Bug#533523: gvfs-backends: secure webdav backend does not work (gnome-vfs did)

[Jon Dowland]

Package: gvfs-backends
Version: 1.2.2-2
Severity: normal

Sorry for the not-particularly-helpful title.

I have a WebDAV URL at
'https://njd33@webfolders.ncl.ac.uk/dept/iss/unix/' which
used to work with nautilus (before the move to GVFS) and
can be browsed from a webbrowser OK. It does not work with
gvfs-mount:

    $ gvfs-mount 'davs://njd33@webfolders.ncl.ac.uk/dept/iss/unix/'
    Enter password for webfolders.ncl.ac.uk
    Password: 
    Error mounting location: HTTP Error: Unauthorized

(the files at this share are also available via FTP-SSL
which gvfs does not support (reported in another bug) and
CIFS which fails (reported in another bug)).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gvfs-backends depends on:
ii  gvfs         1.2.2-2                     userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  libarchive1  2.6.2-1                     Single library to read/write tar, 
ii  libavahi-cli 0.6.25-1                    Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-com 0.6.25-1                    Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-gli 0.6.25-1                    Avahi glib integration library
ii  libc6        2.9-12                      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcdio-cdda 0.78.2+dfsg1-3              library to read and control digita
ii  libcdio-para 0.78.2+dfsg1-3              library to read digital audio CDs 
ii  libcdio7     0.78.2+dfsg1-3              library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.2.12-1                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4  2.26.2-1                    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2                    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-key 2.26.1-1                    GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgphoto2-2 2.4.6-1                     gphoto2 digital camera library
ii  libgphoto2-p 2.4.6-1                     gphoto2 digital camera port librar
ii  libhal1      0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libsmbclient 2:3.3.4-1                   shared library for communication w
ii  libsoup-gnom 2.26.2-1                    an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsoup2.4-1 2.26.2-1                    an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libxml2      2.7.3.dfsg-1                GNOME XML library

gvfs-backends recommends no packages.

gvfs-backends suggests no packages.

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