How can I mount my SWITCHdrive folder in a virtual machine?

You can access your data in SWITCHdrive from a virtual machine that you create on the the SWITCHengines infrastructure. The following how-to describes the steps:

Mounting from command line

Install the WebDAV support using the davfs package. On Debian/Ubuntu, you can use:
```
sudo apt-get install davfs2
```
Reconfigure davfs2 to allow access to normal users (select Yes when prompted):
```
sudo dpkg-reconfigure davfs2
```
Add the users you want to be able to mount the share to the davfs2 group (where <username> of course is the user on your VM (for example ubuntu):
```
sudo usermod -aG davfs2 <username>
```
Edit /etc/fstab and add the following line for each user who wants to mount the folder (with your details where appropriate):
```
https://drive.switch.ch/remote.php/webdav/ /home/<username>/switchdrive davfs user,rw,noauto 0 0
```

Then, as each user who wants to mount the folder:

Create the folders switchdrive/ and .davfs2/ in your home directory
Create the file secrets inside .davfs2/, fill it with the following (with your credentials where appropriate):
```
https://drive.switch.ch/remote.php/webdav <username> <password>
```
Ensure the file is only writable by you either through the file manager, or via:
```
chmod 600 ~/.davfs2/secrets
```
Run the command:
```
mount ~/switchdrive
```
To automatically mount the folder on login, add the command you used in step 4 to ./.bashrc

Known Issues

Problem: Resource temporarily unavailable

Solution: If you experience trouble when you create a file in the directory, edit /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf and add:

use_locks 0

Text is taken from the OwnCloud documentation