HELP:Seg violation, mod_dav in apache 2.0:FIXED

[Joseph Woodard <jwoodard@xxxxxxxx>]

The bug I reported about trying to load and run the DAV service in
Apache web server 2.0.39 on PC Windows 98 has been resolved.

The ability to run a WebDAV server means that Frame users have a
reasonable and free means of document authoring and version control
through Frame 7. Otherwise they would have to buy Canterbury
(shudder) or Documentum (good but expensive).

When the Apache server loads and runs the DAV service, it can be
used by Frame 7 as a document repository for authoring and versioning
Frame files. A description of how to do so can be found in "FrameMaker
7: The Complete Reference", Chapter 27, "Sharing and Managing Files
Using WebDAV", written by Sarah S. O'Keefe and Shiela A. Loring.
The book is a gem, by the way. I highly recommend it.

The FIX:

You must load BOTH mod_dav.so AND mod_dav_fs.so modules with the
following statements in the apache server httpd.conf file

LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so

Then you can add statements to the conf file to activate the DAV
service. The simplest form would something like this:

DAVLockDB c:/temp/DAVLock
<Location />
DAV On
</Location>

The fix was provided by the maintainer of mod_dav in the Apache project,
via Apache's bugzilla bug reporting system. See my bug report
<http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10878>
which was marked as a duplicate of bug 9878
<http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9878
which contained the fix.

The documentation didn't describe the fact that both modules had to
be loaded and the resulting program error didn't indicate that either.

My thanks to the Apache project, especially Ryan Bloom who indicated how
to make it right.

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 Joseph Woodard, (510)748-9811, 2050 Eagle Ave., Apt 1, Alameda, CA 94501
 Email: jwoodard@best.com      On the web at http://jwoodard.best.vwh.net





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