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-subversion is available in the SME Contribs repository.

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.

Installation

Install the contrib:

yum install smeserver-mod_dav --enablerepo=smecontribs

Configuration

DAV access is disabled for all ibays by default.

Enable DAV access for an ibay

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

/sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop IbayName ModDav enabled
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify IbayName

Disable DAV access for an ibay

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

/sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop IbayName ModDav disabled
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify IbayName

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>

Additional information

This contrib only loads mod_dav for the httpd daemon and does not provide other configuration templates or a server-manager panel.

Bugs

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

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