Gnome sharing settings not working (webdav)

Oldmoth · 2014-03-10 02:29:24

I thought that the sharing settings that come with Gnome would work out of the box, but they don't seem to be.
And all I could find was out dated documentation.

-I have installed avahi and nss-mdns
-run systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service, rebooted
-tried to connect to the suggested dav server name that is given in the sharing settings to no avail, on both my arch laptop and android tablet.

Not sure if I am missing packages or configs, I would like to think the reason for having the sharing settings option was to not have to configure it.

Thanks in advance.

Rexilion · 2014-03-10 08:09:25

Maybe check ~/.xsession-errors if it exists.

What port is it using (80?) check if there is a server listening behind if with

netstat -l inet -n

.

Oldmoth · 2014-03-10 08:49:53

There is no xsession error file.

and netstat -l inet -n gives me:

bash: netstat: command not found

Could be the problem?
Edit:Nope, is netstat not outdated?

Last edited by Oldmoth (2014-03-10 09:16:01)

Rexilion · 2014-03-10 09:23:12

ss -l -4 --socket=tcp --socket=udp

Didn't knew it was outdated. Now I need to update my scripts .

Oldmoth · 2014-03-10 09:40:10

This is what I got:

Netid  State      Recv-Q Send-Q   Local Address:Port       Peer Address:Port   
tcp    UNCONN     0      0         192.168.0.12:35443                 *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0         192.168.0.12:plysrv-https               *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0            127.0.0.1:plysrv-https               *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0                    *:plysrv-https               *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0                    *:35557                 *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0            127.0.0.1:48578                 *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0                    *:44635                 *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0            127.0.0.1:57105                 *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0                    *:65500                 *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0         192.168.0.12:53336                 *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0                    *:mdns                  *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0         192.168.0.12:ssdp                  *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0            127.0.0.1:ssdp                  *:*       
tcp    UNCONN     0      0                    *:ssdp                  *:*       
tcp    LISTEN     0      5                    *:65500                 *:*       
tcp    LISTEN     0      5                    *:rfb                   *:*       
tcp    LISTEN     0      5                    *:vop                   *:*

Nothing on 80...

Rexilion · 2014-03-10 11:16:52

Gnome-user-share uses Apache for user sharing (woa). Gnome-user-share has mod_dnssd as it's dependency's. Maybe that did not pull in Apache (I don't know).

Check if you have both apache and mod_dnssd installed.

Furthermore, the server cannot listen at port 80 if you start it as a user. A regular user cannot use ports below 1024.

Oldmoth · 2014-03-11 02:52:12

Checked, both are installed.
I might just give up on the gnome settings and set up webdav with Apache manually however, I only want to share my home directory locally. Can I do that?

Rexilion · 2014-03-11 07:31:02

Oldmoth wrote:

Checked, both are installed.
I might just give up on the gnome settings and set up webdav with Apache manually however, I only want to share my home directory locally. Can I do that?

Yes, that is possible. I do think you might want to consider using lighttpd (lighty). It can run as your regular user and is pretty lightweight.

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#1 2014-03-10 02:29:24

Gnome sharing settings not working (webdav)

#2 2014-03-10 08:09:25

Re: Gnome sharing settings not working (webdav)

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