Re: [users@httpd] Re: Making a robust DAV server deployment in an MS world

["John P. Dodge" <do...@cruciate.ca.boeing.com>]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Morten wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > dav though Apache, but I think it only runs on 1.3 right now. What kind
> > of clients are you expecting to be using? I would expect that any client
> > can be treated like a browser and special rules applied one way or
> > another. Even if it comes down to a mod_rewrite sort of thing you should
> > be able to do it.
>
> I was hoping to be able to allow MS WebFolders as clients. When I try to
> connect using WebFolders, I get rejected because WebFolders strips the
> trailing slash (ie. /my/dav/ becomes /my/dav) and Apache sendes a 301
> redirect to /my/dav/ which breaks WebFolders. I fixed that for now using
> a ProxyPass. Next problem, WebFolders tries to execute "something" (FP
> extension supposedly), and as it fails with a 404, WebFolders refuses to
> connect to the DAV repository:
>
>   "GET /_vti_inf.html HTTP/1.1" 404 323
>   "POST /_vti_bin/shtml.exe/_vti_rpc HTTP/1.1" 404 337
>
> Does a workaround for this exist? I just tried Slide as DAV server and
> it appears to handle these "special" cases, so I'm hoping that someone
> somewhere has something similar for mod_dav.
>
> Any input much appreciated,
>
> Morten
>
MS WebFolders always attempts an FP connection first and then reverts to a
DAV connection. You should see "OPTIONS" of "PROPFIND" method calls in
your access file after these FP GET requests.


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"Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles"
John P. Dodge
Boeing Shared Services


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