Re: EFS 1.12 bug: FTP closing while accessing remote host

Adrian Phillips (adrian.phillips@dnmi.no)
Tue, 11 Oct 94 11:48:18 +0100


>>>>> "sandy" == sandy  <sandy@ibm550.sissa.it> writes:

    sandy> Hi Adrian, On Tue, 11 Oct 94 you wrote:
    >> Sorry, Irix 5.2 FTP server (whatever that is :-)

    sandy> Irix is just SGI's name for unix.  Looks like standard SGI
    sandy> FTP client.

I know Irix; I mean't Irix's FTP server.

    sandy> What client too?  Timeout problems are usually related to
    sandy> server/client combinations.  Although efs handles much of
    sandy> the client stuff itself, it still relies on your system
    sandy> client to promptly return data.  We have had problems were
    sandy> clients get into weird states and withhold things from efs.

Its all 5.2 :-( Unfortunately, Irix 5.2 is a hack which means over
3Mbyte kernels, huge swapping even on a 32 Mbyte machine, and probably
bugs in software, like FTP :-(

    sandy> I have an Irix account so if you can tell me what
    sandy> client/server combination to test, I can try letting it
    sandy> timeout and see what happens.

Irix 5.2 ?

Please try, but don't spend too much time as Irix 5.3 is out soon
(well thats what SGI say, and I believe them :-)

Adrian

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