On 3/22/12 7:24 PM, Clint Byrum wrote: > Excerpts from Mark Dokter's message of Tue Mar 20 04:06:27 -0700 2012: >> Hi! >> >> I just noticed that the usual way to edit php files through webdav does >> not work on my ubuntu server 11.10. The ForceType text/plain is ignored >> as is the RemoveHandler .php or RemoveType .php. >> After a little trial and error I found out, that a SetHandler None and >> ForceType text/plain combination in the DAV location works now the same >> way the single ForceType text/plain used to work. >> Is it a new apache behaviour, ubuntu specialty or just my installation? >> > > On what version did it "used to work" ? This is most likely an apache > behavior change, but its hard to determine that if we don't know at what > point it did work. >
It used to work on an ubuntu 9.04 installation with apache 2.2.11 and does not on 11.10 with apache 2.2.20. The workaround to access php files via webdav with ForceType text/plain is documented in http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dav.html. This *should* be valid for both versons?! > Given the documentation seen here: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_mime.html#removehandler > > I would expect "RemoveHandler .php" to do the same thing as SetHandler > None, though I do notice that ForceType and SetHandler are both in core, > while RemoveHandler and RemoveType are in mime.. so is it possible you > don't have the mime module enabled (should be on by default)? > The mime module is enabled (was by default). The desired behaviour (read php code through webdav) is only achieved by the combination of "ForceType text/plain" and "SetHandler None" Here's the working config on the ubuntu 11.10 system (generalized): Alias /dav /srv/data/www/<...site-name...> <Location /dav> SetHandler None ForceType text/plain Dav On AuthName "<...site-name...> WebDAV access" AuthType Basic AuthBasicProvider ldap AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on AuthLDAPURL <...ldap-url...> require ldap-user <...user-names...> </Location> This is what the config looked like on the old ubuntu 9.04 system: Alias /dav /srv/data/www/<...site-name...> <Location /dav> Dav On AuthName "<...site-name...> WebDAV access" AuthType Basic AuthBasicProvider ldap AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on AuthLDAPURL <...ldap-url...> require ldap-user <...user-names...> ForceType text/plain </Location> As you can see, there's not much difference. The sad thing is, that I had to find that out using trial and error, since all documentation I found did not solve my problem. The question now is: is my installation messed up? is it a ubuntu special behaviour or is it a change in the apache software. -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
