This is a multiplatform, multi-software issue - so apologies if this is not the right /r - but as its my problem as a linuxadmin, can't think of where else...
Not to go into the whys etc, I run a WebDav server for a group of users. Everyone can connect no problem from Mac OS, Windows, Linux. It appears as a mounted server as expected.
Most programs that are used - eg Adobe stuff, text editors, image editors etc, open and save files just fine on this server. However some - specifically MS Office and LibreOffice - seem to 'know' they are opening a file from WebDAV and change their behaviour. Eg:
- MS Office 2013 Windows - prompts for a password each time it opens a document
- LibreOffice Linux - prompts for a password but at least can save it after the first time
- MS Office 2016 Mac - opens all files read-only - just doesn't support saving on WebDAV
On Linux I can get around this by running mount -t davfs - which mounts it below the GVFS layer and seems to make it transparent to LibreOffice. But I can't see a similar workaround on Mac OS (there is mount_webdav but the end result is the same as mounting via GUI) or Windows.
What I don't get is why/how these apps know or care about the WebDAV location of the file when the browsing/opening/saving of it should surely be handled transparently by the OS. Any ideas? Some understanding would be good, even if not a fix.
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