WebDAV is a standard collaborative editing and file management protocol. Teaming supports the use of WebDAV tools, and enables you to manage your Teaming files through WebDAV. Teaming utilizes WebDAV when editing attached files, and you can also set up WebDAV to view documents in a Teaming folder.
If you are using WebDAV on Windows 7, you or your Teaming administrator must ensure that your workstation meets all the necessary prerequisites in order to support WebDAV, as described in Configuring Teaming to Support WebDAV on Windows 7
in the Novell Teaming 3 Administration Guide.
If you cannot use WebDAV as described in the following sections, consult your Teaming administrator.
You can use either of the following methods to edit files through WebDAV:
When you use the Edit-in-Place functionality to edit a Teaming file, as described in Editing Files
in the Kablink Teaming 3 User Guide, Teaming uses WebDAV to retrieve, lock, modify, and unlock the file. No special setup or configuration is needed in Teaming to use WebDAV in this way.
NOTE:Edit-in-Place functionality is not supported on Mac when using Microsoft Office as your document editor. To use Edit-in-Place functionality on Mac, you must use OpenOffice as your document editor.
You can obtain the WebDAV URL for individual files within Teaming, as described in Obtaining the WebDAV URL for a File
in the Kablink Teaming 3 User Guide.
After you have obtained the WebDAV URL for the file, you can specify the URL into a document editor such as Microsoft Office to open the file. Refer to the documentation for your specific document editor for instructions on how to accomplish this.
When you use WebDAV on a Teaming folder, you can create a mapped drive to a Teaming folder, enabling users to browse and navigate the Teaming folder in a WebDAV interface. To manage your Teaming folders through a WebDAV interface, you must first configure the Teaming folder to support WebDAV, then create a mapped drive to the Teaming folder.
NOTE:Because of limitations with WebDAV on Mac, you cannot use WebDAV to view a Teaming folder in a Mac environment.
When using WebDAV on a Teaming folder on Windows XP or Windows Vista, you must first install Software Update for Web Folders (KB907306). For information on how to perform this installation, see Software Update for Web Folders, and follow the provided instructions.
In most types of Teaming folders, Teaming allows you to add multiple files with the same name to a single folder, if each file is added as a separate entry. (Files folders, however, require each file to have a unique name.)
When a folder is configured to support WebDAV, Teaming requires that each file added to the folder have a unique name. This is because when you view a folder through WebDAV, you see only the files that are within the folder and not the entries that contain each file.
To configure a folder to support WebDAV by requiring that all files uploaded to the folder have a unique name:
Navigate to the folder that you want to configure to support WebDAV.
Click > in the Action toolbar.
Toward the bottom of the page, select .
Click .
For information about what users experience when they try to add a file to a WebDAV-enabled folder when the file has the same name as a file that has already been added to the folder, see Adding Files to a Files Folder and Other WebDAV-Enabled Folders
in the Kablink Teaming 3 User Guide.
There are two ways to view the Teaming folder in your Windows environment.
After your Teaming folder has been configured to support WebDAV, as described in Configuring a Folder to Support WebDAV, you can view the Teaming folder in your Windows environment in either of the following ways:
If you are using Windows XP as your client operating system, creating a mapped drive to the Teaming folder as described in this section does not work. Instead, add the Teaming folder as a network place, as described in Adding a Teaming Folder as a Network Place.
Navigate to the folder where you want to create the mapped drive.
Click the link in the footer.
In the provided table, copy the WebDAV URL.
Map a drive to the folder.
You accomplish this by using the Map Network Drive feature for Windows.
Specify your Teaming credentials, then complete the setup process.
If you are using Windows Vista as your client operating system, adding a Teaming folder as a network place as described in this section does not work. Instead, create a mapped drive to the Teaming folder, as described in Creating a Mapped Drive to the Teaming Folder.
Navigate to the folder where you want to create the mapped drive.
Click the link in the footer.
In the provided table, copy the WebDAV URL.
Add the folder as a network place.
You accomplish this by using the My Network Places feaure for Windows.
After your Teaming folder has been configured to support WebDAV, as described in Configuring a Folder to Support WebDAV, you can view the Teaming folder in your Linux environment.
Navigate to the folder where you want to create the mapped drive.
Click the link in the footer.
In the provided table, copy the WebDAV URL.
Use either the Nautilus or Konqueror feature to access the Teaming folder.
For specific information on how to use Nautilus or Konqueror, consult your Linux documentation.
Specify your Teaming credentials, then complete the setup process.