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[users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

I used to use WebDAV for managing web site content with Apache httpd
2.2.x, however I have so far been unable to move the old configurations
to 2.4.x and maintain this facility.

Most of the on-line 'howtos' seem to be based on the assumption that the
web server is being used as a kind of remote filesystem, which is all
well and good, and very useful; but not what I'm doing.

I have things fundamentally working, and I CAN make DAV work if I create
a directory under my DocumentRoot and use DAV to manage files within it.


<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.my-example.co.uk
    ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com
    DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
    ErrorLog  /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/error.log
    CustomLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/access.log
combined
    DirectoryIndex index.html

    Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

    <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    <Location /update>
        Dav On
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Site Update"
        AuthUserFile /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd
        AuthBasicProvider file
        <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
            Require valid-user
        </LimitExcept>
    </Location>

</VirtualHost>

This is my configuration. For the web site there is a .../<some-url>
directory, and within this there is a WEB-INF directory for various
administration stuff, and a 'site' directory. Everything is owned by the
user and group under which httpd runs.

DocumentRoot is set to the 'site' directory, so that the server serves
stuff from it as expected.

If I create a subdirectory under 'site' and set the Alias target to
point to it, DAV works; proving that the fundamentals are OK.

So for example:

    Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav

Will allow me to access files in a subdirectory of the 'site' directory
called 'dav'. However as soon as I set Alias as in the configuration
file above, to point to the DocumentRoot, I get '405' errors and failure.

This seems to be telling me that there is something about the access
permissions to the actual DocumentRoot directory, rather than a DAV
configuration problem, and I assume that somehow my configuration must
have conflics in this area, but I'm completely at a loss with respect to
what is going wrong.

Regards,
David

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RE: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually) SOLVED

Posted by Srinivasa Rao Katta <sk...@hotmail.com>.
Thanks David for the information.
 
Thanks for solved the problem.
 
Thanks,
Srinivas







Srinivasa Rao Katta(System Administrator),

skatta33@hotmail.com,

 



 
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 05:53:40 +0100
From: lists@datatone.co.uk
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually) SOLVED


  
    
  
  
    ***SOLVED***

      

      The fact is that mod_dav fails if the directory that you ask it to
      serve contains the file that is identified as DirectoryIndex.

      

      So in my original posting, DAV fails to serve the DocumentRoot
      (however I try to get at it) BECAUSE it contains the file
      'index.html'.

      

      I got here because I realised that there was something specific
      about the 'site' directory that caused mod_dav to choke, and I
      worked through the variables.

      

      My solution, which seems to work is:

      

      <VirtualHost *:80>

          ServerName www.my-exemple.co.uk

          ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com

          DocumentRoot /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/site

          ErrorLog 
      /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/httpd/error.log

          CustomLog
      /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/httpd/access.log
      combined

          DirectoryIndex index.html

      

          Alias /update /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/site

      

          <Directory /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/site>

              Options Indexes

              AllowOverride none

              Require all granted

          </Directory>

      

          <Location /update>

              Dav On

              AuthType Basic

              AuthName "Site Update"

              AuthUserFile
      /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd

              AuthBasicProvider file

              DirectoryIndex neverused.neverused

      

              <LimitExcept GET POST HEAD OPTIONS>

                  require valid-user

              </LimitExcept>

      

          </Location>

      

      </VirtualHost>

      

      The only difference is that I change the DirectoryIndex to
      something that will never appear for the DAV enabled location.

      

      This has got to be a BUG. I'll look into reporting it. At least it
      seems easy enough to work around once you know.

      

      (I hope that I'm not celebrating prematurely).

      

      Regards,

      David

      

      On 04/06/2014 01:15, Srinivasa Rao Katta wrote:

    
    
      
      David,

         

        Thanks for the information.

         

        Please try as like as following in your apache conf and please
        restart httpd and please verify everything is ok or not.

         

         

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        DirectoryIndex index.html

        

        DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

         Alias /update "/www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave"

         

          <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

         

        or 

         

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        DirectoryIndex index.html

        

        DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

        Alias /update "/www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave/"

        

        <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

         

        And please try following urls through browser;

         

        http://www.my-example.co.uk

         

        http://www.my-example.co.uk/update

         

        Please let me know,If You have any questions or concerns.

         

        Thanks,

        Srinivas

        

        
          

          

          Srinivasa Rao Katta(System
            Administrator),

          skatta33@hotmail.com,

           

          

        
        

         

        
          Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:38:41 +0100

          From: lists@datatone.co.uk

          To: users@httpd.apache.org

          Subject: Re: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content
          HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

          

          Srinivasa,

            

            I have tried what I think you are suggesting:

            

            ...

            DirectoryIndex index.html

            

             Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav

             Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

            

             <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

            ...

            

            Then I get the 405 error.

            

            There is a subdirectory of my 'site' DocumentRoot called
            'dave'.

            

            If I have:

            

            ...

            DirectoryIndex index.html

            

             Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave

             Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

            

             <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

            ...

            

            Then the second 'Alias' line is ignored and DAV works, but
            serves up my 'dave' directory.

            

            Regards,

            David

            

            On 03/06/2014 12:57, Srinivasa Rao Katta wrote:

          
          
            
            David,

               

              Please try to add the line following line before Alias
              /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site in the config file.

               

              Thanks,

              Srinivas

               

              Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav

              

              

               

                

                Srinivasa Rao Katta(System
                  Administrator),

                skatta33@hotmail.com,

                 

                

              
              

               

              > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 06:50:23 +0100

                > From: lists@datatone.co.uk

                > To: users@httpd.apache.org

                > Subject: [users] WebDAV for managing web site
                content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

                > 

                > I used to use WebDAV for managing web site content
                with Apache httpd

                > 2.2.x, however I have so far been unable to move
                the old configurations

                > to 2.4.x and maintain this facility.

                > 

                > Most of the on-line 'howtos' seem to be based on
                the assumption that the

                > web server is being used as a kind of remote
                filesystem, which is all

                > well and good, and very useful; but not what I'm
                doing.

                > 

                > I have things fundamentally working, and I CAN make
                DAV work if I create

                > a directory under my DocumentRoot and use DAV to
                manage files within it.

                > 

                > 

                > <VirtualHost *:80>

                > ServerName www.my-example.co.uk

                > ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com

                > DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

                > ErrorLog
                /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/error.log

                > CustomLog
                /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/access.log

                > combined

                > DirectoryIndex index.html

                > 

                > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

                > 

                > <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

                > AllowOverride all

                > Require all granted

                > </Directory>

                > 

                > <Location /update>

                > Dav On

                > AuthType Basic

                > AuthName "Site Update"

                > AuthUserFile
                /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd

                > AuthBasicProvider file

                > <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>

                > Require valid-user

                > </LimitExcept>

                > </Location>

                > 

                > </VirtualHost>

                > 

                > This is my configuration. For the web site there is
                a .../<some-url>

                > directory, and within this there is a WEB-INF
                directory for various

                > administration stuff, and a 'site' directory.
                Everything is owned by the

                > user and group under which httpd runs.

                > 

                > DocumentRoot is set to the 'site' directory, so
                that the server serves

                > stuff from it as expected.

                > 

                > If I create a subdirectory under 'site' and set the
                Alias target to

                > point to it, DAV works; proving that the
                fundamentals are OK.

                > 

                > So for example:

                > 

                > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav

                > 

                > Will allow me to access files in a subdirectory of
                the 'site' directory

                > called 'dav'. However as soon as I set Alias as in
                the configuration

                > file above, to point to the DocumentRoot, I get
                '405' errors and failure.

                > 

                > This seems to be telling me that there is something
                about the access

                > permissions to the actual DocumentRoot directory,
                rather than a DAV

                > configuration problem, and I assume that somehow my
                configuration must

                > have conflics in this area, but I'm completely at a
                loss with respect to

                > what is going wrong.

                > 

                > Regards,

                > David

                > 

                >
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Re: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually) SOLVED

Posted by Datatone List Subscriptions <li...@datatone.co.uk>.
***SOLVED***

The fact is that mod_dav fails if the directory that you ask it to serve
contains the file that is identified as DirectoryIndex.

So in my original posting, DAV fails to serve the DocumentRoot (however
I try to get at it) BECAUSE it contains the file 'index.html'.

I got here because I realised that there was something specific about
the 'site' directory that caused mod_dav to choke, and I worked through
the variables.

My solution, which seems to work is:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.my-exemple.co.uk
    ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com
    DocumentRoot /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/site
    ErrorLog  /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/httpd/error.log
    CustomLog
/nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/httpd/access.log combined
    DirectoryIndex index.html

    Alias /update /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/site

    <Directory /nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/site>
        Options Indexes
        AllowOverride none
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    <Location /update>
        Dav On
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Site Update"
        AuthUserFile
/nfs4xp/www/www.my-exemple.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd
        AuthBasicProvider file
        DirectoryIndex neverused.neverused

        <LimitExcept GET POST HEAD OPTIONS>
            require valid-user
        </LimitExcept>

    </Location>

</VirtualHost>

The only difference is that I change the DirectoryIndex to something
that will never appear for the DAV enabled location.

This has got to be a BUG. I'll look into reporting it. At least it seems
easy enough to work around once you know.

(I hope that I'm not celebrating prematurely).

Regards,
David

On 04/06/2014 01:15, Srinivasa Rao Katta wrote:
> David,
>  
> Thanks for the information.
>  
> Please try as like as following in your apache conf and please restart
> httpd and please verify everything is ok or not.
>  
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> DirectoryIndex index.html
>
> DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
>  Alias /update "/www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave"
>  
>   <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> or
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> DirectoryIndex index.html
>
> DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
> Alias /update "/www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave/"
>
> <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> And please try following urls through browser;
>  
> http://www.my-example.co.uk
>  
> http://www.my-example.co.uk/update
>  
> Please let me know,If You have any questions or concerns.
>  
> Thanks,
> Srinivas
>
>
>
> Srinivasa Rao Katta(System Administrator),
> skatta33@hotmail.com <ma...@hotmail.com>,
>  
>
>
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:38:41 +0100
> From: lists@datatone.co.uk
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x
> (9 actually)
>
> Srinivasa,
>
> I have tried what I think you are suggesting:
>
> ...
> DirectoryIndex index.html
>
>  Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
>  Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
>
>  <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
> ...
>
> Then I get the 405 error.
>
> There is a subdirectory of my 'site' DocumentRoot called 'dave'.
>
> If I have:
>
> ...
> DirectoryIndex index.html
>
>  Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave
>  Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
>
>  <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
> ...
>
> Then the second 'Alias' line is ignored and DAV works, but serves up
> my 'dave' directory.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> On 03/06/2014 12:57, Srinivasa Rao Katta wrote:
>
>     David,
>      
>     Please try to add the line following line before Alias /update
>     /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site in the config file.
>      
>     Thanks,
>     Srinivas
>      
>     Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
>
>
>
>
>     Srinivasa Rao Katta(System Administrator),
>     skatta33@hotmail.com <ma...@hotmail.com>,
>      
>
>
>      
>     > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 06:50:23 +0100
>     > From: lists@datatone.co.uk <ma...@datatone.co.uk>
>     > To: users@httpd.apache.org <ma...@httpd.apache.org>
>     > Subject: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD
>     2.4.x (9 actually)
>     >
>     > I used to use WebDAV for managing web site content with Apache httpd
>     > 2.2.x, however I have so far been unable to move the old
>     configurations
>     > to 2.4.x and maintain this facility.
>     >
>     > Most of the on-line 'howtos' seem to be based on the assumption
>     that the
>     > web server is being used as a kind of remote filesystem, which
>     is all
>     > well and good, and very useful; but not what I'm doing.
>     >
>     > I have things fundamentally working, and I CAN make DAV work if
>     I create
>     > a directory under my DocumentRoot and use DAV to manage files
>     within it.
>     >
>     >
>     > <VirtualHost *:80>
>     > ServerName www.my-example.co.uk <http://www.my-example.co.uk>
>     > ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com <ma...@ip.uk.com>
>     > DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
>     > ErrorLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/error.log
>     > CustomLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/access.log
>     > combined
>     > DirectoryIndex index.html
>     >
>     > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
>     >
>     > <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
>     > AllowOverride all
>     > Require all granted
>     > </Directory>
>     >
>     > <Location /update>
>     > Dav On
>     > AuthType Basic
>     > AuthName "Site Update"
>     > AuthUserFile /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd
>     > AuthBasicProvider file
>     > <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
>     > Require valid-user
>     > </LimitExcept>
>     > </Location>
>     >
>     > </VirtualHost>
>     >
>     > This is my configuration. For the web site there is a .../<some-url>
>     > directory, and within this there is a WEB-INF directory for various
>     > administration stuff, and a 'site' directory. Everything is
>     owned by the
>     > user and group under which httpd runs.
>     >
>     > DocumentRoot is set to the 'site' directory, so that the server
>     serves
>     > stuff from it as expected.
>     >
>     > If I create a subdirectory under 'site' and set the Alias target to
>     > point to it, DAV works; proving that the fundamentals are OK.
>     >
>     > So for example:
>     >
>     > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
>     >
>     > Will allow me to access files in a subdirectory of the 'site'
>     directory
>     > called 'dav'. However as soon as I set Alias as in the configuration
>     > file above, to point to the DocumentRoot, I get '405' errors and
>     failure.
>     >
>     > This seems to be telling me that there is something about the access
>     > permissions to the actual DocumentRoot directory, rather than a DAV
>     > configuration problem, and I assume that somehow my
>     configuration must
>     > have conflics in this area, but I'm completely at a loss with
>     respect to
>     > what is going wrong.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > David
>     >
>     >
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RE: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

Posted by Srinivasa Rao Katta <sk...@hotmail.com>.
David,
 
Thanks for the information.
 
Please try as like as following in your apache conf and please restart httpd and please verify everything is ok or not.
 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DirectoryIndex index.html

DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
 Alias /update "/www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave"
 
  <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
or 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DirectoryIndex index.html

DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
 Alias /update "/www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave/"
 
  <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
And please try following urls through browser;
 
http://www.my-example.co.uk
 
http://www.my-example.co.uk/update
 
Please let me know,If You have any questions or concerns.
 
Thanks,
Srinivas






Srinivasa Rao Katta(System Administrator),

skatta33@hotmail.com,

 



 
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 21:38:41 +0100
From: lists@datatone.co.uk
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)


  
    
  
  
    Srinivasa,

      

      I have tried what I think you are suggesting:

      

      ...

      DirectoryIndex index.html

      

       Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav

       Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

      

       <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

      ...

      

      Then I get the 405 error.

      

      There is a subdirectory of my 'site' DocumentRoot called 'dave'.

      

      If I have:

      

      ...

      DirectoryIndex index.html

      

       Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave

       Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

      

       <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

      ...

      

      Then the second 'Alias' line is ignored and DAV works, but serves
      up my 'dave' directory.

      

      Regards,

      David

      

      On 03/06/2014 12:57, Srinivasa Rao Katta wrote:

    
    
      
      David,

         

        Please try to add the line following line before Alias /update
        /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site in the config file.

         

        Thanks,

        Srinivas

         

        Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav

        

        

        
          

          

          Srinivasa Rao Katta(System
            Administrator),

          skatta33@hotmail.com,

           

          

        
        

         

        > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 06:50:23 +0100

          > From: lists@datatone.co.uk

          > To: users@httpd.apache.org

          > Subject: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content
          HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

          > 

          > I used to use WebDAV for managing web site content with
          Apache httpd

          > 2.2.x, however I have so far been unable to move the old
          configurations

          > to 2.4.x and maintain this facility.

          > 

          > Most of the on-line 'howtos' seem to be based on the
          assumption that the

          > web server is being used as a kind of remote filesystem,
          which is all

          > well and good, and very useful; but not what I'm doing.

          > 

          > I have things fundamentally working, and I CAN make DAV
          work if I create

          > a directory under my DocumentRoot and use DAV to manage
          files within it.

          > 

          > 

          > <VirtualHost *:80>

          > ServerName www.my-example.co.uk

          > ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com

          > DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

          > ErrorLog
          /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/error.log

          > CustomLog
          /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/access.log

          > combined

          > DirectoryIndex index.html

          > 

          > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

          > 

          > <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>

          > AllowOverride all

          > Require all granted

          > </Directory>

          > 

          > <Location /update>

          > Dav On

          > AuthType Basic

          > AuthName "Site Update"

          > AuthUserFile
          /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd

          > AuthBasicProvider file

          > <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>

          > Require valid-user

          > </LimitExcept>

          > </Location>

          > 

          > </VirtualHost>

          > 

          > This is my configuration. For the web site there is a
          .../<some-url>

          > directory, and within this there is a WEB-INF directory
          for various

          > administration stuff, and a 'site' directory. Everything
          is owned by the

          > user and group under which httpd runs.

          > 

          > DocumentRoot is set to the 'site' directory, so that the
          server serves

          > stuff from it as expected.

          > 

          > If I create a subdirectory under 'site' and set the Alias
          target to

          > point to it, DAV works; proving that the fundamentals are
          OK.

          > 

          > So for example:

          > 

          > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav

          > 

          > Will allow me to access files in a subdirectory of the
          'site' directory

          > called 'dav'. However as soon as I set Alias as in the
          configuration

          > file above, to point to the DocumentRoot, I get '405'
          errors and failure.

          > 

          > This seems to be telling me that there is something about
          the access

          > permissions to the actual DocumentRoot directory, rather
          than a DAV

          > configuration problem, and I assume that somehow my
          configuration must

          > have conflics in this area, but I'm completely at a loss
          with respect to

          > what is going wrong.

          > 

          > Regards,

          > David

          > 

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Re: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

Posted by Datatone List Subscriptions <li...@datatone.co.uk>.
Srinivasa,

I have tried what I think you are suggesting:

...
DirectoryIndex index.html

 Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
 Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

 <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
...

Then I get the 405 error.

There is a subdirectory of my 'site' DocumentRoot called 'dave'.

If I have:

...
DirectoryIndex index.html

 Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dave
 Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site

 <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
...

Then the second 'Alias' line is ignored and DAV works, but serves up my
'dave' directory.

Regards,
David

On 03/06/2014 12:57, Srinivasa Rao Katta wrote:
> David,
>  
> Please try to add the line following line before Alias /update
> /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site in the config file.
>  
> Thanks,
> Srinivas
>  
> Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
>
>
>
>
> Srinivasa Rao Katta(System Administrator),
> skatta33@hotmail.com <ma...@hotmail.com>,
>  
>
>
>  
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 06:50:23 +0100
> > From: lists@datatone.co.uk
> > To: users@httpd.apache.org
> > Subject: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9
> actually)
> >
> > I used to use WebDAV for managing web site content with Apache httpd
> > 2.2.x, however I have so far been unable to move the old configurations
> > to 2.4.x and maintain this facility.
> >
> > Most of the on-line 'howtos' seem to be based on the assumption that the
> > web server is being used as a kind of remote filesystem, which is all
> > well and good, and very useful; but not what I'm doing.
> >
> > I have things fundamentally working, and I CAN make DAV work if I create
> > a directory under my DocumentRoot and use DAV to manage files within it.
> >
> >
> > <VirtualHost *:80>
> > ServerName www.my-example.co.uk
> > ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com
> > DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
> > ErrorLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/error.log
> > CustomLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/access.log
> > combined
> > DirectoryIndex index.html
> >
> > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
> >
> > <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
> > AllowOverride all
> > Require all granted
> > </Directory>
> >
> > <Location /update>
> > Dav On
> > AuthType Basic
> > AuthName "Site Update"
> > AuthUserFile /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd
> > AuthBasicProvider file
> > <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
> > Require valid-user
> > </LimitExcept>
> > </Location>
> >
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
> > This is my configuration. For the web site there is a .../<some-url>
> > directory, and within this there is a WEB-INF directory for various
> > administration stuff, and a 'site' directory. Everything is owned by the
> > user and group under which httpd runs.
> >
> > DocumentRoot is set to the 'site' directory, so that the server serves
> > stuff from it as expected.
> >
> > If I create a subdirectory under 'site' and set the Alias target to
> > point to it, DAV works; proving that the fundamentals are OK.
> >
> > So for example:
> >
> > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
> >
> > Will allow me to access files in a subdirectory of the 'site' directory
> > called 'dav'. However as soon as I set Alias as in the configuration
> > file above, to point to the DocumentRoot, I get '405' errors and
> failure.
> >
> > This seems to be telling me that there is something about the access
> > permissions to the actual DocumentRoot directory, rather than a DAV
> > configuration problem, and I assume that somehow my configuration must
> > have conflics in this area, but I'm completely at a loss with respect to
> > what is going wrong.
> >
> > Regards,
> > David
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org
> >


Re: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

Posted by Datatone List Subscriptions <li...@datatone.co.uk>.
Srinivas,

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what you are suggesting.

I can try this, but are you suggesting that I put two Alias lines in?
Each one aliasing '/update' to a different target?

Is this on the basis that the first one has been proved to make the DAV
work, and the second one is what I need?

David

On 03/06/2014 12:57, Srinivasa Rao Katta wrote:
> David,
>  
> Please try to add the line following line before Alias /update
> /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site in the config file.
>  
> Thanks,
> Srinivas
>  
> Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
>
>
>
>
> Srinivasa Rao Katta(System Administrator),
> skatta33@hotmail.com <ma...@hotmail.com>,
>  
>
>
>  
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 06:50:23 +0100
> > From: lists@datatone.co.uk
> > To: users@httpd.apache.org
> > Subject: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9
> actually)
> >
> > I used to use WebDAV for managing web site content with Apache httpd
> > 2.2.x, however I have so far been unable to move the old configurations
> > to 2.4.x and maintain this facility.
> >
> > Most of the on-line 'howtos' seem to be based on the assumption that the
> > web server is being used as a kind of remote filesystem, which is all
> > well and good, and very useful; but not what I'm doing.
> >
> > I have things fundamentally working, and I CAN make DAV work if I create
> > a directory under my DocumentRoot and use DAV to manage files within it.
> >
> >
> > <VirtualHost *:80>
> > ServerName www.my-example.co.uk
> > ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com
> > DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
> > ErrorLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/error.log
> > CustomLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/access.log
> > combined
> > DirectoryIndex index.html
> >
> > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
> >
> > <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
> > AllowOverride all
> > Require all granted
> > </Directory>
> >
> > <Location /update>
> > Dav On
> > AuthType Basic
> > AuthName "Site Update"
> > AuthUserFile /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd
> > AuthBasicProvider file
> > <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
> > Require valid-user
> > </LimitExcept>
> > </Location>
> >
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
> > This is my configuration. For the web site there is a .../<some-url>
> > directory, and within this there is a WEB-INF directory for various
> > administration stuff, and a 'site' directory. Everything is owned by the
> > user and group under which httpd runs.
> >
> > DocumentRoot is set to the 'site' directory, so that the server serves
> > stuff from it as expected.
> >
> > If I create a subdirectory under 'site' and set the Alias target to
> > point to it, DAV works; proving that the fundamentals are OK.
> >
> > So for example:
> >
> > Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
> >
> > Will allow me to access files in a subdirectory of the 'site' directory
> > called 'dav'. However as soon as I set Alias as in the configuration
> > file above, to point to the DocumentRoot, I get '405' errors and
> failure.
> >
> > This seems to be telling me that there is something about the access
> > permissions to the actual DocumentRoot directory, rather than a DAV
> > configuration problem, and I assume that somehow my configuration must
> > have conflics in this area, but I'm completely at a loss with respect to
> > what is going wrong.
> >
> > Regards,
> > David
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org
> >


RE: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)

Posted by Srinivasa Rao Katta <sk...@hotmail.com>.
David,
 
Please try to add the line following line before Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site in the config file.
 
Thanks,
Srinivas
 
Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav







Srinivasa Rao Katta(System Administrator),

skatta33@hotmail.com,

 



 
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 06:50:23 +0100
> From: lists@datatone.co.uk
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: [users] WebDAV for managing web site content HTTPD 2.4.x (9 actually)
> 
> I used to use WebDAV for managing web site content with Apache httpd
> 2.2.x, however I have so far been unable to move the old configurations
> to 2.4.x and maintain this facility.
> 
> Most of the on-line 'howtos' seem to be based on the assumption that the
> web server is being used as a kind of remote filesystem, which is all
> well and good, and very useful; but not what I'm doing.
> 
> I have things fundamentally working, and I CAN make DAV work if I create
> a directory under my DocumentRoot and use DAV to manage files within it.
> 
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>     ServerName www.my-example.co.uk
>     ServerAdmin webmaster@ip.uk.com
>     DocumentRoot /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
>     ErrorLog  /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/error.log
>     CustomLog /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/logs/http/access.log
> combined
>     DirectoryIndex index.html
> 
>     Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site
> 
>     <Directory /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site>
>         AllowOverride all
>         Require all granted
>     </Directory>
> 
>     <Location /update>
>         Dav On
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthName "Site Update"
>         AuthUserFile /www/www.my-example.co.uk/WEB-INF/dav/user.passwd
>         AuthBasicProvider file
>         <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
>             Require valid-user
>         </LimitExcept>
>     </Location>
> 
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> This is my configuration. For the web site there is a .../<some-url>
> directory, and within this there is a WEB-INF directory for various
> administration stuff, and a 'site' directory. Everything is owned by the
> user and group under which httpd runs.
> 
> DocumentRoot is set to the 'site' directory, so that the server serves
> stuff from it as expected.
> 
> If I create a subdirectory under 'site' and set the Alias target to
> point to it, DAV works; proving that the fundamentals are OK.
> 
> So for example:
> 
>     Alias /update /www/www.my-example.co.uk/site/dav
> 
> Will allow me to access files in a subdirectory of the 'site' directory
> called 'dav'. However as soon as I set Alias as in the configuration
> file above, to point to the DocumentRoot, I get '405' errors and failure.
> 
> This seems to be telling me that there is something about the access
> permissions to the actual DocumentRoot directory, rather than a DAV
> configuration problem, and I assume that somehow my configuration must
> have conflics in this area, but I'm completely at a loss with respect to
> what is going wrong.
> 
> Regards,
> David
> 
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