diff -r 44cf877b3d9f -r 2d14055c3543 src/server/safs/nametrans.c
--- a/src/server/safs/nametrans.c	Sun May 01 12:33:48 2022 +0200
+++ b/src/server/safs/nametrans.c	Mon May 02 11:29:15 2022 +0200
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "../daemon/request.h"
 #include "../util/pblock.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
+#include "../public/webdav.h"
 
 #include "../public/vfs.h"
 
@@ -47,6 +48,16 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int nametrans_set_dav(pblock *pb, Session *sn, Request *rq) {
+    char *davclass = pblock_findkeyval(pb_key_davclass, pb);
+    if(!davclass) return 0;
+    
+    WebdavBackend *dav = webdav_create(sn, rq, davclass, pb);
+    
+    rq->davCollection = dav;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * assign_name
  *
@@ -130,6 +141,8 @@
  * from     prefix
  * dir      file system directory
  * name     (optional) object name
+ * vfsclass (optional) vfs name
+ * davclass (optional) dav backend
  * 
  */
 int pfx2dir(pblock *pb, Session *sn, Request *rq) {
@@ -175,6 +188,10 @@
         log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "pfx2dir: cannot create VFS: from=%s dir=%s name=%s", from, dir, name);
         return REQ_ABORTED;
     }
+    if(nametrans_set_dav(pb, sn, rq)) {
+        log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "pfx2dir: cannot create Webdav Backend: from=%s dir=%s name=%s", from, dir, name);
+        return REQ_ABORTED;
+    }
     
     request_set_path(sstr(dir), sstr(uri), rq->vars);