FileZerver release V04.17.00 is now available for download
for firmware update of Cyclone 2+ boards using the admin
"Firmware Update" web page or FTP, in file fzi0417.bin.


Changes --

The major change with V04.17 was a fix for accesses to 4GB files
when using SMB/CIFS protocol, from a windows system.  A file
could be written to be larger than 4GB, however a rename or
delete of that file wuld fail with a message like "The system
cannot find the path specified."  The syslog-detail display
would contain the message "reduce_name: Couldn't get realpath
for (filename)".  The size of the file would be shown as 0 bytes
when using Windows Explorer (although the command-line "DIR"
command would show the actual size).  Long-time FileZerver
enthusiasts might feel that the description of this problem
has some elements in common with the readme for release V04.14a.

Additional changes in this release involve adjustments to the
way that SmartMirror would handle file permissions and file
ownership.  The SmartMirror server program, rsync, now operates
so that if there is a match between the text-name of the owner
userid on the source system and a userid on the destination,
that userid name will be used.  Previously, ownership on
the destination system would match the userid number, and in
general that would not provide a match for the userid name.

Another SmartMirror change involves permission handling.
Formerly, a read-only file would be backed-up as a read-only
file.  In some circumstances, that meant that the backup
file was update-resistant when the original file was changed.
Now the backup file should be held so as to track fully any
changes in the original file.



October 2, 2006