If you don't know what DAV4Rack is, check out the gem by Chris Roberts: https://github.com/chrisroberts/dav4rack/
Clone the repo off Github and run bundle install && rake db:migrate && rails s
It will start up like a regular rails application.
With a web browser, goto localhost:3000 and you should see the welcome page!
The Welcome Page has links to Login and Sign Up. These are simple links provided by Devise.
Create an account (or many) using the Create Account link.
This creates a user account using a pretty vanilla install of Devise (with the exception of using usernames instead of email).
For each account you create, a folder will be created automatically in Rails.root/public/system/userfiles, this is where we will store the per-user subdirectories they will access over WebDAV.
If you have created an account, you should be able to connect to it via WebDAV.
Boot up your WebDAV client (Apple Finder, Cyberduck, Cadaver, etc.) and visit: webdav.lvh.me:3000
If you don't know what *.lvh.me is, its just a CNAME to localhost, makes working with subdomains on your local machine easier. In this example we've constrained WebDAV to only work on the webdav subdomain, but you can change this in routes.rb if you desire.
Enter the username and password for a user account you have previously registered and you should get a chrooted DAV folder!
There is a step-by-step walkthough available: https://github.com/chrisroberts/dav4rack/wiki/Advanced-Rails-3-Tutorial---Custom-Resource,-Devise,-and-User-Specific-Routing
Question or comments can be posted on github: https://github.com/bryanrite/dav4rack-example-devise-subdirectories
Version: 1.0.2