Re: Problems with Slide Client and SAP Portal WebDAV

Jeff Blank schrieb:
> I'm having the most peculiar behavior when using the Slide cmdline
> client against the SAP Portal WebDAV service.  It connects ok.  However,
> running ls commands doesn't show the contents correctly - leaves out
> folders.  When I turn on debug, I can see the "lost"
> collections/resources in the XML output.   I can connect using the same
> credentials using Win2k Network Place connection and navigate folders
> just fine.
>  
> ls and ls -l also return different results.  I tend to see less
> resources with ls -l.
>  
> Since I can browse the WebDAV service via Windows Explorer, I know what
> folders should be there.  I can cd to specific paths that I know via
> Windows Explorer.  However, running forms of ls continue to return
> incorrect results.
>  
> Only a few of the folders in question return HTTP 403, which seems to
> mean that I don't have permission to those folders - which is expected.
> Sometimes the 403 folders are displayed in results of ls -l, but not ls.
> This seems very weird and wrong.
>  
> It's been a few months and lots of other projects, but I'm certain that
> I've successfully used Slide to connect and browse a SAP Portal WebDAV
> service.   The alleged success was a different SAP Portal WebDAV
> service.

The WebDAV stack in SAP's Portal KM returns 403 in multistatus if the 
resource exists, but you don't have permission to get the properties. 
*Most* WebDAV clients simply do not display these resources.

So I would propose you collect a few examples (XML response and what the 
Slide client makes out of it), and then we could investigate what's 
going on (and decide whether it's by design, whether the client could be 
enhanced, or whether it may be a bug in the server).

Best regards, Julian