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Setting up WebDAV with Apache2 on Unix (Mac)
I am having a hard time getting WebDAV to work on my Apache Server. I think I have followed the instructions correctly, but with so many flavors of Unix and Linux and version of Apache, I can't be sure I've got everything straight. Can someone please walk me through this? Apache is working and I can access my site directory via http. Here are the relevant parts of my httpd.conf file:
LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_fs_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_fs
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Docume
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of features.
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory /Library/WebServer/Documen
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
<Directory /users/MyUserName/Sites/My
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AuthName "WebDAVUsers"
AuthType Digest
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/digestpwd
</Directory>
/users/MyUserName/Sites is the user level document root where I keep my website's documents. MySubfolder is the directory I want to access via WebDAV.
Mike
LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_fs_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_fs
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Docume
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of features.
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory /Library/WebServer/Documen
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
<Directory /users/MyUserName/Sites/My
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AuthName "WebDAVUsers"
AuthType Digest
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/digestpwd
</Directory>
/users/MyUserName/Sites is the user level document root where I keep my website's documents. MySubfolder is the directory I want to access via WebDAV.
Mike
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I will try again when I get home tonight. In the mean time:
>I recommend removing them from the <Directory> section.
Understood.
>If you could provide the client name and version you're using, it would be helpful.
I tried two clients, Mac OS X Finder (CMD-K) and Microsoft Windows Explorer. Both (I believe) are supposed to work with digest authentication. Both work with no authentication. I have not tried a web browser yet.
Mike
>I recommend removing them from the <Directory> section.
Understood.
>If you could provide the client name and version you're using, it would be helpful.
I tried two clients, Mac OS X Finder (CMD-K) and Microsoft Windows Explorer. Both (I believe) are supposed to work with digest authentication. Both work with no authentication. I have not tried a web browser yet.
Mike
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Getting closer. Here is a list of what I can and cannot currently do:
No Authentication
Finder in OS X -> Yes
Explorer in XP -> Yes
Basic Authentication
Finder in OS X -> Yes
Explorer in XP -> Yes
Digest Authentication
Finder in OS X -> Yes
Explorer in XP -> NO
However - on testing I see that I cannot write to the drive; I can only see its contents. By adding Options Indexes, I was able to access the volume through a web browser. Oddly, though, no contents appeared in the folder when viewed this way.
I guess I should start by working out how to become able to write to the folder with no authentication first. Could this be a directory permissions issue. Here is my current conf entry:
DavLockDB /var/run/apache2/DavLock
Alias /dav "/users/UserName/Sites/MyS
<Location /dav>
Options Indexes
Dav on
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
# AuthName "WebDAVUsers"
# AuthType Basic
# AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/basicpwd
# AuthType Digest
# AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/digestpwd
# Require User BlahBlahBlah
</Location>
Here is the error reported in the log when I tried to add a folder through the WebDAV interface:
The locks could not be queried for verification against a possible "If:" header. [500, #0]
Could not open the lock database. [500, #400]
(2)No such file or directory: Could not open property database. [500, #1]
Mike
No Authentication
Finder in OS X -> Yes
Explorer in XP -> Yes
Basic Authentication
Finder in OS X -> Yes
Explorer in XP -> Yes
Digest Authentication
Finder in OS X -> Yes
Explorer in XP -> NO
However - on testing I see that I cannot write to the drive; I can only see its contents. By adding Options Indexes, I was able to access the volume through a web browser. Oddly, though, no contents appeared in the folder when viewed this way.
I guess I should start by working out how to become able to write to the folder with no authentication first. Could this be a directory permissions issue. Here is my current conf entry:
DavLockDB /var/run/apache2/DavLock
Alias /dav "/users/UserName/Sites/MyS
<Location /dav>
Options Indexes
Dav on
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
# AuthName "WebDAVUsers"
# AuthType Basic
# AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/basicpwd
# AuthType Digest
# AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/digestpwd
# Require User BlahBlahBlah
</Location>
Here is the error reported in the log when I tried to add a folder through the WebDAV interface:
The locks could not be queried for verification against a possible "If:" header. [500, #0]
Could not open the lock database. [500, #400]
(2)No such file or directory: Could not open property database. [500, #1]
Mike
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I realized that I hadn't set up the DavLock directory yet. So I created it and reconfigured httpd.conf. Here are the steps I took to get there:
[TERMINAL]
mkdir /etc/apache2/DavLock
chown www:www DavLock
[HTTPD.CONF]
DavLockDB /etc/apache2/DavLock
I still cannot write to the folder. The error message in the log is essentially the same:
The locks could not be queried for verification against a possible "If:" header. [500, #0]
Could not open the lock database. [500, #400]
(13)Permission denied: Could not open property database. [500, #1]
Mike
[TERMINAL]
mkdir /etc/apache2/DavLock
chown www:www DavLock
[HTTPD.CONF]
DavLockDB /etc/apache2/DavLock
I still cannot write to the folder. The error message in the log is essentially the same:
The locks could not be queried for verification against a possible "If:" header. [500, #0]
Could not open the lock database. [500, #400]
(13)Permission denied: Could not open property database. [500, #1]
Mike
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Excellent! Last hurdle. Everything works fine for OS X. But, I cannot connect using basic or digest authentication from XP (no authentication does work). If I try to connect via Mozilla from XP, I can authenticate and see the directory, but I can't see any contents. How can I make this work?
Mike
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Don't know if this is relevant but currently the contents of /var/apache2 are
DavLock.dir
DavLock.pag
Mike
DavLock.dir
DavLock.pag
Mike
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Also - this is what access.log when I try to connect from XP:
"OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
"PROPFIND /dav HTTP/1.1" 401 401
"PROPFIND /dav HTTP/1.1" 401 401
"PROPFIND /dav HTTP/1.1" 401 401
Mike
"OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
"PROPFIND /dav HTTP/1.1" 401 401
"PROPFIND /dav HTTP/1.1" 401 401
"PROPFIND /dav HTTP/1.1" 401 401
Mike
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Ah! Got it!!
From: http://blog.pclark.net/2005/03/fun-with-windows-xp-and-webdav.html
"The secret is to add a port number to the URL"
Use: http://my.site.com:80/mydirectory
NOT: http://my.site.com/mydirectory.
urgoll - you are a genius. Thanks so much!
Cheers,
Mike
From: http://blog.pclark.net/2005/03/fun-with-windows-xp-and-webdav.html
"The secret is to add a port number to the URL"
Use: http://my.site.com:80/mydirectory
NOT: http://my.site.com/mydirectory.
urgoll - you are a genius. Thanks so much!
Cheers,
Mike
Actually, I'd say I'm an expert, not a genius. <grin>
I'm glad I was able to help!
Regards,
I'm glad I was able to help!
Regards,
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Next step is to get my other XP machine to connect. Just added a question here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23789292/Can't-Connect-to-WebDAV-Server-from-Windows-XP-Proxy-Issue.html
Please have a look if you can.
Cheers,
Mike
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23789292/Can't-Connect-to-WebDAV-Server-from-Windows-XP-Proxy-Issue.html
Please have a look if you can.
Cheers,
Mike
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Require User BlahBlahBlah
Alias /dav /users/MyUserName/Sites/My
<Location /dav>
Dav on
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AuthName "WebDAVUsers"
AuthType Digest
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/digestpwd
Require User BlahBlahBlah
</Location>
It does indeed ask me for a password, but it doesn't like the name and password I supplied.
The apache access.log says:
10.0.1.1 - - [03/Oct/2008:08:22:53 +0900] "PROPFIND /dav HTTP/1.1" 401 401
This is what I used to create the password file:
htdigest -c /etc/apache2/digestpwd WebDAVUsers BlahBlahBlah
I guessed with the 'realm' field entry of "WebDAVUsers". I'm not sure what it's for.
Mike