I have not been able to reproduce this in any way. Perhaps something went wrong with the installation or maybe something else is wrong. So... On my client (interactive test program): run /tmp echo ?metadata /tmp@rhel6-64h:1094: Rcvd isData response with 9 metabytes 'metadata' Received 0 bytes from /tmp@rhel6-64h:1094 Notice the server responded 'isData' with some metadata. On the server tracing with gdb: 400 if (!(*rData)) 401 {if ((rc = SetNilResponse())) ResponseFailed(rc); (gdb) c 171002 14:55:53 3078 abh.2193:23@rhel6-64k Ssi_ProcessResponse: 0:/tmp [bound xqReq] Response presented wtr=False 171002 14:55:53 3078 abh.2193:23@rhel6-64k Ssi_ProcessResponse: 0:/tmp [bound doRsp] Resp data sz=0 -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/594#issuecomment-333681511 ######################################################################## 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