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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by ha...@gmx.de on 2010/10/10 08:57:50 UTC

[users@httpd] Re: mod_dav - practical use

>> It's not so much a trick.. You reverse-proxy DAV (write) requests to a
>> back-end which is running on an unprivileged port, as an unprivileged
>> user, who has the permission to do writes on the FS.

ahh, sure... but i would need a new backend for every dav user. which software is recommend for this kind of backend? have no idea at the moment.

Thanks,
Hajo

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Re: [users@httpd] Re: mod_dav - practical use

Posted by Igor Galić <i....@brainsware.org>.
----- "hajo locke" <ha...@gmx.de> wrote:

> >> It's not so much a trick.. You reverse-proxy DAV (write) requests
> to a
> >> back-end which is running on an unprivileged port, as an
> unprivileged
> >> user, who has the permission to do writes on the FS.
> 
> ahh, sure... but i would need a new backend for every dav user. which
> software is recommend for this kind of backend? have no idea at the
> moment.

The obvious answer, of course, is to run httpd ;)

But if you're looking for something more light-weight, you may want
to take a look at Yaws:

http://yaws.hyber.org/yman.yaws?page=yaws.conf

it supports DAV (amongst many other things)

> Thanks,
> Hajo

So long,
i

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