On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 01:57:28PM -0500, Joshua Slive wrote:
> On 1/22/06, Vess A. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This regards the documentation found at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/
> > 2.2/mod/mod_dav.html involving configuration for mod_dav, the WebDAV
> > module for Apache 2.2.
> >
> > The examples all fail to include the "Order" and "Allow from"
> > directives that are necessary to connect to the WebDAV, at least in
> > my tests.
>
> Sure, they should probably be included. But it depends on what the
> parent directory access state is. In 2.2 it was changed to "Deny from
> all" in the default config, but obviously it depends on what they
> admin does. It would probably be clearer for people who don't
> understand the inheritance if the "Allow from all" was included. The
> same applies to the example in conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf.
Brief patch attached - if there's no objection, I'll commit it &
backport to 2.2.
Noirin
Index: mod_dav.xml
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--- mod_dav.xml (revision 371418)
+++ mod_dav.xml (working copy)
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@
</indent>
</Location><br />
</example>
+
+ <p>The <module>mod_dav</module> directory inherits its access state
+ from its parent directory - as of Apache 2.2, the default for this is
+ "Deny from all". If you have not already allowed access (either restricted
+ or to all) to the parent directory, you will need to explicitly do so for
+ your <module>mod_dav</module> directory.</p>
<p><module>mod_dav</module> is a descendent of Greg Stein's <a
href="http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/";>mod_dav for Apache 1.3</a>. More
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