GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 333498
Direcory browsing and saving a file (e.g. in gedit) does not work on WebDAV
Last modified: 2008-09-06 19:08:40 UTC
Please describe the problem: WebDAV shares are not browsable in the GNOME file selector. Browsing a SSH/SFTP share and saving a file works. Steps to reproduce: 1. Mount a server via WebDAV 2. Open gedit 3. Type in text 4. Press <Ctrl> S 5. Try to browse the mounted WebDAV share Actual results: File selector displays local directories and files Expected results: Files on WebDav share should be displayed Does this happen every time? yes Other information:
I can confirm this behavior from GNOME 2.10 to 2.14, as shows the following bug in the Debian database. [ forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/330270 ] Whenever I try to open a file over WebDAV (http or https) with the Open File dialog of any GNOME app, I go to CTRL-L and type dav://site.com/dav/ and it immediately asks for a username and password, which I provide, then it shows me an autocomplete list under the text I'm typing with the files it finds on the WebDAV server. But when I click on Open, the main file chooser dialog area does not get updated, so I can't open the WebDAV file. It's odd since the system is able to access the WebDAV server because I can see the names of the files popping under the address input area. This bug does not affect FTP or SSH, and I think it doesn't affect SMB either.
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