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Uploading a >32MB file from a recent curl to tftpd fails because when the block number rolls back to 0, tftpd transmits the option ack again, instead of transmitting an acknowledgment for the block received. You don't see this problem when using the bundled tftp client because it doesn't set any of the options when uploading a file. Attached is a patch that fixes this, tested against

I'm currently in Egypt, and my Internet connection goes up and down a lot. rsync --partial --timeout is great, especially when combined with a little script that checks whether it failed due to timeout, and in that case starts the transfer up again. I think it would be a good feature for rsync to support itself. Something like: --auto-restart When a timeout occurs, automatically restart the

I have a program that copies pictures to a web server using rsync. Typically it will do something like copy IMG_1234.JPG to server:/www/docroot/YEAR/MONTH/DAY, where the appropriate numbers are inserted for YEAR/MONTH/DAY. Currently the only way to do this with rsync is to locally create YEAR/MONTH/DAY and then tell rsync to copy it. I would like a syntax which would tell rsync to create a

Setup: Samba3beta3 domain (NEWDOM) with a single PDC. No winbind activated. Uses smbpasswd for user authentication. Windows 2K AD (OLDDOM) domain with two DCs. I've been struggling to get a trust established one way with these two domains. Since I have a native W2K AD domain, I have to use AD domain tools to establish the trusts. I followed the documentation regarding creating a

It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite popular, so I've started building an SMP kernel for FreeBSD 5.4 as well, in addition to the usual GENERIC kernel. To take advantage of this on your FreeBSD 5.4 SMP system, run the following commands as root: # touch /boot/kernel/SMP # freebsd-update fetch # freebsd-update install # echo 'bootfile="SMP"'