[SOLVED]webDAV writing fails with "Access was denied while attempting to upload"

[JohanLingen]

I am trying to set up webfolders with Apache 2.2.4 + webDAV.

I am trying to create files in the webfolder through the webdav-protocol in Konqueror, but I get the same message over and over again: "Access was denied while attempting to upload..."

On the contrary, I am able to download files (which I have forced in the webfolder directory using "sudo vim")

I included some information below that I think could be relevant.


I have symlinks to (amongst others) the following modules:

dav_fs.conf
dav_fs.load
dav.load
auth_mysql.load
include.load

Part of my httpd.conf is:

<IfModule mod_dav.c>
 <Directory "/var/www/webfolders">
  AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo Limit Indexes
  Options None
  ForceType text/plain

  DAV On

  AuthName "Webfolders kOOL"
  AuthType Basic
  AuthBasicAuthoritative Off
  AuthUserFile /dev/null
  AuthMySQL_Host localhost
  AuthMySQL_User XXXX
  AuthMySQL_Password XXXX
  Auth_MySQL_DB XXXX
  Auth_MySQL_Password_Table XXXX
  Auth_MySQL_Username_Field login
  Auth_MySQL_Password_Field password
  Auth_MySQL_Empty_Passwords Off
  Auth_MySQL_Encryption_Types PHP_MD5
 </Directory>
</IfModule>

chmod 777 doens't help

access.log says:

127.0.0.1 - - [09/Jan/2008:22:34:15 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 935 "-" "Apache/2.2.4 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 PHP/5.2.3-1ubuntu6.2 (internal dummy connection)"

error.log says:

[Wed Jan 09 22:34:15 2008] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully
[Wed Jan 09 22:34:15 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Wed Jan 09 22:34:15 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Wed Jan 09 22:34:15 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Wed Jan 09 22:34:15 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Wed Jan 09 22:34:15 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Wed Jan 09 22:34:25 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.4 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 PHP/5.2.3-1ubuntu6.2 configured -- resuming normal operations

There's a .htaccess file in the webfolder directory which states:

<Limit GET HEAD OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Require user "myReadAndWriteUser" "myReadOnlyUser"
</Limit>
<LimitExcept GET HEAD OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Require user "myReadAndWriteUser"
</LimitExcept>

Does anyone have a clue?

Thanks very much already!

[JohanLingen]

[PARTIALLY SOLVED] webDAV writing fails with "Access was denied while attemp..."

I think the final solution wasn't even in the info I posted, after some 20-30 seconds, another few lines appeared in error.log:

[Sat Jan 12 00:59:54 2008] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully
[Sat Jan 12 00:59:54 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Sat Jan 12 00:59:54 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Sat Jan 12 00:59:54 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Sat Jan 12 00:59:54 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Sat Jan 12 00:59:54 2008] [error] (9)Bad file descriptor: apr_socket_accept: (client socket)
[Sat Jan 12 01:00:04 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.4 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 PHP/5.2.3-1ubuntu6.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Jan 12 01:00:36 2008] [error] [client 130.89.230.59] The locks could not be queried for verification against a possible "If:" header. [5
00, #0]
[Sat Jan 12 01:00:36 2008] [error] [client 130.89.230.59] Could not open the lock database. [500, #400]
[Sat Jan 12 01:00:36 2008] [error] [client 130.89.230.59] (2)No such file or directory: Could not open property database. [500, #1]

These last three lines seem to be related to the following entry in httpd.conf:

<IfModule mod_dav.c>
 DAVLockDB /var/lock/DAV/apache
</IfModule>

The path /var/lock/DAV/ did not exist at this time, so I created it. When I set the ownership of this folder to www-data, I was able to succesfully write a file to the webfolder, using Konqueror and an authorized user:

sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/lock/DAV/

However, there's still one more thing I'd like to be solved: I cannot delete a file from the webfolder using the DELETE key. If I click right and use the context-menu, then I am able to delete the file. Anyone any ideas?

Note: I still have to test Windows Explorer as DAVclient.

[JohanLingen]

Re: webDAV writing fails with "Access was denied while attempting to upload"

I cannot delete a file from the webfolder using the DELETE key. If I click right and use the context-menu, then I am able to delete the file. Anyone any ideas?

the DELETE key wants to move a file to the wastebin, which is not available in the webfolder. In addition to using the context menu, you can use SHIFT+DELETE to remove a file from the webfolder.