the problem in your case is that this site has a weak authentication
mechanism (Basic Auth) which is disabled by default on Windows Vista in order
to make Vista more secure. With Basic Auth, your username and password is
sent in clear text over the wire hence anyone sniffing the network traffic
can find out your password.
If possible, please have your website administrator change the
authentication type to something stronger (e.g. NTLM, Passport or Kerberos)
OR move to a SSL website (i.e.
https://). Note that Basic Auth IS turned on
by default for SSL traffic.
If you really don't care about others finding your password AND you don't
have any sensitive data on this website, you can go ahead and enable Basic
Auth for non-ssl via the following registry key:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters "BasicAuthLevel" (REG_DWORD)
the default value of this key is 1. Changing it to 2 and rebooting the
system will make your scenario work.
Note that I HIGHLY discourage you to change this registry key due to
security reasons. Also, if you are not used to playing around with registry
keys, I wouldn't recommend doing this since if you happen to touch some wrong
registry key, you might make your system unstable.
Thanks
-Ather
"ayspu" wrote:
> Ather,
>
> Here is the URL (my apologies cuz it's a little long).
>
> http://portal.plumtree.com/portal/se.../collab/WebDAV
>
> This works fine with the Network Place functionality in Windows XP.
>
>
> "Ather Haleem (MSFT)" wrote:
>
> > Dak & PW (my apologies - I don't quite know your names!), in your case, we
> > issue an OPTIONS request to the root of the site (i.e.
> > https://dav.filebox.vt.edu in the case of dak). this OPTIONS request fails
> > with 403 (HTTP_STATUS_FORBIDDEN). Thus WebDAV redirector is not able to
> > proceed further down the path and returns the error 1920
> > (ERROR_CANT_ACCESS_FILE).
> >
> > This is by design and this is how WebDAV redirector worked in Windows XP as
> > well. The difference is that Windows Vista doesn't include WebFolders which
> > was another WebDAV client.
> >
> > We understand this problem doesn't have a workaround, except to allow
> > OPTIONS requests to succeed on the root of the server. We are currently
> > looking to fix this in the next release of Windows.
> >
> > ayspu, your case seems to be some network issue. can you send me the
> > website as well and I'll see what's going on there. Are you able to access
> > the website via IE7?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> > -Ather
> >
> > "ayspu" wrote:
> >
> > > I get a similar issue. and when i use 'net use * <url>', i get the following
> > > error:
> > > System error 67 has occured.
> > >
> > > The network name cannot be found.
> > >
> > > Please advise.
> > >
> > > "PW" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I get the exact same error when trying to access WebDav sites. It doesn't
> > > > seem to enumerate the location, but just throws up the error... Any ideas
> > > > would be great.
> > > >
> > > > "dak" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am going to the following site:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://dav.filebox.vt.edu/users/dkirstei
> > > > >
> > > > > If you get there it will require an ID and PASSWORD, but I never get that
> > > > > far, so if you do get that far it would be working.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Ather Haleem (MSFT)" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > It seems like you may be having some proxy issues. WebDAV redirector picks
> > > > > > up the proxy settings from internet explorer but I am not sure what settings
> > > > > > you have there.
> > > > > > Is your website a www site or is it on your local network? Can I access this
> > > > > > website resource over internet? If so, I'd like to try accessing it. Let me
> > > > > > know if I can and I'll send you my email address where you can send me the
> > > > > > access information.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > thanks.
> > > > > > -Ather
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "dak" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > From both the standard user and administrator command prompt I receive the
> > > > > > > follow error:
> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > System error 1920 has occured
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The file cannot be accessed by the system.
> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > This error occurs also instantly and does not even seem to be looking over
> > > > > > > the network to find file.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Ather Haleem (MSFT)" wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I just replied to your other thread where you posted this problem. We'll need
> > > > > > > > to troubleshoot this in order to understand whether this is a problem in
> > > > > > > > Vista or whether the site may not be configured appropriately. From a command
> > > > > > > > prompt window, can you type in the following and see if it works: "net use *
> > > > > > > > <webdav_resource>" where the <webdav_resource> is the site you are trying to
> > > > > > > > access (E.g. http://groups.msn.com/testsite).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > thanks
> > > > > > > > -Ather
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > "dak" wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I just installed Vista Enterprise 32 bit version and am trying to use the
> > > > > > > > > WEBDAV protocol to access some information but am not having any luck. I did:
> > > > > > > > > - Under Windows Explorer, I right-click on Computer, and then select 'Add a
> > > > > > > > > Network Location'.
> > > > > > > > > - I click next, and select 'Choose a custom network location', and click
> > > > > > > > > 'Next'
> > > > > > > > > - In the 'Specify the location of your website' window, I specify an
> > > > > > > > > appropriate website for a web folder, and click Next
> > > > > > > > > - the following error appears: 'The folder you entered does not appear to be
> > > > > > > > > valid. Please choose another.'
> > > > > > > > > I do have network access and can use IE to obtain read access to the
> > > > > > > > > information.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > any idea?