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To enable webdav on a directory in Apache httpd, you simply need to specify "Dav on" for the directory you wish to enable and it must be writable by the web server. A simple example:

1. Make directory /var/www/webdav

   # mkdir /var/www/webdav

2. Change the owner and group permissions on the directory to apache.

   # chown apache.apache /var/www/webdav

3. Create a file /etc/httpd/conf.d/webdav.conf like:

   Alias /webdav /var/www/webdav
   
   Dav on
   
   

4. Restart httpd:

   # service httpd restart
   

5. Connect to webdav client:

   # cadaver http://your_host/webdav
   dav:/webdav/> ls
   Listing collection `/webdav/': succeeded.
           fstab                                534  Mar  5 15:40
   dav:/webdav/>quit