smb.conf parameters: sendfile, unicode

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:02:11AM -0800, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> > > > Please do not change it unless problem with Win9X will be fixed -- Win9X
> > > > clients do not work correctly when 'use sendfile = yes' is in place.
> > > 
> > > Hmmm, why is this? The client should not be able to tell that you did not 
> > > copy the data to userspace before sending it out the socket.
> > Just try this with Win9X/ME clients -- they don't like to work with PDC on
> > Samba 3.0.x if 'use sendfile = yes'. In particular, browsing is broken
> > sometimes and you can't access shares on a PDC. Once 'use sendfile = no'
> > is in place, everything works.
> 
> Can we get a network trace please ...
Once I get back home from this loooong business trip -- somewhere around
beginning of February.
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