How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 11.3

“This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on an
OpenSUSE 11.3 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed
Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP
protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache
server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP.
Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download
files.

“I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

“1 Preliminary Note

“I’m using an OpenSUSE 11.3 server with the IP address
192.168.0.100 here.

“2 Installing WebDAV

“If Apache is not already installed, install it as follows:

“yast2 -i apache2

“Afterwards, enable the WebDAV modules:

a2enmod dav
a2enmod dav_fs
a2enmod dav_lock

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