[PATCH] Remove "read raw" and "write raw" (make inverted synonym for "async smb echo handler")

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Wed Jan 15 01:42:23 MST 2014


On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 09:05 +0100, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 09:01:25PM +1300, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > I'll do that.  I agree the deprecated inverted synonym was just a bit
> > 'too cute'. 
> > 
> > We also need a good, clear pattern for how to express these dependencies
> > across the codebase, and in the SMB server in particular. 
> > 
> > For a future, distinct patch, aside from the interaction with the async
> > smb echo handler, do you think we still need read raw and write raw as
> > specific smb.conf options?  
> 
> Not sure about the feature as such. How does Windows handle
> that these days? Does it still support it and also does it
> have a registry key to disable it?

It appears to be unconditionally enabled as I read it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223140
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee442147.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e966a273-9d5c-4963-a4ed-5a28392a9f56#endNote205

That said, I'll see what I can find out tomorrow, and I've CC'ed Chris
who seems to know all these kind of things off the top of his head :-)

Thanks,

Andrew Bartlett

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