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How To Set Up WebDAV With Lighttpd On Mandriva 2009.1 This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd on a Mandriva 2009.1 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 lighttpd 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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Windows 7 "Web Folders" only supports Digest authentication (more secure),

To create WebDAV password file using Digest use 'htdigest' instead:

htdigest -c /var/www/web1/passwd.dav test


And modify the auth block in /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf:

 

    auth.backend = "htdigest"
    auth.backend.htdigest.userfile     = "/var/www/web1/passwd.dav"
    auth.require = ( "" => ( "method"  => "digest",
                             "realm"   => "webdav",
                             "require" => "valid-user" ) )