[linux-cifs-client] setting file size to windows 9x/windows me

[Naidu Bollineni]

Sorry for picking the wrong list. I was aiming this at
linux-cifs-client.

Naidu Bollineni
Senior Member Technical Staff
Kazeon Systems
naidu at kazeon.com
www.kazeon.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-technical-bounces+naidu=kazeon.com at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-technical-bounces+naidu=kazeon.com at lists.samba.org] On
> Behalf Of Naidu Bollineni
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:25 AM
> To: Steve French; samba-technical at lists.samba.org
> Cc: linux-cifs-client at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [linux-cifs-client] setting file size to windows
9x/windows
> me
> 
> 
> Is there a support for fetching NT ACLs from server in binary format?
I
> am wondering if copying a file without modifying its behavior doesn't
> require this support? Currently I see only POSIX ACL handling in CIFS
> VFS.
> 
> Naidu Bollineni
> Senior Member Technical Staff
> Kazeon Systems
> naidu at kazeon.com
> www.kazeon.com
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-cifs-client-bounces+naidu=kazeon.com at lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:linux-cifs-client-bounces+naidu=kazeon.com at lists.samba.org]
On
> > Behalf Of Steve French
> > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:39 PM
> > To: samba-technical at lists.samba.org
> > Cc: linux-cifs-client at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: [linux-cifs-client] setting file size to windows 9x/windows
> me
> >
> > Looks like setting the file size to windows 9x/windows me servers
has
> to
> > be done via file handle, not path, (ie open and write 0 bytes at
> offset
> > or setfileinfo level 1) ... right?   I am getting invalid
> > function/unsupported level errors on every setpathinfo (path based)
> even
> > level 1 from linux cifs client to windows me/9x (works to other
> servers
> > of course).
> >
> > Strange that one can't do anything useful to windows 9x/me without
> > opening the file since that could lead to strange sharing
violations,
> > but in any case with this change the cifs code should do fine for
most
> > operations to windows 9x/me
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