WebDAV IIS 6 - problem!

[JoeMoker]

Hi Guys,

I have been trying to configure WebDAV on our current IIS server as an alternative to FTP and have had some mixed success but I've hit a brick wall with one problem.

The server (Windows 2003 IIS 6) resides in the DMZ. I have created a virtual directory and directed it to a folder stored on the server. Integrated Windows Authentication and Basic Authentication has been enable along with SSL. I have added a handful of user account to the local server and configured the NTFS permissions on the folder.

The web directory can be mapped (https://www.website.com/Webdav) and I am able to Create/Modify/Delete folders and Download, Rename, Delete and Overwrite existing content but when i try to copy new content to the folder I get the following message 'An error occurred copying some or all of the selected files.'

I am very new to WebDAV and i cannot see what i am doing wrong. I would be very grateful to anyone who could steer me in the write direction.

Thanks

Joe

[URwhtUR]

I'm having the same problem. Did you ever get this to work?

[jbirdjtrain]

After over 7 years of WebDAV experience with Windows I found the following solutions to a the most common WebDAV of issues.

Issue 1.

If you receive any type of error message trying to transfer files to WebDAV. Try the following:

Make sure WebDAV is patched. Windows 2K3 and prior have at least one patch. The biggest problem with WebDAV when it isn't patched is the "&" symbol. Any file or folder with this character may result in an inability to transfer files and or an entire directory and it's contents being invisible and/or inaccessible.

Issue 2.

File's get corrupted or appear corrupted when downloading or transferring.

Adjust the Temporary Internet Files cache to something larger than 250K. 512 to 1024 usually resolves issues with most file sizes.

Issue 3 (This issue is most prominent on Windows Server 2008 with SSL applied).

Web folders are visible and can be browsed, but no file transfers are possible. Errors like "an error occurred copying some or all of the selected files" appear. This may or may not occur with SSL installed.

Make sure your SSL certificate is properly imported or created on the server and IIS (whichever version) is configured to use SSL. If you're using IIS7 you will need to install your certificate by right-clicking on the certificate file (I recommend putting it in the system32 folder), and make sure the certificate is imported into IIS7.

There you go! That should take care of most if not all WebDAV problems on a Windows Server.

Edited February 12, 2009 by jbirdjtrain

[cluberti]

I'll add issue 4 - mixing auth types. It's ALWAYS better to pick one or the other (and basic will work across more platforms than NTLM, keep that in mind if you have users on Linux or Mac platforms, for example). Mixing can cause issues on the clients, as there are multiple WebDAV client implementations as well, and some work better than others with IIS and NTLM.