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<modulesynopsis metafile="mod_dav_lock.xml.meta">
<name>mod_dav_lock</name>
<description>generic locking module for <module>mod_dav</module></description>
<status>Extension</status>
<identifier>dav_lock_module</identifier>
<compatibility>Available in version 2.1 and later</compatibility>
<summary>
<p>This module implements a generic locking API which can be used by any
backend provider of <module>mod_dav</module>. It <em>requires</em> at least
the service of <module>mod_dav</module>. But without a backend provider
which makes use of it, it's useless and should not be loaded into the
server. A sample backend module which actually utilizes
>mod_dav_svn</a>, the subversion provider module.</p>
<p>Note that <module>mod_dav_fs</module> does <em>not</em> need this
generic locking module, because it uses it's own more specialized
version.</p>
<p>In order to make <module>mod_dav_lock</module> functional, you just have
to specify the location of the lock database using the <directive
module="mod_dav_lock">DavGenericLockDB</directive> directive described
below.</p>
<note><title>Developer's Note</title>
<p>In order to retrieve the pointer to the locking provider function, you
have to use the <code>ap_lookup_provider</code> API with the arguments
<code>dav-lock</code>, <code>generic</code> and <code>0</code>.</p>
</note>
</summary>
<seealso><module>mod_dav</module></seealso>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>DavGenericLockDB</name>
<description>Location of the DAV lock database</description>
<syntax>DavGenericLockDB <var>file-path</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
<context>directory</context>
</contextlist>
<usage>
<p>Use the <directive>DavGenericLockDB</directive> directive to specify
the full path to the lock database, excluding an extension. If
the path is not absolute, it will be taken relative to <directive
module="core">ServerRoot</directive>. The implementation of
<module>mod_dav_lock</module> uses a SDBM database to track user
locks.</p>
<example><title>Example</title>
</example>
<p>The directory containing the lock database file must be
writable by the <directive module="mpm_common">User</directive>
and <directive module="mpm_common" >Group</directive> under which
Apache is running. For security reasons, you should create a
directory for this purpose rather than changing the permissions on
an existing directory. In the above example, Apache will create
files in the <code>var/</code> directory under the <directive
module="core">ServerRoot</directive> with the base filename
<code>DavLock</code> and extension name chosen by the server.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
</modulesynopsis>