Upper case was a red herring.

Thanks to http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/webdav-redirector-list.html

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk@791643 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/filters/WebdavFixFilter.java b/java/org/apache/catalina/filters/WebdavFixFilter.java
index e3ae5ea..5f9e3ab 100644 (file)
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/filters/WebdavFixFilter.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/filters/WebdavFixFilter.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
  * XP x64 SP2 (MiniRedir Version 3790)
  * <ul>
  *   <li>Only connects to port 80</li>
- *   <li>Requires an upper case context path</li>
  *   <li>Unknown issue means it doesn't work</li>
  * </ul>
  */
@@ -109,14 +108,12 @@ public class WebdavFixFilter implements Filter {
                    httpResponse.sendRedirect(buildRedirect(httpRequest));
                } else if (ua.startsWith(UA_MINIDIR_5_2_3790)) {
                    // XP 64-bit SP2
-                   // Check context path case
-                   if (!httpRequest.getContextPath().equals(
-                           httpRequest.getContextPath().toUpperCase())) {
+                   if (!"".equals(httpRequest.getContextPath())) {
                        log(request,
-                               "XP-x64-SP2 expects context path to be upper case");
+                               "XP-x64-SP2 clients only work with the root context");
                    }
-                   // Some other, as yet unknown issue means I can't get this client
-                   // to work 
+                   // Namespace issue maybe
+                   // see http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/webdav-redirector-list.html
                    log(request, "XP-x64-SP2 is known not to work with WebDAV Servlet");
                    
                    chain.doFilter(request, response);