[mythtv-users] Mythweb and PROPFIND errors

[Michael Heironimus]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 08:58:36AM -0500, OCG Technical Support wrote:
> My http access log is full of these:
> 
> 172.31.254.64 - - [18/Nov/2008:08:44:59 -0500] "PROPFIND /movies HTTP/1.1"
> 405 304 "-" "Microsoft-WebDAV-MiniRedir/6.0.6001"
> 
>  
> 
> Can someone tell me what this means?  I'm guessing that the browser is
> requesting the PROPFIND method - which does not exist?  What is this method,
> why is it being called, and how do I fix it?

PROPFIND is a WebDAV method, and you may also see OPTIONS requests. That
User-Agent is the WebDAV redirector used to implement Web Folders on
Windows clients. You probably have a Samba share named "movies" and
somebody opened it from a Windows PC. I don't know why newer Windows
clients probe for a DAV share when you open a regular SMB share, but I
assume that it's related to how some services are presented by Windows
servers.

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Michael Heironimus