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How to connect existing configuration with WebDAV?

From	ein <ein@no.spam>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	How to connect existing configuration with WebDAV?
Date	2013-06-11 21:46 +0200
Organization	ATMAN - ATM S.A.
Message-ID	<kp7urd$aq8$1@node2.news.atman.pl> (permalink)

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Hello,

I have machine which servers files to users (LDAP) via CIFS and SFTP
(Samba,SSH). I'm using Ext4 ACLs to restrict access to some directory
hierarchy. Everything works just fine. I'm wondering if it's possible
to configure some web server for example Apache to serve this
hierarchy via WebDAV. ACL restrictions is most important in this setup
and I'd like to not duplicate it, because there're very complicated
and complex. I want to give users a possibility to exchange files via
HTTP(S) without need for setting VPN (I'm using OpenVPN right now for
that). Main problem i encounter is that after successful user
authentication against OpenLDAP user doesn't have access to files.
Reason is prosaic - UID and GID used by Apache. :)

I tired:
Davenport WebDAV-CIFS (SMB) Gateway - seems to be outdated and not
supported now (development stopped in 2007), because I have problem
with access using newer web browsers.

I'm thinking about:
http://webdavcgi.sourceforge.net/ - this looks promising, but
documentation and instructions are so chaotic that I'm not sure that
it's a right way to do what I want...

Please advise.

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How to connect existing configuration with WebDAV? ein <ein@no.spam> - 2013-06-11 21:46 +0200
  Re: How to connect existing configuration with WebDAV? "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 08:55 -0400
    Re: How to connect existing configuration with WebDAV? ein <ein@no.spam> - 2013-06-13 06:06 +0200

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