now we have webdav sorted its easy to get a calendar application client working. Here I'm using the lightning add on for thunderbird.\\

In the webdav folder create a test file and add some simple content

their hosts file you can use a static ip address here...

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NB both my client and server have the address of the alias "store" specified in

Both my client and server have the address of the alias "store" specified in

near the top ensure mod_alias and mod_webdav are both uncommented
Then at the bottom of the config add this
Both my client and server both have the address store specified in

and password allows you to browse the directory\\

to check that webdav is working correctly\\

now we have webdav sorted its easy to get a calendar application client working here I'm using lightning for thunderbird.\\

here together with instructions specific to the NSLU2

Now fire up thunderbird (or whatever calendar app you're using)\\

should be a local or network calendar
the next dialog will ask you what type - select icalendar (ICS)\\

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file ownership needs changing\\

file ownership needs changing

Make sure everything is working faultlessly here before continuing\\\\

[@$HTTP["host"] == "store" {

}@]

/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

sudo apt-get install cadaver

cadaver http://store/webdav

[@cp testfile.txt testfile2.txt

rm testfile*@]

[@BEGIN:VCALENDAR

END:VCALENDAR@]

chown www-data:www-data /var/www/webdav/cal.ics

http://chris:xxxxxxxx@store/webdav/cal.ics

apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils

lighty-enable-mod auth

[@mkdir /var/www/webdav chown www-data:www-data /var/www/webdav

[@ mkdir /var/www/webdav

mkdir /var/www/webdav chown www-data:www-data /var/www/webdav

[@ mkdir /var/www/webdav \\

[@ mkdir /var/www/webdav
chown www-data:www-data /var/www/webdav

[@mkdir //var//www//webdav

[@mkdir //var//www//webdav chown www-data:www-data //var//www//webdav

[@ mkdir /var/www/webdav

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lighty-enable-mod auth

[@mkdir /var/www/webdav

chmod 640 /var/www/webdav/passwd.dav@] \\\\

apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils \\

apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils\\

apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils

[@mkdir /var/www/webdav

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lighty-enable-mod auth \\\\

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apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils

apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils

apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils

apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils

[code]apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils[/code]

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[code]apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils[/code]

[code]apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils[/code]

[code]apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils[/code]

This quick howto assumes you have Debian installed on your NSLU2 and no webserver installed (or lighttpd installed)

I followed a number of none specific howto's and I have collected the info here together in instructions specific to the NSLU2

This will work with apache or any other webdav capable server but lighttpd is the lightest simplest server I could find that preformed well with my setup.

Most of the command following need root access either use sudo su or prefix each command with sudo or login as root...

First we need to install lighttpd and some utils

[code]apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav apache2-utils[/code] you'll need to enable mod auth [code]lighty-enable-mod auth[/code] We also want to password protect our webdav folder [code]mkdir /var/www/webdav chown www-data:www-data /var/www/webdav htpasswd -c /var/www/webdav/passwd.dav chris chown root:www-data /var/www/webdav/passwd.dav chmod 640 /var/www/webdav/passwd.dav[/code] The next task is to edit the lighttpd config near the top ensure mod_alias and mod_webdav are both uncommented Then at the bottom of the config add this both my client and server both have the address store specified in their hosts file you can use the static ip address here... [code]$HTTP["host"] == "store" {

  server.document-root = "/var/www/"
  alias.url= ("/webdav" => "/var/www/webdav")
  $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webdav($|/)" {
    webdav.activate = "enable"
    webdav.is-readonly = "disable"
    webdav.sqlite-db-name = "/var/run/lighttpd/lighttpd.webdav_lock.db"
    auth.backend = "htpasswd"
    auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile = "/var/www/webdav/passwd.dav"
    auth.require = ( "" => ( "method" => "basic",
                             "realm" => "webdav",
                             "require" => "valid-user" ) )
  }

}[/code] at this point you can now restart the web server [code]/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart[/code] make sure that you can access the default index page with a browser and also that the webdav url is password protected and entering user name and password allows you to browse the directory Assuming the web server is up and working as expected we can move on to check that webdav is working correctly In the webdav folder create a simple test file and add some simple content on your client machine install cadaver a (simple webdav client) [code]sudo apt-get install cadaver[/code] Then test the webdav server [code]cadaver http://store/webdav[/code] after logging in you should be able to use commands very similar to a shell to copy the test file [code]cp testfile.txt testfile2.txt cat testfile2.txt rm testfile*[/code] Make sure everything is working faultlessly here before continuing now we have webdav sorted its easy to get a calendar application client working here I'm using lightning for thunderbird. First we'll make an empty calendar file (cal.ics) with this content [code]BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION

 :2.0

PRODID

 :-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.0//EN

END:VCALENDAR[/code] [code]chown www-data:www-data /var/www/webdav/cal.ics[/code] Now fire up thunderbird (or whatever calendar app you're using) create a new calendar and select "on network" when it asks if it could be a local or network calendar the next dialog will ask you what type - select icalendar (ICS) and enter a url something like this... [code]http://chris:xxxxxxxx@store/webdav/cal.ics[/code] where xxxx is the password and store is your NSLU2's web address

You should now be able to add new events to your calendar (and also delete them!)

There's a bunch of other stuff that's probably a good idea to implement like SSL etc but this breaks the back of the job and gets things working