Change WebDAV permissions for writing files

[stephen thomas]

Is it possible to change the write permissions for the WebDAV user? It's currently 755 and greyed out. I'd like it to be 775.

Some details as to why I want this:

We have several users and have the auxiliary groups they belong to dictates which datasets they can access. We're using WebDAV to share to a NextCloud Box (smb_client/ftp haven't been added to the nextcloud snap yet, so WebDav seems to be the only way to go). At the minute, if someone modifies/adds a file via a NextCloud client/web interface, because it isn't group writable, users accessing FreeNAS on the local network can't modify it.

 

[dlavigne]

Is it possible to change the write permissions for the WebDAV user? It's currently 755 and greyed out. I'd like it to be 775.

Unfortunately, no. See the Warning at http://doc.freenas.org/9.10/sharing.html#webdav-shares.

 

[stephen thomas]

Unfortunately, no. See the Warning at http://doc.freenas.org/9.10/sharing.html#webdav-shares.

Thanks for your reply. I've already read the documentation, but the warning only talks about having to use the WebDAV user and using a strong password. I'm using the WebDAV user, but need the files it writes/edits to be group writable...

I'm also aware of the pitfalls of using several different types of share for the same datasets (file locking), but I can't see a way around this while having the files accessible locally and remotely (not until Nextcloud adds SMB anyway)...

More of a general question to add to the above, but how do you all achieve local and remote access without these problems? I'm not talking about being able to SSH in, but a workable solution that non-technical users can easily use. I believe this question is still on topic as it ties in to remote access writing files that are editible locally. I'd like to keep a user/group permission system similar to what we have now, as we need to limit dataset access based on who's using it. :) Thanks again.