smbfs reads Variable files incorrectly from VMS Samb

[Brian.Tillman at smiths-aerospace.com]

>> when you view or copy the file over smbfs, you can see
>> the word line-lengths in it
>
>This is due to the fact that smbfs ALWAYS opens its files in Read/Write mode
>(even when you "cat" a file, for example, and for the moment Samba/VMS deals
>with variable record files only when in read-only mode.

Why shouldn't Samba handle files in the same way that most FTP servers on VMS
do: use RMS to read the records and push them to the client?  RMS will properly
handle the various record types VMS allows and the files will all look proper on
the receiving end.

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