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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by Toby Johnson <to...@etjohnson.us> on 2004/07/06 04:49:43 UTC
[PATCH] WebDAV/WebFolders issue in WinXP; vss2svn plug
This is a re-submit, although it seems I didn't follow correct email
convention when I sent the first time. Please let me know if these
should be two separate patches.
The first change is in reply to Ben's request on the users@ list for a
blurb regarding my thread on the WebDAV-WebFolders problem in WinXP
Explorer. The second change is a plug for my VSS2SVN converter in the
appropriate third-party tools section. Log message follows:
[[[
Appendix C:
- Add more info about the Windows XP WebFolders shortcut bug and a
suggested workaround
Appendix D:
- Fix comment on Section 1 to correct title
- Add reference to vss2svn.tigris.org under "Repository Converters"
]]]
Index: doc/book/book/appc.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/book/book/appc.xml (revision 10118)
+++ doc/book/book/appc.xml (working copy)
@@ -495,15 +495,28 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>If the computer is a member of an NT Domain, then it
- seems to be unable to connect to the WebDAV share. It
- repeatedly asks for a name and password, even when the
+ <para>If a Windows XP computer is a member of an NT Domain,
+ then it seems to be unable to connect to the WebDAV share.
+ It repeatedly asks for a name and password, even when the
Apache server isn't issuing an authentication challenge!
- Some have speculated that this might happen because
- WebFolders is specifically designed to operate against
- Microsoft's SharePoint DAV server. If the machine isn't
- part of an NT Domain, then the share is mounted without a
- problem. This mystery is not yet solved.</para>
+ If the machine isn't part of an NT Domain, then the share
+ is mounted without a problem.</para>
+
+ <para>This problem seems to stem from changes in the way
+ Windows XP creates WebFolder shortcuts (
+ <filename>.lnk</filename> files). It sometimes replaces
+ the URL of the WebDAV share with a Windows
+ <quote>UNC</quote> (Universal Naming Convention) path
+ instead. This causes Explorer to attempt a connection
+ using SMB instead of HTTP.</para>
+
+ <para>A workaround for this problem is to create the
+ <filename>.lnk</filename> shortcut on a Windows 2000
+ computer and then copy this shortcut to the Windows XP
+ computer. It would probably also be possible to
+ <quote>fix</quote> the shortcut using a HEX editor, if
+ one were to reverse-engineer the <filename>.lnk</filename>
+ file format.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Index: doc/book/book/appd.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/book/book/appd.xml (revision 10118)
+++ doc/book/book/appd.xml (working copy)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
</simplesect>
<!--
******************************************************************* -->
- <!-- *** SECTION 1: REPOSITORY CONVERTERS
*** -->
+ <!-- *** SECTION 1: CLIENTS AND PLUGINS
*** -->
<!--
******************************************************************* -->
<sect1 id="svn-ap-d-sect-1">
<title>Clients and Plugins</title>
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term>vss2svn (<systemitem
+ class="url">http://vss2svn.tigris.org/</systemitem>)</term>
+ <listitem><para>Microsoft SourceSafe to Subversion
conversion</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term>Subversion VCP Plugin (<systemitem
class="url">http://svn.clkao.org/revml/branches/svn-perl/</systemitem>)</term>
<listitem><para>VCP plugin for CVS-to-Subversion</para></listitem>
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Re: [PATCH] WebDAV/WebFolders issue in WinXP; vss2svn plug
Posted by Michael W Thelen <th...@cs.utah.edu>.
* Toby Johnson <to...@etjohnson.us> [2004-07-05 22:50]:
> This is a re-submit, although it seems I didn't follow correct email
> convention when I sent the first time. Please let me know if these
> should be two separate patches.
Thanks for following up... this patch looks like it had some line wrap
problems, but the previous one looks okay. I applied it in r10147.
-- Mike
--
Michael W. Thelen
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there
is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de St. Exupery, "Wind, Sand, and Stars", 1939