Re: Is sendfile all that sexy?

Gerhard Mack (gmack@innerfire.net)
Sun, 14 Jan 2001 13:54:38 -0800 (PST)


On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> On 14 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > Does anybody but apache actually use it?
>
> There is a Samba patch as well that makes it sendfile() based. Various
> other projects use it too (phttpd for example), some FTP servers i
> believe, and khttpd and TUX.

Proftpd to name one ftp server, nice little daemon uses linux-privs too.

Gerhard

PS I wish someone would explain to me why distros insist on using WU
instead given it's horrid security record.

--
Gerhard Mack

gmack@innerfire.net

<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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