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Peter Štibraný
Peter Štibraný

Reputation: 32893

Webdav link resource

Is it possible to create Webdav resource, that would act as a symbolic link on unixes? I.e. client would understand that this resource is a link, and that it should in fact work with some other resource?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1734

Answers (2)

Jorge Mendes
Jorge Mendes

Reputation: 446

If your symbolic link is a directory you can have a simple hack.

Instead of a symbolic link you make a normal folder that is empty (my_empty_folder), then on the Apache configuration you point the empty folder to the real location (/opt/my_full_folder/) using Alias and Virtual Directory

Something like:

Alias /webdav/my_empty_folder /opt/my_full_folder/
<Directory /opt/my_full_folder >
  Options +Indexes
   <RequireAll>
        Require all granted
   </RequireAll>
</Directory>

mod_dav will report the folder and when you click/follow it Apache will use the content from the destination folder.

This hack will allow for webdav clients to properly see the folder and follow the contents, but also browser using apache's index

Upvotes: 0

Julian Reschke
Julian Reschke

Reputation: 42017

A protocol for that is defined in RFC 4437; but there aren't a lot of clients and servers supporting that.

Upvotes: 3

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