[linux-cifs-client] sym/hardlink error

Scott Barker Scott_Barker at mtechIT.com
Wed Aug 25 17:08:00 GMT 2004


Using smbclient to fetch the files results in exactly the same thing as
described below.

I've attached an ethereal trace from a 'type test' command on a Windows
client.

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:50:58AM -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 10:46:15AM -0600, Scott Barker wrote:
> > I have a file on the samba server (--- delimits the contents of the
> > file):
> > 
> > ---
> > This is a test file.
> > ---
> > 
> > It looks like this from the CIFS client:
> > 
> > ---
> > \000\000\000Q???SMB.\000\000\000\000\000???\000\000\000\000\000\000
> > ---
> > 
> > A somewhat longer file;
> > 
> > ---
> > This is a test file.
> > 
> > This file has more characters that the other test file.
> > ---
> > 
> > Looks like:
> > 
> > ---
> > \000\000\000??????SMB.\000\000\000\000\000?\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000???d\000???p???\000\000\000??????\000\000\000\000O\000;\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000O\000This is a test f
> > ---
> > 
> > Seems that the file gets truncated by about the length of the binary
> > header.
> 
> I need to see this bug between smbclient -> smbd, not the CIFS
> client to eliminate server bugs (as I don't think this is a
> server issue). You also claimed you saw this from a Windows
> client, so an ethereal capture trace showing that would be
> helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Jeremy.

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