Problem when copying folders with Nautilus using WebDAV

[Martin Wendt]

Binary package hint: nautilus

I am writing a WebDAV server ('wsgidav') and noticed that I cannot copy folders with Nautilus.

1. connect to the WebDAV share, open it in Nautilus
2. drag a folder to the Ubuntu Desktop
3. A HTML file is created, where the copied folder should be

Happens on Ubuntu 8.04 and 9

In the WebDAV log I can see, that Nautilus sends a GET request for the collection. My server generates an HTML response in this case, so that the share can be viewed with a browser.
I am pretty sure, that this is OK, according to the spec:
http://www.webdav.org/specs/rfc4918.html#rfc.section.9.4

I think, Nautilus should rather send recursive GETs for the single files (or send a COPY or MOVE request, if the target is inside the same WebDAV share)

Log snippet:
...
<3612> 192.168.178.28 - tester - [2009-12-27 20:32:21] "PROPFIND /xeri2" length=235, depth=0, elap=0.003sec -> 207 Multistatus
<4868> 192.168.178.28 - tester - [2009-12-27 20:32:21] "GET /xeri2" elap=0.002sec -> 200 OK
<880> 192.168.178.28 - tester - [2009-12-27 20:32:21] "PROPFIND /xeri2" length=235, depth=0, elap=0.004sec -> 207 Multistatus
...

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 27 21:32:34 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.22.5.1-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686

[A. Walton (awalton)]

Thanks for your concern. It would be helpful if you opened a bug on bugzilla.gnome.org on the gvfs product with the webdav component and give as explicit instructions as possible on how to reproduce this bug so that we can see what code is wrong and if we can fix it. Thanks in advance.

[Martin Wendt (7-launchpad-wwwendt-de)]

did it:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605619

[Colin Leroy-Mira (colin-colino)]

Gnome bug #605619 has been resolved Duplicate of Gnome bug #551339, updating remote watch.

[Colin Leroy-Mira (colin-colino)]

Gnome bug #551339 has been marked RESOLVED FIXED in may, there is a patch available which has been commited as d3fcf41ef3676139b5a035757c6d67c6fef073c9 on git.gnome.org.

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/patch/?id=d3fcf41ef3676139b5a035757c6d67c6fef073c9

Attached is a debdiff that adds this patch. I've been successful copying folders recursively using WebDAV with this patch.

It would be nice for the rest of the world if a maintainer could update the gvfs package in Ubuntu Natty with this fix.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is fixed in Oneiric

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your work, setting the bug as affecting natty and subscribing the sponsors team so it's listed in the review queue

[Colin Leroy-Mira (colin-colino)]

Thanks Sebastien :)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Uploaded natty SRU, thanks!

[Colin Leroy-Mira (colin-colino)]

Thanks Martin !

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Martin, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gvfs into natty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

natty has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the natty task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".