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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