Hi. Try http:use-propfind. Hftp is for FTP via http proxy. Jamie
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:28:24PM +0200, Michael Kefeder wrote: > Hi > > I use lftp a lot and its an awesome tool, thanks for developing it. > Recently I setup a WebDAV server and I was testing the authentication > and if the Limit directives work using lftp as client. What I observed > was that lftp sends a PROPFIND command no matter what hftp:use-propfind > is set to. According to the man page: > > hftp:use-propfind (boolean) > if set to off, lftp will not try to use `PROPFIND' to > get directory contents with hftp protocol and use `GET' > instead. Default is off. > > So my understanding is that it is supposed to not be used by default - > which is not true - it first tries PROPFIND and right after that GET. I > tried setting hftp:use-propfind on and off in lftp.conf and within a > lftp session but it didn't change the behaviour. > > This is not a major bug or anything, I simply allowed the command > PROPFIND in my servers config now as a workaround (to keep my errorlog > from filling up with false access forbidden messages). Some people don't > want to allow PROPFIND though because this makes hidden files (e.g. > .htaccess) visible in the directory listings and there are also other > concerns iirc. > > I run lftp version 3.2.1 on gentoo linux without any modifcations (no > patches or custom lftp.conf). I hope my observations are correct. > > regards > Mike -- James Teh Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.jantrid.net/jamie/ MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: jcs_teh
