[Owncloud] Authenticating users

[Bart Visscher]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 03:40:24PM -0400, Simon Brereton wrote:
> > Secondly, there's no install instructions. ??By viewing the page I
> > downloaded a zip file, but that leaves me with two problems. ??I have
> > to move the zip to the server and b) I have no idea where to unzip it
> > (I assume in the app folder, but I can't find definitive
> > instructions).
> 
> 
> Sorry to keep on about this - but I googled and I still find no clear
> instructions on how to install a zip file and I'm reluctant to try
> (just unzipping in the apps directory) on a production system.  I
> realise Owncloud is still a young project, but Joomla makes this
> really easy.  As safe as that approach sounds, I saw recently a thread
> about different installation directory and so without a little more
> information I'm not willing to play around (especially since it's an
> auth module and installing it wrongly could pose a security risk).

The different application directories is something for the next release.
If you make the apps directory writable for the web server, you can use
owncloud to install apps. If you don't want to do this, or use the zip
you currently have, unzip it in the apps directory. You still need to
enable it in the apps admin page. 

Bart
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
> > Lastly, the download URL is
> > http://apps.owncloud.com/content/download.php?content=148653&id=1&tan=66944430&PHPSESSID=d671680a575f25b5ad1e98a5138126ee
> > where as http://apps.owncloud.com/CONTENT/content-files/148653-user_imap.zip
> > would be more wget friendly.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >>> Secondly, is it possible to integrate owncloud with webmail (e.g
> >>> Horde, Roundcube, Squirrel, etc)? ??Has anyone done that?
> >>
> >> You can embed a webmail with the externals app.
> >>
> >> Integration of the addressbook with Roundcube has been done with the
> >> carddav plugin.
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