use sendfile problems with Windows 95

Pierre Belanger pbelang1 at oss.cantel.rogers.com
Thu Mar 27 20:01:55 GMT 2003


Hi,

I turned on "use sendfile", not too long after (on the next
"logon") someone called me. His Windows 95 was having trouble
opening files on the server. He can "explore" the shared volume
but when trying to open a file, his computer hangs and needs
to reboot. I've been using "sendfile" myself with Samba under
Solaris 8 with NT & 2000 & XP since a long time with no trouble
at all.

I tested with another Windows 95 box -- same problem. Even
after ~ 5 min. the box is still hanged.

I'm wondering if Windows 98/ME are also affected by this?
I don't have access to Windows ME "boxes" but I might find
a Windows 98 box... I'll post when I am able to test.

I generated a level 10 log file, it's 155KB (gzip -9). Someone
wants to look at it? (I did not want to post this hughe file
here).

Here's the first place where the communication breaks:

[2003/03/27 14:53:01, 6] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(521)
   write_socket(5,1588) wrote 1588
[2003/03/27 14:53:47, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_data(436)
   read_data: read failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer
[2003/03/27 14:53:47, 10] lib/util_sock.c:receive_smb(609)
   receive_smb: length < 0 !
[2003/03/27 14:53:47, 3] smbd/process.c:timeout_processing(1105)
   receive_smb error (Connection reset by peer) exiting

I'll check on Microsoft's web site for any "patches"!

Regards,
Pierre B.



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