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openoffice: webdav doesn't work with gnome gvfs

Bug #74739 reported by Chris Jones
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #484855: Can't open files on WebDAV share. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

o Mount a webdavs share via nautilus
o Browse it and open a file from it with OOo
o It prompts for a username/password, which does not work, the just repeatedly asks for the password

apache error logs suggest that the username is somehow not being sent:

[error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] user not found: /somefile.ods

which is backed up by the repeat authentication dialogs from OOo not including a username, just the password.

As a test, I tried starting OOo first and then opening a file from the mounted share. This causes OOo to block for a while, with blinking network lights (suggesting it is downloading the file), but it then asks which import filter to use and then complains of an input/output error.

It works fine with a similarly mounted SMB share.

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Chris Jones (cmsj) wrote :

This still exists in Feisty with updates

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Olivier Chabanel (chabanel) wrote :

This bug still exist with open office 2.3 and gutsy.

And there no line added to dmesg when I try to open a document from webdav

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Wishlist → Low
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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

Does this bug still affect you on Ubuntu hardy with OOo 1:2.4.0~rc2-1ubuntu3? The smb related bug appears to be fixed but I have no webdav server to test the webdav support.

Thanks,

Chris

Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Low → Undecided
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Mike (0x656b694d) wrote :

I´ve got exactly the same issue, but it´s not anyhow related to OpenOffice.org. I cannot access my webdav share on who.hasfiles.com service.
It asks for password again and again. Cancelling this shows the following error message:

Can't display location "dav://<username>@<username>.hasfiles.com:80/storage"
Not a WebDAV enabled share

Well, it´s not even a secured share.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

Regards,
-Mike

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Undecided → High
status: Incomplete → In Progress
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Z (h-launchpad-zwm-sneakemail-com) wrote :

I'm having exactly the same problem with Mike.

ziad@m1330:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04"

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Peter Adolphs (futzilogik) wrote :

@Mike, Z: If you cannot even access the webdav share, then it cannot be the same issue, because the original poster was able to browse the webdav share. Please check bug #231941.

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: High → Undecided
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Jeroen Versteeg (mail-jayvee)
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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Jeroen Versteeg (mail-jayvee) wrote :

I've just reopened this bug because I have the same problem (with Lucid). I'm running a webdav server on https and am trying to open a document with OO.org (other files work fine!)

Apache sees a request: "PROPFIND /_dav/test/contacts.ods HTTP/1.1" 207 1178 "-" "gvfs/1.6.0"
However, I get an error "General input/output error while accessing /home/jay/.gvfs/WebDAV on my.server.nl/test/contacts.ods"

I don't see anything in dmesg or other logs. How can I help track this down?

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Eric Martel (shrodi+launchpad) wrote :

Same comment as previous one with Karmic.

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Filip Palm (filip) wrote :

Confirm on Lucid.

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