nextcloud webdav

**jduns** · July 1st, 2020

I used to connect to my nextcloud server with Dolphin; this was (and is) the entry: webdav://ecloud.global/remote.php/webdav/.
In these last times I am asked every time for user and password, and this is very annoying.
I tried to creare an account network, following https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/16...ss_webdav.html,
but unsuccessfully.
I'd like to use Dolphin, and not another app (like nextcloud client). There is a way? I think something like webdav://ecloud.global/remote.php/webdav/ + user and password: but how?
Thanks!

**SeijiSensei** · July 1st, 2020

You could try including the username and password in the URL:

Code:

webdav://username:password@server/

However, unless you're using the secure version of the webdav protocol, or connecting over a secure link like a VPN, this transmits your credentials in the clear.

Are you running Kubuntu? Are you using the KDEWallet to store usernames and passwords? (System Settings > Account Details > KDE Wallet)

**jduns** · July 1st, 2020

Thank you. Yes, Kubuntu. And yes: maybe the problem is that I had disabled KDE Wallet. Now I will try.
EDIT
Unfortunately no, even enabling KDE Wallet the problem is still there.
I tried your tip, but unsuccessfully: I mean I didn't get any error message, but the tab remain white, empty. Maybe the problem is that my username in /e/ is an e-mail account (wirth an "@"), so or I put the whole e-mail name, and therefore I have two "@", or I omit "@e.mail" in my username but this makes incomplete the username.

**SeijiSensei** · July 1st, 2020

You can try

Code:

webdav://'user@email'@webdav_server/

but I have no idea if that will work. If it does, you should be prompted for the password.

**TheFu** · July 1st, 2020

There is a documentation link for nextcloud: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/18...ss_webdav.html
It says the URL for Nautilus is: davs://example.com/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/USERNAME/
or
dav://example.com/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/USERNAME/ if HTTPS certs aren't setup.

For Dolphin: webdav://example.com/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/USERNAME/ They ignore the http or https aspects completely in that section. For my username, webdav://example.com/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/TheFu/

There are warnings and common issues in the link too.

**TheFu** · July 1st, 2020

I tested using the Mate Caja file manager and it connected quickly using the davs:// URL.

A popup username+password dialog was displayed that asked how long to remember the credentials - forever, this session, until reboot. It looked like a gvfs dialog from Gnome. It doesn't use a "real mount", so the /etc/mtab wasn't modified and nothing was shown under /media/{userid}/ or in /var/run/user/1000/gvfs

The problem is that opening data files (music or photos) fails to probably work. I think it is that the players don't know how to handle DAV URLs. I suppose if drag-n-drop file management is the purpose, then the file manager would be fine. If direct access to the files is desired, then using the webdav mount technique via an fstab or autofs mount would be more useful. Perhaps.