Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OneDrive access from Linux using webdavs

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

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On Tuesday, September 01, 2015 11:25:08 AM Mick wrote:
> On Friday 28 Aug 2015 12:55:37 you wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Apparently OneDrive, the Microsoft cloud storage, is using the webdav
> > protocol.  However, to effect authentication OneDrive uses redirection to
> > a
> > different URL, which breaks Linux connections to it.  This page explains
> > someone's attempts using the previous MS offering of SkyDrive:
> > 
> > http://blog.lazut.in/2012/12/skydrive-webdav-access.html
> > 
> > I've tried the suggestions using both cadaver and dolphin.  Both failed to
> > connect.  I have not used net-fs/davfs2 to mount OneDrive, but I read in
> > the above link that davfs2 does not handle redirects either.
> > 
> > Would you know of some trick to allow me to access onedrive from Linux?
> > Read only access will do for the use case I have in mind, which is to
> > browse and download some files from a customer's shared folder.
> > 
> > 
> > PS. I've also found 'onedrive-d' a python script/program, which does not
> > seem to be available in portage, or any overlays.  Do you know if there's
> > an ebuild somewhere for it?  However, I think that this is for synch'ing a
> > local fs to OneDrive - something I am not necessarily interested in.
> 
> What?!  No-one on this list had to use OneDrive?  I can't believe it.  :p

Never used OneDrive and will also refuse to.
My customers tend to dislike putting data on publicly available systems :)

My experience with WebDav and products from MS is that they don't work 
reliably anymore.

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Joost

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