How do I create a new dav folder with read/write?

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Hi,

One of my users is trying to use iCal with his hosting account. He just needs a dav folder with read/write but I don’t know what to do to enable this. He can login with credentials, but only has read access, no write.

Anybody know how to fix?

Thanks,

Tony

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DAV can be tricky in a virtual hosting environment, but mainly just when you need scripts or shell/ftp users to be able to interact with stuff uploaded via DAV, due to ownership issues. A pure DAV situation should Just Work. (I think. It’s been a long time since I’ve tinkered with it.)

What’s in the error_log when he tries to write?

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Thanks for your help.

[Thu May 14 16:37:56 2009] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] The locks could not be queried for verification against a possible "If:" header. [500, #0]
[Thu May 14 16:37:56 2009] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Could not open the lock database. [500, #400]
[Thu May 14 16:37:56 2009] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] (13)Permission denied: Could not open property database. [500, #1]

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Hmmm…This is strange. I wonder what files it’s trying to open that are failing.

In the relevant Apache configuration file (you haven’t identified your OS and version, so I can’t tell you where this is) what is in the DAVLockDB directive? It looks like this on my system:

DAVLockDB /var/lib/dav/lockdb

And that directory is owned by apache:apache.