--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex 2015/05/29 20:25:16 1.5
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Quotas.tex 2017/12/01 20:57:35 1.7
@@ -36,9 +36,37 @@ applications to move, edit and delete fi
section in the Authoring manual for more information.
Note: webDAV usage requires Apache with SSL to be running on the library server.
-The user will be prompted to enter a username (this will be the LON-CAPA username
-if the user is also the author, or username:domain of the user,
-if the access is for a co-author), and the user's LON-CAPA password.
+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. 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.