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        <author email="csharp@mac.com">Chris Sharp</author>
        <title>Using MacOS X webdav_fs to connect to a WebDAV enabled site</title>
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	<section name="Using MacOS X to connect to a Slide share">
    
    <p>
	MacOS X 10.x will allow you to connect to Slide or any WebDAV 
    enabled site via the <b>&quot;Connect to Server&quot; </b>diaglog. 
    This HOWTO will walk you through connecting to a Slide share from 
    MacOS X.
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              <p> 
              First, click the <b>GO</b> menu from the Finder, then select 
                the <b>Connect to Server</b> option: 
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              <p><img src="images/GoMenu.jpg" width="211" height="263" />
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              <p>A new window should appear. In the <b>Address</b> field enter 
                the hostname, optionally the port, and the path to the slide context: 
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              <p>
                <img src="images/ConnectToServer.jpg" width="426" height="381" /> 
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              <p>
                Finally, you'll need to authenticate yourself to the Slide server. 
                The default username and password for administrative access is 
                <code>root/root</code>. Note, on MacOS 10.2 and latter if you 
                use Basic authentication, the WebDAV filesystem will display the 
                following alert
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              <p><img src="images/WebDAVFSSecNot.jpg" width="420" height="184" /></p>
              
              <p>After selecting <strong>Continue, </strong>you will be prompted 
                for the username and password.</p>
              <p><img src="images/WebDAVFSAuth.jpg" width="420" height="266" /></p>
              
              <p>If you cannot authenticate, there's an issue with the default 
                <code>web.xml</code> file that comes with Slide version 1.0.16. 
                In that file, there is an <code>auth constraint</code> for three 
                roles: <br />
                <code>&lt;auth-constraint&gt;<br />
                &lt;role-name&gt;root&lt;/role-name&gt;<br />
                &lt;role-name&gt;guest&lt;/role-name&gt;<br />
                <b>&lt;role-name&gt;user&lt;/role-name&gt;<br /></b>&lt;/auth-constraint&gt;<br />
                </code> The <code>user</code> role is not defined by default in 
                the <code>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml</code> file. 
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              <p> After you successfully authenticate yourself to the Slide server, 
                a new window should appear: </p>
              <p> <img src="images/MountedVolume.jpg" width="615" height="427" /></p>
              <p>The WebDAVFS will allow you to treat this volume like a locally 
                mounted hard drive. Applications and services will interact with 
                the Slide share without any changes.
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