Trying to figure out how to make apache give a 'nice' url for NetStorage that satisfies Windows WebDAV hooks.
Normal URL: https://server.serverdom.domain.dom/oneNet/NetStorage
Nice URL: https://myfiles.domain.com/
The problem is, that the "oneNet" bit is hidden in a <Location> section, and I can't figure out how to make it all work right. You can't use a redirect because WebDAV pukes on it. Mod ReWrite might be able to to it, but I haven't figured out how to do an invisible rewrite. Is it worth the effort to start hitting up mod_proxy, or do we just write up detailed instructions for users and live with the people with a 7-character memory buffer?
I hate commenting on a blog entry that is older than my daughter, but this entry directly addresses that which I am currently trying to accomplish. Did you ever make any headway on this? Was mod_rewrite the way to go?
We found something, but I can't remember exactly what fixed it for it hath been too long. Also, at the time of that posting we were on NetWare 6.0 and Apache 1.3. Things changed markedly with NW6.5 and then with the OES releases. Also, several Windows patches changed how the WebDav interface worked. It was broken in 2004, but by the time Win7 came around it mostly-worked well.
However, I do have some other blog entries that go into some of it:
http://sysadmin1138.net/mt/blog/2004/10/webdav-windows-and-office.shtml
http://sysadmin1138.net/mt/blog/2004/12/myfiles-improves.shtml
http://sysadmin1138.net/mt/blog/2008/11/netstorage-webdav-and-vista.shtml