Re: XP WebDav Mapped Drives

Not a problem. That is what i thought anyway.

We are trying to migrate a lot of our hosted clients to RPC/HTTP and Webdav rather than VPN's, and im looking to make some simple scripts/apps that can perform the required registry changes on Vista whilst still being very simple to use.

Thanks for the help Cliff!

:)

Matt

"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0bWdnd1UY7b5ATnVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hmm, as I said, the "add network place" wizard works. So the question is, does it *need* to be a drive letter? The problem is that the redirector in XP doesn't support encrypted data (something I swore was getting fixed in XP SP3.) But I've been using Vista for development for almost a year now (before XP3) so I don't have a machine to test on and see what the problem might be.

Vista supports https with net use, and XP supports https in the shell which is how I used https hosted webdav sites back when I was on XP. But if the XP redirector is still encryption unaware (which it sounds like it is) then you really can't work around it. You either deal with the XP limitation and use the shell to access WebDAV folders, or you purchase a third-party program that supports https drive maps. Sorry, wish I had a better answer.

-Cliff

"Matabra" <Matabra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eYANDMg$IHA.5048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

Nope SP3 doesnt map a WebDav share to a drive letter over SSL

the question is still out there. Is there a way to do it!!

Matt

"Matabra" <Matabra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e6PoAQZ$IHA.5048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh ok.. havnt tried on SP3 at the moment

Thanks very much for the help
ill try that later
Matt

"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Hqqdna0_pcadzD7VnZ2dnUVZ_rXinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As of XP SP3, it should work (although I admittedly have not tested it myself.) But as always (even for http connections) the "webclient" service must be running.

Worst case, you can always go through the "Add network place" wizard, which I *have* done and has worked for https webdav connections since XP RTM.

-Cliff

"Matabra" <Matabra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23F1gNcN$IHA.1180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Cliff,

Apologies for the wrong group. Hoped someone here might have tried this.

net use * https:// doesnt work in XP. Thats why i posted.

You get a "Network Path cannot be found" in xp.

Regards,

Matt

"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:-7Wdnf4vHZTBWzzVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1) This isn't an SBS question. Even remotely. Please *TRY* to keep your questions on point.
2) Vista and XP are both very easy.

net use * https://blahblah/blah

-Cliff

"Matabra" <Matabra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:udCRioF$IHA.1036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Guys,

Does anyone know a way to map a drive in XP , Using WebDav and SSL , eg https://www.domain.com/webdavshare

I know it can be done (with difficulty) in Vista SP1 but i need XP if at all possible aswell

Regards,

Matt



.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Alternative to attachments - Briefcase or X-Drive Software?
    ... A WebDAV site is a simple Website with WebDav ... > I'm looking for an alternative to file attachments that people do in ... > lot of file extensions. ... > be able to upload files through an HTTPS ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange2000.general)
  • Re: ssh transfert log "Urgent"
    ... > Is it possible to log all transfert "File name, size, duration" in a ... it's built on top of some rather old and simple file-transfer techniques. ... Why not consider using HTTPS and, say, WebDAV over HTTPS for uploads? ...
    (comp.security.ssh)
  • Re: Simple DAV server?
    ... I am *so* close to having a WebDAV solution. ... it all broke in MS Windows. ... in Windows Explorer. ... If I make it with HTTPS, ...
    (comp.lang.python)
  • Re: sftp without shell access
    ... Richard E. Silverman wrote: ... Richard's well written notes there also document how hard it is to do this ... Strongly consider using WebDAV over HTTPS, ...
    (comp.security.ssh)
  • Re: Vista Mail & HTTP
    ... WebDAV still works fine for Outlook Express under XP and for Outlook under ... WebDAV also works from a free Hotmail account that I use for ... a few rough edges including importing contacts from OE and/or Vista, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail)