[Samba] Re: Windows XP - Explorer crashes when I try to open a file on a Samba share

Lenroc lenroc at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 01:10:57 GMT 2004


On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:24:52 +0200, Holger Krull wrote:

> Maybe you are experiencing the sendfile problem. Using sendfile is the 
> default for newer samba versions, but unfortuneately a lot of kernels 
> don't implement that right.
> Try using
> use sendfile = no
> in your global section

Fantastic, that fixed the problem straight away! Thanks much!

Any insight as to what the kernel problem was? Since it's a Gentoo system,
I did compile the kernel myself. I'd hate to file a bug if it was simply
me making a boneheaded mistake...

-- 
Lenroc



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