Using webdav storage as a file system on a immutable system
from tiz@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 10 Nov 14:20
https://lemmy.ml/post/22347310

On immutable systems like bazzite, what’s the best way to mount webdav storage as a file system in order to open it with Cryptomator?

options i’m thinking are:

  1. use distrobox bc there i can install davfs and cryptomator
  2. look for flatpak softwares that enables this function

I’m basically clueless. Any kind of info would be much appreciated.

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[deleted] on 10 Nov 18:00 next collapse

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crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz on 10 Nov 18:11 next collapse

You can install software on immutable distros, it just becomes part of the ostree image

unyons@feddit.org on 10 Nov 20:15 collapse

That’s supposed to be the last resort though, when nothing else works.

utopiah@lemmy.ml on 10 Nov 18:46 next collapse

Can rely on rclone.org/webdav/ too.

tiz@lemmy.ml on 11 Nov 11:28 collapse

thanks for the suggestion. how can I install rclone on Bazzite? A quick searching didn’t bring anything clear. Are you referring to using rclone via Distrobox or something?

utopiah@lemmy.ml on 11 Nov 17:15 collapse

I’m not familiar with Bazzite but I do have a SteamDeck with SteamOS and I do have things installed on it. There is for it 2 ways :

  • keep binaries in home, e.g. ~/bin/rclone because that does not get deleted on updates
  • allowing SteamOS to not be read-only and add a package. Here it seems to be via ujust but I don’t see rclone in there so I’d go down their list docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/ and it seems brew install rclone would work.
unyons@feddit.org on 10 Nov 20:19 next collapse

I am not familiar with webdav, and I’m no bazzite expert (although it’s my daily driver), but I would guess that distrobox could be a way to do this.

Either install a distrobox of arch or mint or Debian or whatever, and do the install there, or check out what distrobox has to offer for mounting WebDAV storage. I found it has options for implementing local AI that I would never have dreamed of, so who knows what else it can do?

docs.bazzite.gg/…/Distrobox/

tiz@lemmy.ml on 11 Nov 11:29 collapse

Yup, seems like distrobox is the way to go in any case.

unskilled5117@feddit.org on 10 Nov 22:02 collapse

If you don’t get a solution here I would recommend asking on bazzites discord or forum. There are more helpful people with more insights into immutable there. If it can‘t be solved without layering they might even be open to having it included in the image by default.

tiz@lemmy.ml on 10 Nov 22:48 collapse

That’s awesome I didn’t think of that. Yup, I will look into suggestions from other people then get help/request on their forum