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I don’t know how I got along without using WebDAV for so long. Like the author of the page cited below, I work on multiple computers daily, two at work and two at home. For years I’ve been using FTP and hosted web space to access the current version of any file. Using WebDAV makes all that unnecessary and simplifies many tasks. And, it makes using note apps like Tomboy practical. I like Tomboy, but what’s the point if my notes are left on a computer that I can’t access later in the day?

So I was very happy to learn that I could set up WebDAV synchronizing with Tomboy. The excerpt below got me started, but in the end I had to do things slightly differently to get everything up and running.

Here’s how I synchronized Tomboy on FC11 and FC12:

1. I set up a WebDAV directory for Tomboy on my Dreamhost account, with .htaccess password. Very easy.
2. wdfs was not installed by default, so first I installed it using yum: sudo yum install wdfs.
3. Next, I created a directory to use for the purpose of mounting the remote WebDAV share: mkdir newdirectory.
4. When I tried to add myself to FUSE group as directed below, I got an error message that no such group existed. I threw some salt over my left shoulder and continued.
5. I ran modprobe as directed below: sudo modprobe fuse.
6. I found that a reboot was required after the modprobe.
7. I ran the command as directed below, using my own information of course: wdfs http://mywebdavserver.biz/foo ~/thelocalmountpoint -o username=nate -o password=natessecretpassword, BUT, I found that I had to add a trailing slash to the remote directory, so it had to be wdfs http://mywebdavserver.biz/foo/ ~/thelocalmountpoint -o username=nate -o password=natessecretpassword. I can’t remember if I had to use a trailing slash for the local mount point…
8. I went into Tomboy preferences and set up synchronization. On FC11, it wasn’t apparent how to get into the Tomboy preferences dialogue. Do so by right clicking the icon on the tray.
9. And everything works great! The main snags were syntax errors and the need to reboot after modprobe.

Linux.com :: Sharing files with wdfs and FUSE

To start using wdfs, you must first install FUSE. FUSE is widely supported these days, so an official package from your Linux distribution is probably available. If you have not used FUSE before, though, you will need to ensure that it is properly configured.

FUSE uses the fuse group to determine which users are allowed to mount and unmount FUSE filesystems, so add yourself to the fuse group with sudo usermod -a -G fuse yourname. Load the FUSE kernel module with sudo modprobe fuse.

If your Linux distribution does not provide a wdfs package, you can grab the latest tarball from the project’s Web site. In addition to FUSE itself, the only special dependency is neon, a WebDAV client library. wdfs should compile and install with a basic ./configure; make; sudo make install.

With wdfs compiled and installed and the FUSE module loaded, make a local directory in which to mount the remote WebDAV share. The basic mount command is wdfs http://mywebdavserver.biz/foo ~/thelocalmountpoint -o username=nate -o password=natessecretpassword. As is the case in Web browsers, you can use https:// URLs if the remote share uses HTTPS, and you can append a port number after a colon if the server is not running on the standard HTTP or HTTPS port.