Access to Confluence as network drive (error 0x80070043)

[Pavel Chuyko]

Good day.

Confluence is installed on a server with Linux. I work on a computer with Windows 7 (I also tried on a Windows server 2008 computer, and on computers from other networks)

I'm trying to connect to Confluence as network drive.

If I use the path to Confluence in any browser, I get access (Confluence asks for user and password).

If I use the path in the window "Add a network place" for connecting network drive, I don't get access (there is an error 0x80070043 network name not found).

What could be the problem ?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Confluence is not a system that presents anything as a directory, it is a server providing a service.  You don't "connect it as a network drive", you use a browser to access it.

It does provide a WEBDav interface as well, but that also is not quite a "network drive", and if you do use it, you need to get the settings right.  See https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-a-webdav-client-for-confluence-148044.html

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

Plus, as far as I know, the WebDAV support is being deprecated in Confluence.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Same here, it's not going to be there for much longer.  And there was a security problem with it recently.

[Pavel Chuyko]

Thanks for answer.

I have what to add. I will write tomorrow.

[Pavel Chuyko]

I use the program to organize the file storage. The presales manager promised to support the webdav.

Using the webdav, simply attach files to emails. As well as old employees used to work with files directly.

I used a standard Windows webdav client. I have read the materials of this article. It didn't help.

Looks like the standard Windows webdav client isn't working. I connected without ssl via port 8090. This is similar to this problem.

I started using an alternative client. It was possible to connect by the webdav without ssl via port 8090.

Let's check if the problem is really in the standard Windows client ?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Yes, the problem is in the client (or the system it is running on), as Confluence is simply serving up Webdav as a service and the error message you have is about the client not being able to find it.