Apache on CentOS guest wont serve OSX static files

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EthanM

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Hi, This may sound like an Apache config question - but I'm reasonably sure that config is ok.

I have my OSX home folder mounted under /media/psf - I can access the files there, and I have an apache alias pointing to files there.

The odd thing is that if I create a new file (eg. echo 'test' > test.js) - I can view it via apache just fine (eg. http://<centos-ip>/media/test.js) However, other files won't work (Apache apprently responds with a 200 for the request, but the transfer fails), eg:

~$ curl http://pgevr/media/navagation_menu.js
curl: (18) transfer closed with 702 bytes remaining to read

The permissions/ownership are exactly the same on the two files - but one just wont work.

I have a much more thorough version of this posted here: http://serverfault.com/questions/193553/apache-on-parallels-centos-fails-to-read-osx-host-files but I thought there might some Parallels-specific issues this forum might know.

BTW selinux is already disabled

Thanks
 
I'm having this same exact issue with Debian 5.0 as my guest OS. Apache2 won't serve static files (though it will execute my PHP scripts in the /media/psf mount) and most get reported as HTTP status 206.

Previously I had my system working by using AutoFS to auto-mount an sshfs mount, however I didn't like this solution and would really like to use the parallels shared folder.
 
UPDATE : A user comment on the serverfault posting had the answer:

Adding "EnableSendfile Off" to the <Location> stanza for the media folder fixed the issue. A quote from the Apache documentation:

This directive controls whether httpd may use the sendfile support from the kernel to transmit file contents to the client. By default, when the handling of a request requires no access to the data within a file -- for example, when delivering a static file -- Apache uses sendfile to deliver the file contents without ever reading the file if the OS supports it.

This sendfile mechanism avoids separate read and send operations, and buffer allocations. But on some platforms or within some filesystems, it is better to disable this feature to avoid operational problems
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-- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#enablesendfile

Hope this helps
 
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