Webdav mystery -- 301 error on a valid address

[Loren Pechtel]

Accessed through Firefox as a web page--works fine but my objective is easy file uploading, ideally a script.

Accessed via windows--login never succeeds. (But from what I read the Windows client has problems.)

Accessed via TotalCommander with the WebDav plugin--"Error: 301 Moved Permanently", next line "Disconnected".

Is this something on my end or is it their problem?

[ghisler(Author)]

Please enable logging in Configuration - Options - FTP. This also logs plugins. Then enable detailed logs in the WebDAV connection. It should show you where you are being redirected.

[Loren Pechtel]

Please enable logging in Configuration - Options - FTP. This also logs plugins. Then enable detailed logs in the WebDAV connection. It should show you where you are being redirected.

CONNECT \Neocities
=================
Get dir: /webdav
HTTP error: Error 12168, FormatMessage error 317
PROPFIND /webdav/ HTTP/1.1
Error: 301 Moved Permanently
Disconnected

however, entering the same URL into Firefox produces what's actually there:

/
Name Size Type Last Modified
Parent Directory
index.html 30.6K text/html Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:56:58 GMT
not_found.html 600B text/html Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:56:35 GMT

[ghisler(Author)]

"Moved Permantently" means that the entered URL is wrong. Error 12168 occurs when there is a request which cannot be directed automatically. It could be a redirect from http to https. Try checking the option "Secure connection (via SSL)" in the connection settings.

[Loren Pechtel]

"Moved Permantently" means that the entered URL is wrong. Error 12168 occurs when there is a request which cannot be directed automatically. It could be a redirect from http to https. Try checking the option "Secure connection (via SSL)" in the connection settings.

Makes sense, it's a HTTPS URL....that made a difference. Now I get a progress bar for some seconds (more time than would be needed to download the whole site) and then it gives:

Error 400: Bad Request
Disconnected

Trying it in Firefox still basically instantly brings up the list of files.

[Mercade]

"Moved Permantently" means that the entered URL is wrong. Error 12168 occurs when there is a request which cannot be directed automatically. It could be a redirect from http to https. Try checking the option "Secure connection (via SSL)" in the connection settings.

Makes sense, it's a HTTPS URL....that made a difference. Now I get a progress bar for some seconds (more time than would be needed to download the whole site) and then it gives:

Error 400: Bad Request
Disconnected

Trying it in Firefox still basically instantly brings up the list of files.

I get exactly the same result (and yes, there's a redirect from http to https).
Connecting to: https://www.genesismud.org/webdav/
entered as www.genesismud.org/webdav/ with the SSL tick box on.
Here's the detailed log:

CONNECT \Quick connection
=================
Get dir: /webdav
PROPFIND /webdav/ HTTP/1.1
Depth: 1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
User-Agent: ezdavplugin/2.6 TotalCommander/8.5 (Windows/7; en_EN)
Host: www.genesismud.org
Content-Length: 0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cache-Control: no-cache
******Received headers
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Status: 400 Bad Request
X-Powered-By: Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:47:17 GMT
Server: nginx/1.6.2 + Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Error: 400 Bad Request
PROPFIND /webdav/ HTTP/1.1
Depth: 1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
User-Agent: ezdavplugin/2.6 TotalCommander/8.5 (Windows/7; en_EN)
Host: www.genesismud.org
Content-Length: 0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cache-Control: no-cache
******Received headers
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Status: 400 Bad Request
X-Powered-By: Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:47:17 GMT
Server: nginx/1.6.2 + Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Error: 400 Bad Request
Disconnected

[Loren Pechtel]

"Moved Permantently" means that the entered URL is wrong. Error 12168 occurs when there is a request which cannot be directed automatically. It could be a redirect from http to https. Try checking the option "Secure connection (via SSL)" in the connection settings.

Makes sense, it's a HTTPS URL....that made a difference. Now I get a progress bar for some seconds (more time than would be needed to download the whole site) and then it gives:

Error 400: Bad Request
Disconnected

Trying it in Firefox still basically instantly brings up the list of files.

I get exactly the same result (and yes, there's a redirect from http to https).
Connecting to: https://www.genesismud.org/webdav/
entered as www.genesismud.org/webdav/ with the SSL tick box on.
Here's the detailed log:

CONNECT \Quick connection
=================
Get dir: /webdav
PROPFIND /webdav/ HTTP/1.1
Depth: 1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
User-Agent: ezdavplugin/2.6 TotalCommander/8.5 (Windows/7; en_EN)
Host: www.genesismud.org
Content-Length: 0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cache-Control: no-cache
******Received headers
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Status: 400 Bad Request
X-Powered-By: Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:47:17 GMT
Server: nginx/1.6.2 + Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Error: 400 Bad Request
PROPFIND /webdav/ HTTP/1.1
Depth: 1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
User-Agent: ezdavplugin/2.6 TotalCommander/8.5 (Windows/7; en_EN)
Host: www.genesismud.org
Content-Length: 0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cache-Control: no-cache
******Received headers
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Status: 400 Bad Request
X-Powered-By: Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:47:17 GMT
Server: nginx/1.6.2 + Phusion Passenger 4.0.57
Error: 400 Bad Request
Disconnected

But now that I check the SSL there shouldn't be a redirect. I'm getting:

CONNECT \Neocities
=================
Get dir: /webdav
PROPFIND /webdav/ HTTP/1.1
Error: 400 Bad Request
PROPFIND /webdav/ HTTP/1.1
Error: 400 Bad Request
Disconnected

[ghisler(Author)]

400 Bad Request seems to indicate that the WebDAV-specific command PROPFIND isn't supported by the server. If you go there with a Web browser, it doesn't use PROPFIND to get the list of files, it uses GET.

Maybe you need to allow PROPFIND via .htaccess. If you have something like
<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>

you need to change it to

<Limit GET POST PROPFIND DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>

[Loren Pechtel]

400 Bad Request seems to indicate that the WebDAV-specific command PROPFIND isn't supported by the server. If you go there with a Web browser, it doesn't use PROPFIND to get the list of files, it uses GET.

Maybe you need to allow PROPFIND via .htaccess. If you have something like
<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>

you need to change it to

<Limit GET POST PROPFIND DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>

I don't have that sort of control.

[ghisler(Author)]

If you cannot enable WebDAV on your server, then you cannot access it with a WebDAV client, it's that simple.

[Loren Pechtel]

If you cannot enable WebDAV on your server, then you cannot access it with a WebDAV client, it's that simple.

The web host says it's enabled. That's why I tried to set it up in Total Commander.

[ghisler(Author)]

Well, apparently it's not, otherwise you wouldn't get an error when TC tries to call PROPFIND...

You can try to create a new network connection in Explorer - if that works, you can also use it in TC.

[Loren Pechtel]

Well, apparently it's not, otherwise you wouldn't get an error when TC tries to call PROPFIND...

You can try to create a new network connection in Explorer - if that works, you can also use it in TC.

I was trying TC because Explorer didn't like it. Apparently the Webdav implementation on the other end has some problems.

[ghisler(Author)]

Could you ask your provider what WebDAV client they recommend? And then try to access the server with that client? There probably IS a problem on the server...

One more thing: If the server is using CPanel, the WebDAV server will listen on port 2078. You will have to enter it like this
www.yourservername.com:2078/subdir

[Loren Pechtel]

Could you ask your provider what WebDAV client they recommend? And then try to access the server with that client? There probably IS a problem on the server...

One more thing: If the server is using CPanel, the WebDAV server will listen on port 2078. You will have to enter it like this
www.yourservername.com:2078/subdir

I'll drop them a line and see what's up.