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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict"><head><!-- 
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        --><title>mod_dav- Apache HTTP Server</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style/manual.css"/></head><body><blockquote><div align="center"><img src="../images/sub.gif" alt="[APACHE DOCUMENTATION]"/><h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3></div><h1 align="center">Apache Module mod_dav</h1><table bgcolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="help">Description:</span></td><td>Distributed Authoring and Versioning
(<a href="http://www.webdav.org/">WebDAV</a>) functionality</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module&nbsp;Identifier:</a></td><td>dav_module</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><h2>Summary</h2>
    <p>This module provides class 1 and class 2 <a href="http://www.webdav.org">WebDAV</a> ('Web-based Distributed
    Authoring and Versioning') functionality for Apache. This
    extension to the HTTP protocol allows creating, moving,
    copying, and deleting resources and collections on a remote web
    server.</p>

    <p>To enable mod_dav, add the following to a container in your
    <code>httpd.conf</code> file:</p>

<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>Dav On</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>

    <p>Also, specify a valid filename for the DAV lock database by
    adding the following to the global section in your
    <code>httpd.conf</code> file:</p>

<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>DavLockDB /tmp/DavLock&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <em>(Any web-server writable filename, without an
      extension)</em>
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#dav">Dav</a></li><li><a href="#davdepthinfinity">DavDepthInfinity</a></li><li><a href="#davlockdb">DavLockDB</a></li><li><a href="#davmintimeout">DavMinTimeout</a></li></ul><hr/><h2><a name="Dav">Dav</a> <a name="dav">Directive</a></h2><table bgcolor="#cccccc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Enable WebDAV HTTP methods</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></td><td>Dav on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></td><td><code>Dav off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></td><td>directory</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></td><td>mod_dav</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
    <p>Use the <code class="directive">Dav</code> directive to enable the
    WebDAV HTTP methods for the given container. You may wish to add a
    <a class="directive" href="core.html#limit"><code class="directive">&lt;Limit&gt;</code></a> clause
    inside the <a class="directive" href="core.html#location"><code class="directive">&lt;location&gt;</code></a> directive to limit access to
    DAV-enabled locations.</p>

<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
        DavLockDB /tmp/DavLock<br/>
        <br/>
         &lt;Location /foo&gt;<br/>
         Dav On<br/>
        <br/>
         AuthType Basic<br/>
         AuthName DAV<br/>
         AuthUserFile user.passwd<br/>
        <br/>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;LimitExcept GET HEAD OPTIONS&gt;<br/>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;require user admin<br/>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/LimitExcept&gt;<br/>
         &lt;/Location&gt;<br/>
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<hr/><h2><a name="DavDepthInfinity">DavDepthInfinity</a> <a name="davdepthinfinity">Directive</a></h2><table bgcolor="#cccccc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Allow PROPFIND, Depth: Infinity requests</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></td><td>DavDepthInfinity on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></td><td><code>DavDepthInfinity off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></td><td>directory</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></td><td>mod_dav</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
    <p>Use the <code class="directive">DavDepthInfinity</code> directive to
    allow the processing of PROPFIND requests containing the header
    'Depth: Infinity'. Because this type of request could constitute a
    denial-of-service attack, by default it is not allowed.</p>
<hr/><h2><a name="DavLockDB">DavLockDB</a> <a name="davlockdb">Directive</a></h2><table bgcolor="#cccccc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Location of the DAV lock database</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></td><td>DavLockDB <em>file-path</em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></td><td>mod_dav</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
    <p>Use the <code class="directive">DavLockDB</code> directive to specify
    the full path to the lock database, excluding an extension. The
    default (file system) implementation of mod_dav uses a SDBM
    database to track user locks. The utility
    <code>modules/dav/util/lockview</code> can be used from the server
    to display all locks in a lock database.</p>

<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
DavLockDB /tmp/DavLock
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<hr/><h2><a name="DavMinTimeout">DavMinTimeout</a> <a name="davmintimeout">Directive</a></h2><table bgcolor="#cccccc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Minimum amount of time the server holds a lock on
a DAV resource</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></td><td>DavMinTimeout <em>seconds</em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></td><td><code>DavMinTimeout 0</code></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></td><td>directory</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></td><td>mod_dav</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
    <p>When a client requests a DAV resource lock, it can also
    specify a time when the lock will be automatically removed by
    the server. This value is only a request, and the server can
    ignore it or inform the client of an arbitrary value.</p>

    <p>Use the <code class="directive">DavMinTimeout</code> directive to specify, in
    seconds, the minimum lock timeout to return to a client.
    Microsoft Web Folders defaults to a timeout of 120 seconds; the
    <code class="directive">DavMinTimeout</code> can override this to a higher value
    (like 600 seconds) to reduce the chance of the client losing
    the lock due to network latency.</p>

<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
         &lt;Location /MSWord&gt;<br/>
         DavMinTimeout 600<br/>
         &lt;/Location&gt;<br/>
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
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