[Samba] cannot access files, directory browsing fine ...

[Craig White]

that's a very old kernel - you should update

Craig

On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 12:37, Szymon Machajewski wrote:
> I'm using: 
> 
> 2.4.9-e.40
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Szymon Machajewski 
> MCSD, RHCT, CNA, MySQL Core, CompTIA Linux+
> Grand Rapids Community College
> 
> >>> Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> 9/16/2004 3:36:02 PM >>>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 03:22:35PM -0400, Szymon Machajewski wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > I've just spent some time figuring out why on my RedHat ES server
> samba
> > allowed me to connect, browse directories, but as soon as .exe was
> in
> > the dir it would freeze.
> > I couldn't open text files or anything else.
> > 
> > It turns out that the Redhat kernel does not play well with
> 'sendfile'
> > functionality.
> > 
> > so I added:
> > 
> > use sendfile = no
> > 
> > and I'm back in the game.
> 
> What kernel version are you using ? It's starting to look like
> sendfile
> may be broken on 2.4.x kernels.
> 
> Jeremy.