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Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 Administrator's Guide

> ## The WebDAV Tab

> The WebDAV tab allows you to create and edit WebDAV collections on a virtual server. It also allows you to place locks of different levels of granularity on WebDAV-enabled resources. The WebDAV tab contains the following pages:

> - The DAV Configuration Page
> - The Add DAV Collection Page
> - The Edit DAV Collections Page
> - The Lock Management Page

> ##

> The DAV Configuration Page

> The WebDAV Configuration page allows you to edit the default values for certain WebDAV properties. For more information about WebDAV, see Using WebDAV.

> The following elements are displayed:

> Lock Database. Specify the directory in which the locking database will be maintained. By default, the lock database is created in the server_instance/lock-db/vs_id directory, which is the displayed value. If you want to maintain the lock database in some other location, specify the path here.

> Minimum Lock Timeout (seconds). Specify the minimum lifetime of a lock in seconds. A value of -1 implies that the lock never expires; 0 turns locking off.

> Limit XML Request Body. Specify the maximum size of the XML request body. You should configure this value to prevent possible denial of service attacks. The default value is 8192.

> Maximum Property Depth. Use the drop-down list to specify the depth of the PROPFIND request. The PROPFIND method retrieves properties defined on the resource identified by the requested URI. Choose from the following values:

> - 0. Applies only to the specified resource. The value is set to 0 by default.
> - 1. Applies to the specified resource and the next level of resources it contains.
> - infinity. Applies to the specified resource and all resources it contains.

> Enabled. From the drop-down list, select TRUE or FALSE to enable or disable the new WebDAV collection.

> OK. Saves your entries.

> Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

> Help. Displays online help.

> ##

> The Add DAV Collection Page

> The Add DAV Collection page allows you to create a WebDAV collection on the selected virtual server. This means you can use WebDAV to create a collection that can be shared by distributed users. Users can then access, lock, modify, and unlock resources without overwriting each others’ changes.

> WebDAV collections can be searched and browsed easily. You can also set access control restrictions on collections to prevent unwarranted access. To access WebDAV resources hosted by Sun ONE Web Server 6.1, you can use any client software that supports WebDAV, such as AdobeŽ GoLiveŽ or MacromediaŽ DreamweaverŽ.

> For more information about WebDAV, see Using WebDAV.

> The following elements are displayed:

> URI. Specify the URI by which the content is accessed.

> Source URI. Specify the URI by which the source is accessed. The default value is the value of the uri parameter.

> Lock Database. Specify the directory in which the locking database will be maintained. If you don’t specify a value, the lock database is created in the server_instance/lock-db/vs_id directory.

> Minimum Lock Timeout (seconds). Specify the minimum lifetime of a lock in seconds. A value of -1 implies that the lock never expires; 0 turns locking off.

> Limit XML Request Body. Specify the maximum size of the XML request body. You should configure this value to prevent possible denial of service attacks. The default value is 8192.

> Maximum Property Depth. Use the drop-down list to specify the depth of the PROPFIND request. The PROPFIND method retrieves properties defined on the resource identified by the requested URI. Choose from the following values:

> - 0. Applies only to the specified resource. The value is set to 0 by default.
> - 1. Applies to the specified resource and the next level of resources it contains.
> - infinity. Applies to the specified resource and all resources it contains.

> Enabled. From the drop-down list, select TRUE or FALSE to enable or disable the new WebDAV collection.

> OK. Saves your entries.

> Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

> Help. Displays online help.

> ##

> The Edit DAV Collections Page

> The Edit WebDAV Collections page allows you to modify the properties of a WebDAV collection on the selected virtual server. It also allows you to configure access control restrictions on WebDAV collections to prevent unwarranted access.

> For more information about WebDAV, see Using WebDAV.

> The following elements are displayed:

> Delete. Select this box to delete a collection.

> URI. Lists the URI by which the content is accessed.

> Enabled. Specifies whether the WebDAV collection is enabled or disabled.

> Advanced. Click the Edit Collection button to edit the properties of a WebDAV collection on the Edit DAV Collection page. For more information about the elements on this page, see The Edit DAV Collection Page.

> Setup ACL. Click the Edit ACL button to set access control restrictions for the collection on the WebDAV ACL Setup for URI page. For more information about the elements on this page, see The WebDAV ACL Setup for URI Page.

> OK. Saves your entries.

> Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

> Help. Displays online help.

> ##

> The Edit DAV Collection Page

> The Edit DAV Collection page allows you to modify the properties of the selected WebDAV collection. For more information about WebDAV, see Using WebDAV.

> The following elements are displayed:

> URI. Specify the URI by which the content is accessed.

> Source URI. Specify the URI by which the source is accessed. The default value is the value of the uri parameter.

> Lock Database. Specify the directory in which the locking database will be maintained. If you don’t specify a value, the lock database is created in the server_instance/lock-db/vs_id directory.

> Minimum Lock Timeout (seconds). Specify the minimum lifetime of a lock in seconds. A value of -1 implies that the lock never expires; 0 turns locking off.

> Limit XML Request Body. Specify the maximum size of the XML request body. You should configure this value to prevent possible denial of service attacks. The default value is 8192.

> Maximum Property Depth. Use the drop-down list to specify the depth of the PROPFIND request. The PROPFIND method retrieves properties defined on the resource identified by the requested URI. Choose from the following values:

> - 0. Applies only to the specified resource. The value is set to 0 by default.
> - 1. Applies to the specified resource and the next level of resources it contains.
> - infinity. Applies to the specified resource and all resources it contains.

> Enabled. From the drop-down list, select TRUE or FALSE to enable or disable the WebDAV collection.

> OK. Saves your entries.

> Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

> Help. Displays online help.

> ##

> The WebDAV ACL Setup for URI Page

> The WebDAV ACL Setup for URI page allows you to create or modify ACLs to prevent unwarranted access to selected WebDAV resources.

> The following elements are displayed:

> Select ACL File. Select an ACL file from the drop-down list. By default, the value is server_root/httpacl/generated.server_name.acl.

> Create/Edit Access Control for URI. Specify the URI for which you want to create or configure access control settings, and then click this button to configure ACL settings in the Access Control Rules for Page. The URI you specify would be configured for access control and reside under the parent DAV-enabled URI.

> Create/Edit Access Control for a source URI. Specify the source URI for which you want to create or configure access control settings, and then click this button to configure ACL settings in the Access Control Rules for Page. The source URI you specify would be configured for access control and reside under the parent DAV-enabled source URI.

> Help. Displays online help.

> ##

> The Lock Management Page

> The WebDAV Lock Management page retrieves and lists data about locked WebDAV resources from the locking database. For more information about WebDAV, see Using WebDAV.

> The following elements are displayed:

> Select Lock Database. Specify the location of the locking database, which contains details about the collections that are locked, the type of locking mechanism used, and the duration of the lock.

> Select DAV Collection. Use the drop-down list to specify the collection URI.

> List Lock Info. Click this button to fetch and display lock details from the lock database. If these details cannot be retrieved, an error message is displayed.

> URL. Lists the URLs of the locked resources.

> Owner. Lists the name of the lock owner.

> Lock-Scope. Lists the kind of lock that is placed on the resource, such as Shared or Exclusive.

> Timeout. Specifies the duration, in seconds, after which the lock will automatically be removed by the web server.

> Expire this Lock. Select this box to remove the lock and free the resource.

> OK. Saves your entries.

> Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

> Help. Displays online help.

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