XP can't access Apache WebDAV share

blue.spark · 08-06-2006, 03:23 PM

I recently set up a WebDAV share on my http server (Apache 2.2) running Linux, of course.

I can access it without problem from my Linux laptop and also from OS X Tiger, however my friends cannot mount the share in Win XP (Open as Web Folder). They can access the server and browse the content as a web page, similar to how Firefox handels WebDAV (that is, not at all), but cannot access the folders in Explorer as if it were mounted.

From one of these XP machines I did succeed in accessing a different WebDAV folder, one hosted by my provider, so I am convinced my server is not configured properly to allow Windows to mount it.

Apart from php5 all modules are being loaded. Here is part of the server config:

Code:

DAVLockDB /var/log/httpd/DavLock/DavLockDB
<Location /webdav>
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
DAV On
AuthType Basic
AuthName "WebDAV"
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/passwd
Require user guest
</Location>

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

Can anyone help me here?

reddazz · 08-08-2006, 03:50 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in the General Forum and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

If things work fine under Linux and MacOS, don't you think it could be some sort of problem with Windows.

blue.spark · 08-13-2006, 03:06 AM

of course its a windows problem! Windows is the most incompatible OS there ever was. it's usually up to the others to tweak their settings to get MS crap to work.

anglerud · 08-25-2006, 02:08 PM

Ok, after struggling for a few hours, I've now got it working. There's a post on ubuntuforums which helped me.

I apparently can't post links yet, but if you search on "WebDAV and XP?" you should find it.

blue.spark · 08-25-2006, 02:51 PM

you need to register to even search at ubuntuforums!

can't you post something? or mail me the link?

thx

anglerud · 08-26-2006, 07:18 AM

Just mailed you the link. If it doesn't help, I'll post my configs and we can try to sort out this prob.

anglerud · 08-26-2006, 07:34 AM

ahah, and searching on ubuntuforums myself, I just realized you have to search on "webdav and xp", to find the thread titled "WebDAV and XP?"

blue.spark · 08-27-2006, 03:50 PM

thanks for your tip, although I had already done, tried or had all that.

what eventually helped was yet another site where this was mentioned:

When connecting over non-SSL connections, append a “/#” to the URL here. Windows XP has two built-in methods for connecting via WebDAV. Appending /# is a workaround that forces the use of the Web Folder Client connection, which will authenticate successfully to the WebDav-enabled folder as configured here.

of all the tricks I tried, I should have come up with this combination as well!