Mod dav

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	Skill level: Easy
	The instructions on this page can be followed by a beginner.

Maintainer

Jonathan Martens

Version

Contrib 10:

1.1-8

Contrib 9:

1.1-2

smeserver-mod_dav

The latest version of smeserver-mod_dav is available in the SME repository, click on the version number(s) for more information.

Description

This contrib provides mod_dav for SME Server, it has been written to make sure it is installed as it is required by my Subversion contrib, but it can be used independently to add DAV to i-bays as well, this way you can, for instance, use it to store your iCal web calendar files, using the WebDAV protocol.

Installation

Install the contrib:

yum install smeserver-mod_dav --enablerepo=smecontribs

Configuration

DAV access is disabled for all ibays by default.

Enable/disable DAV access for an ibay

To enable DAV access to an ibay use the following commands:

db accounts setprop ibay-name ModDav enabled
signal-event ibay-modify ibay-name

To disable DAV access to an ibay use the following commands:

db accounts setprop ibay-name ModDav disabled
signal-event ibay-modify ibay-name

ETag http response header (FileETag) settings

According to bugzilla:4482 there seems to be a problem when using Sunbird calendar sharing in DAV enabled ibays. To fix this you can define the FileETag setting to a value of none using the following command:

db accounts setprop ibay-name ModDav-FileETag none

More information on possible FileETag options can be found in the Apache documentation.

Usage

Accessing a DAV enabled ibay

DAV-enabled Ibays can be accessed in any of several ways:

through Windows My Network Places

1. Open "My Network Places"
2. Select "Add a network place"
3. Choose "Next"
4. Choose "Another network location"
5. Enter the address to your DAV enabled ibay, for instance http://server/data or https://server/data

through Internet Explorer

According to this post you can allow Windows/Internet Explorer users to open your DAV-enabled Ibays in Explorer for read-write access directly from your website by using code similar to the lines below.

As a (normal) link:

<a href="http://localhost/data/">Link to folder</a>

As a webfolder:

<a href="" folder="http://localhost/data/">Link to data folder</a>

Known issues

httpd-2.4 bug with mod_dir

you have to disable see https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54914 We hence have enforced that in the contrib for ibay but you might get the same issue if you use mod DAV for a contrib

Fedora complain about lack of compatibility to mount dav

If you see this error : "/sbin/mount.davfs: mounting failed; the server does not support WebDAV" you need to do the following, then it will work

sudo echo "ignore_dav_header 1" >> /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf

Bugs

Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in bugzilla and select the smeserver-mod_dav component or use this link .

"No open bugs found."

Changelog

Only released version in smecontrib are listed here.

smeserver-mod_dav Changelog: SME 10 (smecontribs)

2022/07/28 Jean-Philippe Pialasse 1.1-8.sme
- update to apache 2.4 access syntax [SME: 12051]

2021/06/21 Terry Fage 1.1-7.sme
- Ensure persistence of/var/run/davlocks on reboot/reconfig [SME: 11630]

2021/03/01 Jean-Philipe Pialasse 1.1-6.sme
- fix security issues [SME: 11077]

 where user could access ibay he was not member of group

- improve ibay dav template [SME 4564]

 force ssl, secure php file, disable cgi and php 

 when DAV enabled on ibay, and respect rmeote access settings

- descriptive login box [SME: 5337]

- fix some typos and propertie names

2021/02/28 Jean-Philipe Pialasse 1.1-4.sme
- add createlinks and add -update event [SME: 11070]

2020/10/29 Brian Read 1.1-3.sme
- Initial import into SME10 tree [SME: 11070]

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