FreeBSD Apache-2.4 and WebDAV

[Grouchy Sysadmin]

On 02/13/2018 03:18 PM, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote:
> Does anyone know why this prevents WebDAV from working?
>
> LoadModule dir_module             libexec/apache24/mod_dir.so
>
> If I disable this one module, which is enabled in the sample
> configuration file, then WebDAV works fine.  Otherwise I get this
> error:
>
> open http://192.168.216.107/hll_dav/upload
> Connection to `192.168.216.107' closed.
> Authentication required for WebDAV Restricted on server
> `192.168.216.107':
> Username: test-user
> Password:
> Ignored error: /hll_dav/upload/ not WebDAV-enabled:
> 405 Method Not Allowed
> dav:/hll_dav/upload/? ls
> Listing collection `/hll_dav/upload/': failed:
> 405 Method Not Allowed
>
> With this one change to the httpd.conf file:
>
> #LoadModule dir_module             libexec/apache24/mod_dir.so
>
> I get this result:
>
> open http://192.168.216.107/hll_dav/upload
> Connection to `192.168.216.107' closed.
> Authentication required for WebDAV Restricted on server
> `192.168.216.107':
> Username: test-user
> Password:
> dav:/hll_dav/upload/>ls
> Listing collection `/hll_dav/upload/': succeeded.
> . . .
>
> Is there any explanation for this behaviour?
>

Perhaps https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54914