[Samba] cannot access files, directory browsing fine ...

[Szymon Machajewski]

I'm using: 

2.4.9-e.40

Sincerely,

Szymon Machajewski 
MCSD, RHCT, CNA, MySQL Core, CompTIA Linux+
Grand Rapids Community College

>>> Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> 9/16/2004 3:36:02 PM >>>
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 03:22:35PM -0400, Szymon Machajewski wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I've just spent some time figuring out why on my RedHat ES server
samba
> allowed me to connect, browse directories, but as soon as .exe was
in
> the dir it would freeze.
> I couldn't open text files or anything else.
> 
> It turns out that the Redhat kernel does not play well with
'sendfile'
> functionality.
> 
> so I added:
> 
> use sendfile = no
> 
> and I'm back in the game.

What kernel version are you using ? It's starting to look like
sendfile
may be broken on 2.4.x kernels.

Jeremy.