Install webdav on a linux plesk server

I've these enebled:

mod_dav mod_dav_fs mod_dav_svn


And I've added at ../conf/httpd.include these lines in the main virtualhost section

I've also tried with the absolut path

<Directory "/webdav">
                Options Indexes
                DAV on
                <Limit PUT POST DELETE PROPFIND PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
                </Limit>
</Directory>
                                              

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I forgotten to say, after this, when I go on the url(http://nargzul.com/webdav), I saw a "403 forbidden" error.

If I try to connect it directly with ubuntu I've an error too.

And this is the complete error message:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /webdav/ on this server.
Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.5.1 mod_jk/1.2.25 mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.5.2 PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.8 Server at nargzul.com Port 80

I wrote an article/document on how to do this under RHEL/CentOS, which can be adapted for your Apache environment.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Web_Servers/Q_24043953.html

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Here is another tutorial I happened to stumble upon as well for Ubuntu platforms...

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-webdav-with-apache2-on-ubuntu-8.10

Wow, you tutorial looks great, I've just one question,

on my config file I've this notice:

# ATTENTION!
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE OR ANY PART OF IT. THIS CAN RESULT IN IMPROPER PLESK
# FUNCTIONING OR FAILURE, CAUSE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF DATA. IF YOU REQUIRE CUSTOM
# MODIFICATIONS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CONFIGURATION, PLEASE, PERFORM THEM IN THE
# FOLLOWING FILE(S):
# /var/www/vhosts/nargzul.com/conf/vhost.conf
# /var/www/vhosts/nargzul.com/subdomains/<subdomain-name>/conf/vhost.conf


But the virtualhost you describe is already in this file, so:
-I must modify this file
-I can put your exemple(with small modifications) in the vhost.conf file?
-I must modify the structure of your exemple to put in the vhost.conf file?

Post a copy of your vhost.conf and let me take a look at it.

Here are files.

I have attached the completed WebDAV part that you need, however you still need to create the WebDAV userid and also setup the WebDAV passwd.dav and group files as well.

The last step is to create our password file (unless we're using an existing one) and if necessary the directory we're enabling with WebDAV:

'mkdir -pv /var/www/vhosts/nargzul.com/httpdocs/webdav/passwd/'
'htpasswd -c /var/www/vhosts/nargzul.com/httpdocs/webdav/passwd/passwd.dav WebDavGroup'
'chgrp apache /var/www/vhosts/nargzul.com/httpdocs/webdav/passwd/passwd.dav'
'chmod 775 /var/www/vhosts/nargzul.com/httpdocs/webdav/passwd/passwd.dav'

Here is an example of using a combination password file and group file rather than just a
basic user login:

passwd.dav
     myuserid:kzIZet0Sl1eBs
     someone_else:3JMBwk6jj0/w6

WebDavGroup
     webdav: myuserid someone_else

Yes I know for the user, but it's a step after ;)

I've watched your file, but there is a lots of things aloready in the httpd.include, no?

I've put what you said in the vhost file(just without the part about the authentication, and as you can see:

http://nargzul.com/webdav/

It doesn't work :(

After you added in the vhost entry w/ webdav, did you bounce the Apache daemon? This is required each time the vhost.conf entries are modified.

As for the directory listing, the site might actually be working as the default Apache rule upon Linux servers is not to show the directory contents/listing.

I suppose that is OK:

root@nargzul:/var/www/vhosts/nargzul.com/conf# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 * Restarting web server apache2                                                                                                                                                                       [ OK ]

So what can I do for?

I find strange that I've already any virtualhost in the httpd.include AND in the vhost.conf? And is it sure that the vhost.conf is read? Because by default there isn't any vhost.conf, only httpd.conf.

Thanks for all your answers

I don't use Plesk (or any other shell/web interface) just for this very reason since it screws up the virtual host environment royally.

The only other idea I can think of is that your provider has something in the httpd.conf that is restricting the HTTP methods allowed against the server. There is possibly a <Limit> statement in the default httpd that needs to be modified.

My provider?

I've a root access on this machine ;)

In all honesty, I don't know much about Ubuntu as a whole as it's based on the Debian distro. I focus on RedHat-based platforms (i.e. RHEL, CentOS & Fedora) as it is much easier to setup -- especially when it comes to LAMP application needs.

Under Apache 2.2, here's a copy of my virthost.conf I included through the httpd.conf and it works flawlessly...

NameVirtualHost *
Listen 192.168.1.1:80
 
<VirtualHost *>
   ServerName dev.mydomain.com 
   DocumentRoot /web/dev.mydomain.com/htdocs/webdav
   ErrorLog /var/web/dev.mydomain.com/error_log
   CustomLog /var/web/dev.mydomain.com/access_log common
   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/web/dev.mydomain.com/htdocs/webdav"
   <Directory /web/dev.mydomain.com/htdocs/webdav>
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews +Includes All
      AllowOverride All
   </Directory>
 
  DavLockDB /web/dev.mydomain.com/working/DavLockDB
 
  <Directory /web/dev.mydomain.com/htdocs/webdav>
    DAV on
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName WebDAV
    AuthUserFile /web/dev.mydomain.com/passwd/passwd.dav
    AuthGroupFile /web/dev.mydomain.com/passwd/WebDavGroup
    require group magik
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews +Includes All
    AllowOverride All
      <Limit GET HEAD OPTIONS CONNECT POST PROPFIND PUT DELETE PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
      </Limit>
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

                                              

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It works without group? It's possible that this is the problem?