Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] a solution for papd's 256 MB spool limit
From: Andras Kadinger (bandit@freeside.elte.hu)
Date: Sun Sep 13 1998 - 19:04:07 EDT
Hello Abel, List,
Abel Deuring wrote:
> I hope that I have found a solution for the problem, that papd
> stops spooling if more than 256 MB are transferred.
>
> In file session.c, line 233, the "duplicate filtration" counter,
> seq, is incremented and then compared with 0xffff, so that the
> value of seq following on 0xfffe is 1. If this line is modified
> so that seq can also have the value 0xffff, the 256 MB spooling
> limit is avoided.
>
> Thanks to Les Klein for giving me the hint, that my first patch
> to papd was not as successful as I hoped, and for testing this
> patch.
That's a very good point! I've read the pap source many times just after
reading the PAP specification, and I overlooked this each time.
Well then, here is the same for pap, since the coding is consistent
among them. Although I haven't heard anyone complaining yet for pap -
might be, because no job this long could get in through papd before.
Sincerely,
Andras Kadinger
bandit@freeside.elte.hu
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