Re: [PATCH] Documentation: setup-git-server-over-http: Mention davfs2

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 19, 2008, 07:48 UTC
Message-ID: <7vtzdhfnsq.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <c475e2e60808190023r2984cea3r11bd27fd331234b4@mail.gmail.com>

"Giovanni Funchal" <gafunchal@gmail.com> writes:

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>> In addition, testing with davfs2 requires you to have root access.
>
> When davfs2 is properly configured, the file system can be mounted in
> user space by non-root users. Root access is needed only when
> installing.

Ok, then I misread your description.  This part should be clarified:

>>> +An alternative is to use davfs2, a driver that allows mounting a WebDAV
>>> +resource into the system tree. This requires root access and kernel

s/This/Installing this module/;

>>> +support (probably your kernel includes this).
>>> +
>>> +  $ apt-get install davfs2

s/\$ /# /;

>>> +  $ mkdir -p /mnt/webdav

ditto.

>>> +  $ mount -t davfs http://<servername>/ /mnt/webdav
>>> +  $ ls /mnt/webdav
>>> +  $ umount /mnt/webdav