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documents. Many operating systems and other tools have WebDAV support built in,
so making use of WebDAV in eXist will come naturally to many—the client is the
same as the file manager on your computer (e.g., Microsoft Windows Explorer, Mac
OS X Finder, and Gnome Nautilus on Linux).
Connecting to eXist using WebDAV with the oXygen XML Editor
is covered in “Connecting with oXygen Using WebDAV” on page
376 .
The base URI of the WebDAV Server in eXist on a default installation is http://local‐
host:8080/exist/webdav/db/ , or for secure access, https://localhost:8443/exist/webdav/
db/ .
Using WebDAV from Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows has had WebDAV support built in since Windows 98 was
released. Here we will show you how to use WebDAV from Windows 7 with eXist
2.1.
Windows 7 has some mandatory security restrictions around
WebDAV access. This means that Windows 7 will not work with
eXist by default, as basic authentication is disabled. However, you
can re-enable basic authentication for WebDAV in Windows 7 by
modifying a registry setting; you do so from the command prompt
(you must have Administrator rights) by executing the following:
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet
\Services\WebClient\Parameters /v BasicAuthLevel
/t REG_DWORD /d 2
When prompted to overwrite the existing value, type yes and press
Return. You may have to restart your PC for the changes to take
effect.
Further details can be found in the Microsoft Knowledge Base arti‐
cle 841215 .
Follow these steps to map a drive to eXist WebDAV from Windows Explorer:
1. First open Windows Explorer, and then press the Alt key on the keyboard once
to reveal the menu. Choose Tools→“Map network drive” as shown in
Figure 13-2 .