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Setting up WebDAV Share in Mac OS X Server


As I attempt to transition from a laptop to an iPad, with no specific reason other than the iPad is sooooo kewl; I need to create my own online storage. Yes I have a Dropbox account, but I don’t control Dropbox. Here’s what I did, YMMV.

  1. From Server Admin, make new Web > Realm and set appropriate ACLs.
  2. Create a folder in location/volume where data for Share is physically located.
  3. Change permissions of folder to _www:admin (that’s what works for me)
  4. Create a symlink to the share folder in the folder where your web server looks to for the domain’s data.

I know there’s probably a bit of information missing and if I showed images of the actual steps it might make things a bit clearer but I’m a little paranoid about my server and I don’t want to risk opening it up to further attack. All this needs to be done before OS X will allow a "Connect to Server..." and mount your WebDAV share.