On 01/18/2007 10:08 PM, Zvi Har'El wrote: > I Tried the two settings, independently: > > 1) changes the line "ForceType text/html" to "ForceType tex/plain" in > my .htaccess. > > 2) put a line "EnableSendFile off" in my .htaccess > > (.htaccess is located at the parent directory of the directory which > contains the 256 bytes header file). > > > In the first case, I got in all the four accesses the correct response > (omitting the HTTP headers) >
> > > In the second case, I got all the four accesses the correct response > (omitting the HTTP headers) > > > > Since I need to use HeaderFile of mime type text/html (I use normally > the .html extension and add the necessary HTML code), it seems the > solution to the problem is to use in Solaris system the directive > "EnableSendFile off" . Note that my document root is *not* network > mounted. So, I suggest to add SOLARIS to the list of systems where > sendfile should be disabled for files over 256 bytes! It is surprising > that this problem is not exhibited in httpd 2.0.59, although this > directive was introduced already in 2.0.44 according to the manual. In > any case, thank you for pointing this directive to me. Nevertheless this looks like a sendfile bug in Solaris 9 to me. Although I found nothing specific about a sendfile bug that matches this problem during a quick search (there is quite a number of sendfile bugs shown for Solaris on SunSolve) it may help if you upgrade your box to the latest patch cluster. Regards Rüdiger
