smbfs reads Variable files incorrectly from VMS Samba 2.2.8

[Gorazd Kikelj]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Armstrong" <ben at bgpc.dymaxion.ca>
To: "COLLOT Jean-Yves" <Jean-Yves.COLLOT at cofiroute.fr>
Cc: "Samba VMS" <samba-vms at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 6:40 PM
Subject: smbfs reads Variable files incorrectly from VMS Samba 2.2.8


> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 13:45, COLLOT Jean-Yves wrote:
> > The 2.2.8 version for VMS is available at
> > http://www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/jyc/
> >
> > It includes the Unix version 2.2.8, and some specific VMS fixes :
> > - Unexpected changes of file structure (VARIABLE to STREAM) and
modification
> > date
>
> Thanks!  While this does fix the file attribute corruption problem both
> with Linux smbfs access and Windows XP "Attributes" access, it
> unfortunately leaves Variable record format files unreadable under
> Linux.  That is, when you view or copy the file over smbfs, you can see
> the word line-lengths in it, and you don't get any line terminators.
> Oddly enough, under Windows XP text files look just fine, so I don't
> know why Samba 2.2.8 is discriminating against Linux smbfs.

Did you try seting SYSGEN parameter RMS_HEURISTIC to 1?
On pathworks this can make a difference when interpreting text files.


Regards, Gorazd Kikelj