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Network drives using WebDAV (without VPN)
If you aren´t connected with the university network, you can use WebDAV to gain access to Shares.
Connect using "Map network drive"-assistant
Open a Window
Open the Explorer (windows key+E) and click with the right mouse buttom on the entry “This PC”. After that choose “Map network drive”.
"Connect to a website"
Choose the entry “Connect to a website”:
Enter URL
Click on the following window the buttom “Next”:
Then “custom network location” and “Next”:
And finally enter the adress
https://filegw.hs-regensburg.de/webdav
Input username and password
Clicking on “Next” will take you to username and password query.
Enter the username in the format
abc12345@hs-regensburg.de
and confirm with “OK”:
We recommend to select “Remember my credentials” if you don´t want re-enter your data on each login.
Completion
Finally click on “Next” again and then on “Fertig stellen”:
The drive should be connected:
Problems
Only the K-Drive is shown in some cases. This is a Windows issue. To see all drives, you have to select Show hidden files, folders, and drives under Advanced settings, and then select OK(for an example in Windows 10).
Mac OS
Open the Dialogue
1. A connection with a server must be furnished.
Connect to Server
2. Indicate the Server Adress.
https://filegw.hs-regensburg.de/webdav
Insert Credentials
3. Insert your username as
abc12345@hs-regensburg.de
Finalise
4. The WebDAV Drive
5. The Networkdrives G:\, H:\, K:\, P:\, S:\
Problems
Mac OSX with WebDAV is not able to show Folders with umlauts
Linux
This Instruction was tested on Ubuntu 12.04LTS.
Map Network Drive
Open the Terminal and tap the following command
nautilus davs://filegw.hs-regensburg.de/webdav/ &
In the window that opens, tap your user ID
abc12345@hs-regensburg.de
and your password.
Now the standard file manager should open with the mapped network drive.
Setting Bookmarks
Rightclick on the network drive “WebDAV” → “Lesezeichen hinzufügen” set a permanent bookmark in Nautilus. When opening this bookmark for the first time, you must enter your username and password again as shown above.
