FAQ

* Why does the move_coll test fail on test.webdav.org?

At time of writing, test.webdav.org is running an old version of
mod_dav which has a few bugs.  mod_dav 1.0.3 passes all litmus tests.

* What does the "propfind_invalid2" test check for?

This was a bug found in mod_dav 1.0.2 by Julian Reschke.

If a request was sent with an XML body which included an empty
namespace prefix declaration (xmlns:ns1=""), then the server must
reject that with a "400 Bad Request" response, as it is invalid
according to the XML Namespace specification:

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names#dt-prefix

* What does the "propnullns" test check for?

This was a bug found in mod_dav 1.0.2 by Julian Reschke.

If a property was created which had a name with an empty namespace,
then mod_dav would produce a PROPFIND response for that property which
itself included an invalid empty namespace prefix declaration.  The
"propnullns" test checks for this, simply by setting a property with
an empty namespace, and retrieving it again.

* How do I use litmus with a proxy server?

For instance, using an HTTP proxy called "foobar" on port 8080, use:

  $ litmus --proxy=foobar:8080 http://server/dav/

* How do I use litmus with an SSL server?

Just pass in the appropriate https:// URL, for instance:

  $ litmus https://server/dav/

* What do the cond_put tests do?

Here are brief descriptions of the conditional PUT tests: these tests
send conditional PUT requests against an exclusive-locked resource;
conditions using the If header, see RFC2518 section 9.4.

1. cond_put: a PUT conditional on the resource state having the known
etag and lock token; should succeed.

2. fail_cond_put: a PUT conditional on the resource having the known
etag and the lock token "DAV:nolock"; since this is an invalid
lock-token, the PUT should fail.

3. cond_put_with_not: a PUT including a binary conditional:
  If: (<real-lock-token>) (Not <DAV:no-lock>)
since the first part of the condition should be true (the real
lock token), and the second part is (Not false) == true,
the PUT should succeed.

4. cond_put_corrupt_token: a PUT conditional including an If
header with a *corrupt* etag; this should not match the resource
state so the request should fail.

5. complex_cond_put: a complex conditional as follows:

  If: <(real-lock-token) [real-etag]) (Not <DAV:no-lock> [real-etag])

the first half of the condition should be true; as tested in
cond_put_with_not, the second half should also be true; so the
condition should be met and the PUT should succeed.

6. fail_complex_cond_put: a complex conditional as follows:

  If: <(real-lock-token) [corrupt-etag]) (Not <DAV:no-lock> [real-etag])

the first half of the condition should be false, so the condition as
a whole should be false, so the PUT should fail with a 412 result.