
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This can achieved if the authentication type stored internally for each SSO user is |
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set to either (a) Kerberos 5 (with a parameter -- the appropriate Kerberos realm |
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set), or (b) Local Authentication, with /home/httpd/lib/perl/localauth.pm |
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customized to verify username and password (e.g., via LDAP). If a user can log-in |
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to LON-CAPA via the URL /adm/login (thereby by-passing SSO), then the same user will |
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also be able to authenticate using a WebDAV client (assuming other requirements are |
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met, i.e., SSL, WebDAV access enabled, active author or co-author role). |
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The requirement to obsolete published files before moving or deleting them, which applies to |
The requirement to obsolete published files before moving or deleting them, which applies to |
the regular web browser-based management of Authoring Space, also applies in the webDAV |
the regular web browser-based management of Authoring Space, also applies in the webDAV |