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I've written code for file upload and download using HttpWebRequest/HttpWebResponse class in C# with Apache 2.2 as a web server. In code I'm using request.method = "PUT".

I want to config my HTTP config file to support PUT method. I write PUT method script as:

<Location "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/output">
<Dav On
<LimitExcept GET HEAD OPTIONS PUT>
Allow from all
</LimitExcept>
</Location>

That's not working. It shows error at program output: (405) The method not allowed.

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  1. Your <Dav On directive is not complete (no need for <) -- I assume it's just a copy-paste issue.

  2. More importantly -- you are using <Location> directive ... but providing physical path on your file system/hard drive.

    That's wrong -- <Location> is used to match URLs, not directories; to match directories you need to use <Directory>. Please refer to Apache manual: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#location

    You most likely need to use <Location /output> instead (or use <Directory> instead of <Location>) -- that's my guess based on the amount of config data you have provided.

Taking the above into consideration you will need something like this (sorry, I cannot connect to my Apache box to test it):

<Location /output>
    Dav On
    <LimitExcept GET HEAD OPTIONS PUT>
        Allow from all
    </LimitExcept>
</Location>
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  • I had some similar issues as the default config listed in the "extra/httpd-dav" file has the <Directory> syntax pre-populated, and I kept receiving 405 errors in the access.log. Since reading this post, I have changed it to <Location> and everything worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip!
    – user38020
    Commented Apr 22, 2014 at 1:00
  • Don't you mean Limit rather than LimitExcept? Otherwise you have not allowed any access for PUT.
    – Hamish Moffatt
    Commented Oct 18, 2022 at 4:02

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