A knowledge base article about How to mount box.berkeley.edu in Ubuntu provided by the UC Berkeley IT Service Hub - Knowledge Portal
To mount box.berkeley.edu in Ubuntu, you will first need to Create an external password for your UC Berkeley account. To do that, please follow the instructions below.
- In a browser, login to http://box.berkeley.edu
- Click on your account at the top right of the screen then select "Account Settings".

- Scroll down to the Authentication section then click "Create Password"

Next you will need to run the following commands on your Linux box as a regular user.
sudo apt install davfs2
sudo dpkg-reconfigure davfs2 (select yes for unprivileged users)
mkdir /home/$USERNAME/box
sudo usermod -a -G davfs2 $USERNAME
#modify with your editor of choice
nano /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf
use_locks 0
#modify with your editor of choice
nano /etc/fstab
https://dav.box.com/dav /home/$USERNAME/box davfs rw,user,noauto 0 0
su $USERNAME
mount /home/$USERNAME/box (enter your full @berkeley.edu email address for the username and use the password you created above)