Microsoft KB Archive/304203

= WebDAV PROPPATCH Verb Returns 405 Method Not Allowed =

Article ID: 304203

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.1

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



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
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.

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