https with smart server gives error "http does not support mkdir() "

[Charon]

I have set up a bazaar smart-server using apache2.2 and LDAP as authentification scheme. The server is up and running such that I can do "bzr log https+urllib://user@hostname/bzr". This command acutally asks me for the LDAP password of the user. Since I am using the smart server, it should be possible to work remotely on the URL provided.

However, every other command (like init or init-repo) results in the error message:

bzr: ERROR: Transport operation not possible: http does not support mkdir()

despite the fact, that the webserver is running a smart server which should allow for the creation of directories and pushing and so on. Interesting thing is that this error pops up, before I am asked for authentication, so bzr never thinks about checking for a smart server running.

Is there a way to tell bazaar, that it is supposed to communicate with a smart server? Or is this just a bug?

[Charon (charon030)]

I should add that I use
https+urllib://
because
bzr+https://
gives this error message

bzr: ERROR: Connection error: curl connection error (server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none).

bzr+https+urllib:// gives
bzr: ERROR: Unsupported protocol for url "bzr+https+urllib://

So probably this should be added to bazaar?!

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

On 23 November 2010 19:17, Charon <email address hidden> wrote:
> I should add that I use
> https+urllib://
> because
> bzr+https://
> gives this error message
>
> bzr: ERROR: Connection error: curl connection error (server certificate
> verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile:
> none).

I think if you install apt:ca-certificates this should be fixed.

> bzr+https+urllib:// gives
> bzr: ERROR: Unsupported protocol for url "bzr+https+urllib://
>
> So probably this should be added to bazaar?!

That's what I was going to suggest you should use. I am a bit
surprised it doesn't work.

--
Martin

[Charon (charon030)]

OK, the report above is for version 2.1.1 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS). Could be that it was fixed since then.

[Vincent Ladeuil (vila)]

@Charon: did you reproduce the problem with a newer version of bzr ?

[Charon (charon030)]

Yes, I was able to reproduce it even with bzr 2.3b4.

[Ramon Ziai (rziai)]

@Charon: I was seeing the same issue until I noticed in the Apache logs that the client request to the bzr-smart.py helper script was denied. I adjusted the Apache ACLs for the scripts directory and the problem went away... Just a thought.