Comments on How to install WebDAV with Lighttpd on Debian 8 (Jessie)

This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Lighttpd on a Debian 8 (Jessie) server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allows users to directly edit files on theLighttpdd 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.

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By: Marius
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If your the only user of a system, you can run this as described above, but you should not. It does not matter if it's apache or lighty. In any case where there is user generated content executeable via Webdav, your server security is screwed. In special, if your using APACHE's mod_webdav. That module should be burned in the fires of hell itself :) WebDAV is best implemented on serverside with a cgiwrapper (i.e. selfmade or fastcgi ) to drop user privs and on userside with a php script. There are a bunch of working webdav implementations available for PHP. This ensures a minimum at server security. Max would be a running chroot for the server and user contents. Marius

By: sabamimi
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Thanks,

for info this is still working on Debian 10.2