Re: Remote named pipes and stuff.

2009-04-22 Thread Juan Lang
Hi Kai, > However, Jeff Layton asked me about a use case, and I have to admit I can't > think of one off the top of my head. So, what application do we have that > fails to work due to the lack of remote named pipes? I actually think the clearest use of remote named pipes is actually local named

re: Remote named pipes and stuff.

2009-04-22 Thread Dan Kegel
Kai asked: > Is there a use case for remote named pipes? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q238949/ shows that SQL Server supports named pipes as an access method. Some apps or sites might assume that works, and not be able to use TCP/IP for this. Google finds at least three examples of people wan

Remote named pipes and stuff.

2009-04-22 Thread Kai Blin
Hi folks, I'm at SambaXP again, and so of course the cifs Kernel driver folks talked to me about the named pipe implementation. It seems like they are still trying to figure out how this could be implemented in the cleanest way. However, Jeff Layton asked me about a use case, and I have to admi