Re: [Duplicity-talk] Anyone using duplicity with box.net (webdavs)?

[edgar . soldin]

On 31.08.2011 19:01, Brian Wilson wrote:
> I'm trying to use duplicity with box.net (which has a WebDavS interface) but 
> not having much luck.   Backups seem to run fine, but I'm unable to verify or 
> do any restores.  I found similar mention of this in the issue list for 
> duplicati (http://code.google.com/p/duplicati/issues/detail?id=217) and that 
> it may be due to non-standard compliant WebDav server on box.net.  

there was another case in july reporting this. seems to be their webdav 
implementation, they officially do not support it
http://support.box.net/app/answers/detail/a_id/85/%7E/does-box-support-webdav-or-ftp-connections%3F

> Since I'd like to make use of my 50GB free space, it would be great if this 
> would work.  I've even tried disabling encryption to test but verify and 
> restore still fail: Here's what I'm seeing:
> 

the encryption has no influence on this

> 
> Any suggestions on working around the box.net WebDav issues in order to get 
> proper file listings so duplicity knows that I have backups and thus allow me 
> to do restores?  5GB accounts are free if anyone would be willing to help me 
> figure this out.
> 

nobody is tackling this as far as i know. so you might want to get familiar 
with webdav and it's duplicity backend and work out a fix?

..ede/duply.net