It seems that the xrootd client after recovering a connection to a server don't send anymore the opaque information. This behavior make all the "shaky" transfers aborting. We experience the issue with both xrootd client 3.2.7-1 and 3.3.3-1 xrdcp -f -np -d 1 root://lxbrf39c03.cern.ch//eos/.../file.root /dev/null [...] 130823 14:39:31 20129 Xrd: Open: Access to server granted. 130823 14:39:31 20129 Xrd: Open: Opening the remote file /eos/.../file.root 130823 14:39:31 20129 Xrd: Open: File open in progress. 130823 14:39:31 20132 Xrd: HandleServerError: Received redirection to [lxfsre05a07.cern.ch:1095]. Token=[]]. Opaque=[&cap.sym=...&mgm.logid=...2&mgm.blockchecksum=ignore&mgm.replicaindex=3&mgm.replicahead=3]. [...] 130823 14:44:59 20141 Xrd: ReadPartialAnswer: Failed to read msg from connmgr (server [lxfsre05a07.cern.ch:1095]). Retrying ... 130823 14:44:59 20141 Xrd: HandleServerError: Communication error with server [lxfsre05a07.cern.ch:1095]. Rebouncing here. 130823 14:44:59 20141 Xrd: HandleServerError: Received redirection to [lxfsre05a07.cern.ch:1095]. Token=[]]. Opaque=[]. sec_Client: protocol request for host lxfsre05a07.cern.ch token='&P=unix&P=sss,0.13:/etc/eos.keytab' sec_PM: Using unix protocol, args='' 130823 14:44:59 20141 Xrd: CheckErrorStatus: Server [lxfsre05a07.cern.ch:1095] requested 4 seconds of wait. Server message is session still active 130823 14:45:03 20133 Xrd: XrdClientMessage::ReadRaw: Failed to read data (2097152 bytes) from substream 0. 130823 14:45:03 20141 Xrd: CheckErrorStatus: Server [lxfsre05a07.cern.ch:1095] declared: Unable to open - capability illegal /eos/.../file.root; Invalid argument(error code: 3005) 130823 14:45:03 20141 Xrd: OpenFileWhenRedirected: File open failed. xrdcp: Copy from lxfsre05a07.cern.ch failed on read! --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/36 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1