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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>
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Subject: Re: WebDAV and reading / writing files as system users
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* Graham Leggett <minfrin@sharp.fm> wrote:

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> But if this proper filesharing concept is to work properly, then at some 
> point the DAV server will have to support some kind of interaction with 
> the filesystem along far better lines than the current "one user owns all".

Another point: why not using the kernel's access control when its
proven for decades ?

btw: probably apache is not really the right tool for an fileserver.
aren't there other DAV servers out there ?


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