- From: Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 08:44:35 +0200
- To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>: >>>>> "Clemm, Geoff" <gclemm@rational.com>: >> When the ACL protocol is implemented, that would be the best way to >> determine whether a resource is readonly. If it is a Class 2 DAV >> server, trying to get a write lock might be something to try, > That was my next idea, also. > After I have done a GET, immediately start a LOCK on the same > resource, and then either UNLOCK the lock (to try to grab it again, if > I ever wish to attempt a PUT), or let it time out (and refresh it > before a PUT). > Yet another approach would be to do a PROPFIND on the resource, to see > if it has any locks. Or aren't lock tokens listed as properties? > (One tricky bit here would be to map from the HREF to the authenticated > user, but presumably I would know what URL I set myself.) > I wonder what eg. Word 2000 does? Does it mark everything as R/W, and > just PUT, and then report a failure? This link would seem to indicate that a WebFolder Visual Basic(?) object can return the isWritable status of a WebFolder (which is a DAV collection...?). So the question is then: how does it discover the isWritable status.
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