Mounting WebDAV folder as drive in Windows
Recently i have installed WebDAV server for internal company use. All works fine, except mounting WedDAV folder as a drive in WinXP SP2.
For some reason Windows does not send username in HTTP request:
x.x.x.x - - [29/May/2007:09:46:13 +0100] "OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1" 200 -x.x.x.x - - [29/May/2007:09:46:13 +0100] "PROPFIND /files HTTP/1.1" 401 401x.x.x.x - - [29/May/2007:09:48:37 +0100] "OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1" 200 -x.x.x.x - - [29/May/2007:09:48:37 +0100] "PROPFIND /files HTTP/1.1" 401 401
There is two solutions to fix problem:
1. Use some free/commercial software
2. Make some changes in Windows registry
We prefer to go second way. To fix problem you need create following key in registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Services \WebClient\Parameters\UseBasicAuth (DWORD)
Value must be a non-zero.
After that change everything works for us.
Here is some screenshots showing how-to connect WedDAV folder as drive in Windows:
You need enter full WedDAV folder URL in ‘Folder’ filed.
Or just type in command line:
net use z: https://domain.com/webdavfolder/
Where z: is drive name
More details about WebDAV in WinXP SP2:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457156.aspx#EFAA