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Q304203: DAV WebDAV PROPPATCH Verb Returns 405 Method Not Allowed

Article: Q304203
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 27-DEC-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
PROPPATCH verb, the following error occurs:

  HTTP 405 - Resource not allowed
  Internet Information Services

RESOLUTION
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Use an NTFS partition to allow the WebDAV PROPPATCH verb to manipulate Web
properties.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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The WebDAV protocol defines facilities for adding properties to Web resources.
These properties consist of name or value pairs that are interchanged by using
XML. The protocol includes the PROPFIND method for accessing properties and the
PROPPATCH method for updating and removing properties.

Web properties are used in distributed authoring environments to provide for
efficient discovery and management of resources. For example, a subject property
can allow the indexing of all resources by their subject, and an author property
can allow for the discovery of which authors have written which documents.

Additional query words: iis 5

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis510
Version           : :5.0
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbpending

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