Hello,

I've tried out the WebDAV example context provided with Tomcat 4.0, and
it's very practical and straightforward to use.  I imagine it's built on top
of Jakarta Slide.  Nevertheless, I've found both WebDAV and Slide difficult
to put into practice, because:

- it could create a lot of potential security risks,

- I don't understand the mechanism by which webdav URLs map onto real
resources on the server (how does it find the context's root directory?  how
can you replace servlets within WEB-INF?  how are operating system file
permissions handled when manipulating files on the server?  etc...)

What I'd like to do is be able to put stuff on-line, do updates, etc. using
WebDAV (instead of Samba, shared network folders, etc.) ; the solution in
the webdav example context is simple, and it would be nice to integrate it
with other contexts if possible.

Hopefully someone can answer these questions and show me how to proceed!

Thanks,
-Chris

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