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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_dav</h1>
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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&nbsp;Identifier:</a></th><td>dav_module</td></tr>
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<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>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 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="#davbasepath">DavBasePath</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>
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<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_dav">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_dav">Report a bug</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>
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<h2 id="example">Enabling WebDAV <a title="Permanent link" href="#example" class="permalink">&para;</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>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Dav On</pre>


    <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>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">DavLockDB /usr/local/apache2/var/DavLock</pre>


    <p>The directory containing the lock database file must be
    writable by the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_unixd.html#user">User</a></code>
    and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_unixd.html#group">Group</a></code> under which
    Apache is running.</p>

    <p>In the example below, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireany">&lt;RequireAny&gt;</a></code> is used to ensure that
    DAV-specific methods (i.e., methods other than <code>GET</code>,
    <code>POST</code> and <code>OPTIONS</code>) are limited to the
    authenticated user.</p>

    <p>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><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">DavLockDB "/usr/local/apache2/var/DavLock"

&lt;Directory "/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/foo"&gt;
    Dav On

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName DAV
    AuthUserFile "user.passwd"

    &lt;RequireAny&gt;
        Require method GET POST OPTIONS
        Require user admin
    &lt;/RequireAny&gt;
&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre>
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<h2 id="security">Security Issues <a title="Permanent link" href="#security" class="permalink">&para;</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/mod_unixd.html#user">User</a></code> and
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_unixd.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/mod_unixd.html#user">User</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_unixd.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>
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<h2 id="complex">Complex Configurations <a title="Permanent link" href="#complex" class="permalink">&para;</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>

<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias "/phparea" "/home/gstein/php_files"
Alias "/php-source" "/home/gstein/php_files"
&lt;Location "/php-source"&gt;
    Dav On
    ForceType text/plain
&lt;/Location&gt;</pre>


    <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>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="dav"><span id="Dav">Dav</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#dav" class="permalink">&para;</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>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;Location "/foo"&gt;
    Dav On
&lt;/Location&gt;</pre>


    <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>

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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="davbasepath"><span id="DavBasePath">DavBasePath</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#davbasepath" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configure repository root path</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DavBasePath <var>root-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>None</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>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in version 2.4.58 and later</td></tr>
</table>
  <p>If a DAV repository is configured using a regular expression
  match (such as <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch">LocationMatch</a></code>)
  then <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> will not be able to find the root of
  the repository from the pathname alone. Third-party providers (for
  example, Subversion's <a href="https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.mod_dav_svn.conf.html">mod_dav_svn</a>)
  may fail to handle requests without the correct repository root.</p>

  <p>To allow providers to work correctly in such a configuration,
  <code class="directive">DavBasePath</code> must be used.</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;LocationMatch "^/repos/"&gt;
    Dav svn
    DavBasePath /repos
    SVNParentPath /var/svn
&lt;/LocationMatch&gt;</pre>


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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="davdepthinfinity"><span id="DavDepthInfinity">DavDepthInfinity</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#davdepthinfinity" class="permalink">&para;</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>

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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="davmintimeout"><span id="DavMinTimeout">DavMinTimeout</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#davmintimeout" class="permalink">&para;</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><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;Location "/MSWord"&gt;
    DavMinTimeout 600
&lt;/Location&gt;</pre>
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