Confluence Docs 3.3 : WebDAV Configuration
This page last changed on Jan 26, 2010 by alaskowski.
On this page: Introduction to Confluence's WebDAV Client IntegrationWebDAV allows users to access Confluence content via a WebDAV client, such as 'My Network Places' in Microsoft Windows. Provided that the user has permission, they will be able to read and write to spaces, pages and attachments in Confluence. Users will be asked to log in and the standard Confluence content access permissions will apply to the equivalent content available through the WebDAV client. By default, all WebDAV clients have permission to write to Confluence. Write permissions include the ability for a WebDAV client to create, edit, move or delete content associated with spaces, pages and attachments in a Confluence installation. On the 'WebDAV Configuration' page, you can:
Restricting WebDAV Client Write Access to ConfluenceIn earlier versions of the WebDAV plugin, separate options for restricting a WebDAV client's write permissions (that is, create/move, edit and delete actions), were available. However, in the current version of this plugin, they have been simplified and combined into a general write permission restriction that covers all of these actions. WebDAV clients are now denied write permission to your Confluence installation by setting a regex that matches specific content within the WebDAV client's user agent header. Upon setting a regex, it will be added to a list of restricted WebDAV clients. Any WebDAV clients whose user agent header matches a regex in this list will be denied write permission to your Confluence installation. Example: A PROPFIND method header generated by a Microsoft Web Folder WebDAV client, showing the user agent header field:
PROPFIND /plugins/servlet/confluence/default HTTP/1.1
Content-Language: en-us
Accept-Language: en-us
Content-Type: text/xml
Translate: f
Depth: 1
Content-Length: 489
User-Agent: Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider DAV
Host: 127.0.0.1:8082
Connection: Keep-Alive
To restrict a WebDAV client's write access permissions to your Confluence installation,
To restore one or more restricted WebDAV client's write access permissions to your Confluence installation,
Screenshot: WebDAV configuration Disabling Strict Path CheckingIf you observe any idiosyncrasies with your WebDAV client, such as a folder that does exist on your Confluence site but is missing from the client, you can disable the WebDAV plugin's strict path checking option, which may minimise these problems. To disable the WebDAV plugin's strict path checking option,
Virtual Files and FoldersIn the unlikely event that you observe any problems with the WebDAV client's performance or stability, you can enable access to automatically generated (that is, virtual) files and folders.
Screenshot: The Hidden Virtual Files and Folders Option To enable or disable access to virtual files and folders,
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