INSTALL : WebDAV file share
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Note: if you don't know what WebDAV is you probably don't need it. The default
vfs_sql is generally faster and easier to setup.
Filemanager's WebDAV support allows you to store your files online in
egroupware, in a way that cooperates well with other web applications (for
instance, in Windows you can then access your files as a "web folder", and
similarly KDE, Gnome, MacOSX, and amultitude of applications (eg MS Office and
OpenOffice.org) all include some way of browsing files on a WebDAV share)
Installation
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To install:
1/ Setup a WebDAV server - currently this code has only been well tested using
Apache's mod_dav (http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/). mod_dav is included in
Apache 2, and most Linux distributions include it as a package.
To setup mod_dav ensure that you have the module installed correctly ( RTFM :)
and create a virtual host (eg files.yourdomain.com) something like this:
AccessFileName .htaccess
ServerAdmin webmaster@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/files
AllowOverride All
Options +Indexes
DAV on
DirectoryIndex /
RemoveHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
RemoveType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3
RemoveType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
#This ensures egroupware can modify .htaccess files
order deny,allow
deny from all
#make sure your egroupware server is included here.
allow from localhost .localdomain
ServerName files.yourdomain.com
ErrorLog logs/dav_err
CustomLog logs/dav_acc combined
2/ On the setup page (egroupware/setup/config.php) specify
the WebDAV server URL (eg http://files.yourdomain.com ) in the: "Full path
for users and groups files" text area, and select DAV in the:
"Select where you want to store/retrieve filesystem information"
combo. If your file repository supports SSL you might want to enter
'https://files.yourdomain.com' instead - note that phpGroupWare itself wont
use SSL to access the repository, but when it redirects the users browser to
the repository it will use the secure https url.
3/ Make sure your WebDAV repository contains a "home" directory (important!)
So if your WebDAV directory is /var/files, you would need:
/var/files/
/var/files/home/
4/ You now want some kind of authentication on the WebDAV repository, so that
users accessing it directly still need their egroupware password. By default
there is no security through Apache's WebDAV module and anyone could access
your files.
To enable authentication you must use a third-party Apache authentication
module. Which you use depends on how you have setup authentication in
phpGroupWare - for instance if you use an SQL DB (the default) then set up
mod_auth_pgsql (http://www.giuseppetanzilli.it/mod_auth_pgsql/) or
mod_auth_mysql (http://modauthmysql.sourceforge.net/)
An example .htaccess file for your repository's root
(e.g. /var/files) when using mod_auth_mysql would be:
Options None
DirectoryIndex index.html
RemoveHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
RemoveType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3
RemoveType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AuthMySQL_Host localhost
AuthMySQL_User
AuthMySQL_Password
Auth_MySQL_DB
AuthMySQL_Password_Table "phpgw_accounts AS users"
AuthMySQL_Username_Field users.account_lid
AuthMySQL_Password_Field account_pwd
Auth_MySQL_Encryption_Types PHP_MD5
AuthName "V-Manager"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
eGroupWare's WebDAV vfs class has some support for adding
.htaccess files when creating new directories but does not do
so when creating a new directory for a new user so you will
need to do this by hand or modify the vfs_dav class. The .htaccess
file would look like "require user "
Filemanager also supports group directories. Add the
following to the .htaccess file:
AuthMySQL_Group_Table "phpgw_accounts AS groups, phpgw_accounts AS users, phpgw_acl AS acl"
Auth_MySQL_Group_Field groups.account_lid
Auth_MySQL_Group_Clause " AND groups.account_type='g' AND users.account_type='u' AND groups.account_id=acl.acl_location AND users.account_id=acl.acl_account AND groups.account_lid='Admins'"
And finally make the group directories by hand:
mkdir home/Admins; mkdir home/Default
and each directory's .htaccess file by hand:
require group Admins
TODO:
Create group directories automaticly
Create .htaccess file for group directories automaticly
Create .htaccess files for new user directories automaticly
Only list group directories to which the user has access