[3205] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Looks like SO_RCVBUF should be limited to 65535.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David C Niemi)
Fri Jun 14 05:04:05 1996
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 21:20:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: David C Niemi <niemi@wauug.erols.com>
To: Tom May <ftom@netcom.com>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199606121811.LAA00092@redshirt.tholian.web>
On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Tom May wrote:
> On linux 2.0.0, running samba with SO_RCVBUF=65536 was causing
> failures. Setting SO_RCVBUF=65535 works fine. Perhaps the following
> patch, which makes setting SO_RCVBUF work like setting SO_SNDBUF, is
> the proper solution.
Hmm, I saw some interesting failures with Samba. Basically, Win95 reports
a permissions error when copying a >2MB file from the Linux box. However,
the files seem to have copied intact nevertheless. I tried the patch you
sent and it did not change the behavior (I guess it is a different
problem).
David
Niemi@wauug.erols.com 703-810-5538 Reston, Virginia, USA
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