[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex
raeburn
raeburn at source.lon-capa.org
Fri Dec 1 15:57:35 EST 2017
raeburn Fri Dec 1 20:57:35 2017 EDT
Modified files:
/loncom/html/adm/help/tex Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex
Log:
- Document need to enable dav and dav_fs modules to use webDAV with Ubuntu.
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex:1.6 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex:1.7
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex:1.6 Fri May 29 23:17:11 2015
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex Fri Dec 1 20:57:35 2017
@@ -38,7 +38,35 @@
Note: webDAV usage requires Apache with SSL to be running on the library server.
The user will be prompted to enter his/her username (this will be the LON-CAPA username
or username,domain if the access is for a co-author with a domain different
-to that of the author), and the user's LON-CAPA password.
+to that of the author), and the user's LON-CAPA password. webDAV also requires that the
+dav and dav_fs modules are enabled in Apache. The way those are enabled depends on the
+Linux distro (command line access required).
+the Apache config.
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item CentOS, Red Hat and Scientific Linux (6 and earlier)
+
+The required LoadModule lines are included in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+file added by install.pl run to prepare a server for installation of LON-CAPA.
+
+\item CentOS, Red Hat and Scientific Linux 7
+
+The required LoadModule lines are in the default /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-dav.conf
+file added when the httpd rpm is installed.
+
+\item Ubuntu
+
+Use the commands: a2enmod dav and a2enmod dav_fs to enable the modules.
+
+\item SLES
+
+The APACHE_MODULES entry in /etc/sysconfig/apache2 contains the list of modules to be
+loaded. If dav and dav_fs are not present they should be added to the list.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+(Reload Apache after making any changes to the Apache configuration).
If you use Single Sign On to authenticate LON-CAPA users in your domain, then to
support webDAV you also need to support authentication by LON-CAPA for your users.
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