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| <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Distributed Authoring and Versioning |
| (<a href="http://www.webdav.org/">WebDAV</a>) functionality</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>dav_module</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_dav.c</td></tr></table> |
| <h3>Summary</h3> |
| |
| <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> |
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| <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> |
| <ul id="toc"> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#dav">Dav</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#davdepthinfinity">DavDepthInfinity</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#davmintimeout">DavMinTimeout</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <h3>Topics</h3> |
| <ul id="topics"> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#example">Enabling WebDAV</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#security">Security Issues</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#complex">Complex Configurations</a></li> |
| </ul><h3>See also</h3> |
| <ul class="seealso"> |
| <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dav_fs.html#davlockdb">DavLockDB</a></code></li> |
| <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limitxmlrequestbody">LimitXMLRequestBody</a></code></li> |
| <li><a href="http://www.webdav.org">WebDAV Resources</a></li> |
| </ul></div> |
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| <div class="section"> |
| <h2><a name="example" id="example">Enabling WebDAV</a></h2> |
| <p>To enable <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code>, add the following to a |
| container in your <code>httpd.conf</code> file:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code>Dav On</code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>This enables the DAV file system provider, which is implemented |
| by the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav_fs.html">mod_dav_fs</a></code> module. Therefore, that module |
| must be compiled into the server or loaded at runtime using the |
| <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> directive.</p> |
| |
| <p>In addition, a location for the DAV lock database must be |
| specified in the global section of your <code>httpd.conf</code> |
| file using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dav_fs.html#davlockdb">DavLockDB</a></code> |
| directive:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| DavLockDB /usr/local/apache2/var/DavLock |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>The directory containing the lock database file must be |
| writable by the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#user">User</a></code> |
| and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#group">Group</a></code> under which |
| Apache is running.</p> |
| |
| <p>You may wish to add a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limit"><Limit></a></code> clause inside the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code> directive to limit access to |
| DAV-enabled locations. If you want to set the maximum amount of |
| bytes that a DAV client can send at one request, you have to use |
| the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limitxmlrequestbody">LimitXMLRequestBody</a></code> |
| directive. The "normal" <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limitrequestbody">LimitRequestBody</a></code> directive has no effect on DAV |
| requests.</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><h3>Full Example</h3><p><code> |
| DavLockDB /usr/local/apache2/var/DavLock<br /> |
| <br /> |
| <Location /foo><br /> |
| <span class="indent"> |
| Dav On<br /> |
| <br /> |
| AuthType Basic<br /> |
| AuthName DAV<br /> |
| AuthUserFile user.passwd<br /> |
| <br /> |
| <LimitExcept GET OPTIONS><br /> |
| <span class="indent"> |
| require user admin<br /> |
| </span> |
| </LimitExcept><br /> |
| </span> |
| </Location><br /> |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> is a descendent of Greg Stein's <a href="http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/">mod_dav for Apache 1.3</a>. More |
| information about the module is available from that site.</p> |
| </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <h2><a name="security" id="security">Security Issues</a></h2> |
| |
| <p>Since DAV access methods allow remote clients to manipulate |
| files on the server, you must take particular care to assure that |
| your server is secure before enabling <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code>.</p> |
| |
| <p>Any location on the server where DAV is enabled should be |
| protected by authentication. The use of HTTP Basic Authentication |
| is not recommended. You should use at least HTTP Digest |
| Authentication, which is provided by the |
| <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code> module. Nearly all WebDAV clients |
| support this authentication method. An alternative is Basic |
| Authentication over an <a href="../ssl/">SSL</a> enabled |
| connection.</p> |
| |
| <p>In order for <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> to manage files, it must |
| be able to write to the directories and files under its control |
| using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#user">User</a></code> and |
| <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#group">Group</a></code> under which |
| Apache is running. New files created will also be owned by this |
| <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#user">User</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#group">Group</a></code>. For this reason, it is |
| important to control access to this account. The DAV repository |
| is considered private to Apache; modifying files outside of Apache |
| (for example using FTP or filesystem-level tools) should not be |
| allowed.</p> |
| |
| <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> may be subject to various kinds of |
| denial-of-service attacks. The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limitxmlrequestbody">LimitXMLRequestBody</a></code> directive can be |
| used to limit the amount of memory consumed in parsing large DAV |
| requests. The <code class="directive"><a href="#davdepthinfinity">DavDepthInfinity</a></code> directive can be |
| used to prevent <code>PROPFIND</code> requests on a very large |
| repository from consuming large amounts of memory. Another |
| possible denial-of-service attack involves a client simply filling |
| up all available disk space with many large files. There is no |
| direct way to prevent this in Apache, so you should avoid giving |
| DAV access to untrusted users.</p> |
| </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <h2><a name="complex" id="complex">Complex Configurations</a></h2> |
| |
| <p>One common request is to use <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> to |
| manipulate dynamic files (PHP scripts, CGI scripts, etc). This is |
| difficult because a <code>GET</code> request will always run the |
| script, rather than downloading its contents. One way to avoid |
| this is to map two different URLs to the content, one of which |
| will run the script, and one of which will allow it to be |
| downloaded and manipulated with DAV.</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Alias /phparea /home/gstein/php_files<br /> |
| Alias /php-source /home/gstein/php_files<br /> |
| <Location /php-source> |
| <span class="indent"> |
| DAV On<br /> |
| ForceType text/plain<br /> |
| </span> |
| </Location> |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>With this setup, <code>http://example.com/phparea</code> can be |
| used to access the output of the PHP scripts, and |
| <code>http://example.com/php-source</code> can be used with a DAV |
| client to manipulate them.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Dav" id="Dav">Dav</a> <a name="dav" id="dav">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enable WebDAV HTTP methods</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Dav On|Off|<var>provider-name</var></code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Dav Off</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_dav</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| <p>Use the <code class="directive">Dav</code> directive to enable the |
| WebDAV HTTP methods for the given container:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| <Location /foo><br /> |
| <span class="indent"> |
| Dav On<br /> |
| </span> |
| </Location> |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>The value <code>On</code> is actually an alias for the default |
| provider <code>filesystem</code> which is served by the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav_fs.html">mod_dav_fs</a></code> module. Note, that once you have DAV enabled |
| for some location, it <em>cannot</em> be disabled for sublocations. |
| For a complete configuration example have a look at the <a href="#example">section above</a>.</p> |
| |
| <div class="warning"> |
| Do not enable WebDAV until you have secured your server. Otherwise |
| everyone will be able to distribute files on your system. |
| </div> |
| |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DavDepthInfinity" id="DavDepthInfinity">DavDepthInfinity</a> <a name="davdepthinfinity" id="davdepthinfinity">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Allow PROPFIND, Depth: Infinity requests</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DavDepthInfinity on|off</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>DavDepthInfinity off</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_dav</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| <p>Use the <code class="directive">DavDepthInfinity</code> directive to |
| allow the processing of <code>PROPFIND</code> 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> |
| |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DavMinTimeout" id="DavMinTimeout">DavMinTimeout</a> <a name="davmintimeout" id="davmintimeout">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Minimum amount of time the server holds a lock on |
| a DAV resource</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DavMinTimeout <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>DavMinTimeout 0</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_dav</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> |
| |
| <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code> |
| <Location /MSWord><br /> |
| <span class="indent"> |
| DavMinTimeout 600<br /> |
| </span> |
| </Location> |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
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