---
name: "mount_webdav"
section: "8"
platform: "macos"
package: "webdavfs"
version: "403.100.1"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mount_webdav"
---

# mount\_webdav(8)

mount a WebDAV filesystem

## NAME

**mount\_webdav** – mount a WebDAV filesystem

## SYNOPSIS

**mount\_webdav** \[**-s**\] \[**-S**\] \[**-i**\] \[**-v** *volume\_name*\] \[**-o** *options*\] *\[scheme://\]host\[:port\]\[/path\]* *node*

## DESCRIPTION

The **mount\_webdav** command mounts the WebDAV-enabled server directory at *\[scheme://\]host\[:port\]\[/path\]* at the mount point indicated by *node*.

The user and group IDs for all files and directories are set to unknown, and the permissions default to read, write and execute for user, group and other.

The arguments and options are:

- **-s**

  Require that authentication credentials be sent securely to the server. Note: If this option is not set, sending authentication credentials insecurely to the server will be allowed but will be logged.

- **-S**

  Suppresses all user interface including the authentication dialogs and the non-responsive ("disconnect") server dialogs. If the server connection becomes non-responsive, the file system is immediately unmounted when this option has been used.

- **-i**

  Interactive mode, you are prompted for the username and password.

- **-o**

  Options passed to [mount(2)](/mount/2.md) are specified with the **-o** option followed by a comma-separated string of options. See the [mount(8)](/mount/8.md) man page for possible options and their meanings. If connecting to a Class 1 compliant WebDAV server, the rdonly option will be set even if it was not specified because mount\_webdav will not allow files to be opened with write access on servers which do not support the DAV LOCK method.

- **-v** *volume\_name*

  Allows the volume\_name attribute (ATTR\_VOL\_NAME) returned by [getattrlist(2)](/getattrlist/2.md) to be specified. If the volume\_name is not specified, the last path component name of the *node* path is used as the volume\_name.

- *\[scheme://\]host\[:port\]\[/path\]*

  The WebDAV-enabled server directory (collection resource) to mount as a volume. The scheme, if specified, must be "http://" or "https://". If the scheme is not specified, then "http://" is used. If the port is not specified, then port 80 is used when the scheme is "http://" or port 443 is used when the scheme is "https://". If the path is not specified, then the path "/" is used.

- *node*

  Path to mount point. Note: The mount point directory must be created or exist before issuing the **mount\_webdav** command.

## EXAMPLES

The following example illustrates how to mount the WebDAV-enabled server directory *http://idisk.mac.com/membername/* at the mount point */Volumes/mntpnt/*. Note: The mountpoint directory */Volumes/mntpnt/* must be created before issuing the **mount\_webdav** command.

```
mount_webdav http://idisk.mac.com/membername/ /Volumes/mntpnt/
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

The **mount\_webdav** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs. Here is a list of common results (other error results not listed may be returned):

- 0

  **mount\_webdav** successfully mounted the server directory.

- \[ENOENT\]

  The server directory could not be mounted by **mount\_webdav** because the node path is invalid.

- \[ENODEV\]

  The server directory could not be mounted by **mount\_webdav** because it is not WebDAV-enabled or because it does not exist, or because node does not have proper access.

- \[ECANCELED\]

  The server directory could not be mounted by **mount\_webdav** because the user did not provide proper authentication credentials.

## COMPATIBILITY

As noted above, the **-a***fd* option is considered deprecated in Mac OS X 10.4 and may not be supported in future releases. Use the FSMountServerVolumeSync() and FSMountServerVolumeAsync() APIs in CarbonCore/Files.h instead.

## SEE ALSO

[mount(2)](/mount/2.md), [unmount(2)](/unmount/2.md), [mount(8)](/mount/8.md) [getattrlist(2)](/getattrlist/2.md)

## HISTORY

The **mount\_webdav** command first appeared Mac OS X Version 10.0. Support for HTTP Digest Access authentication was added in Mac OS X Version 10.1.1. Support for the https URL scheme, and for additional authentication methods and proxies supported by the CFNetwork framework were added in Mac OS X Version 10.4.