Hello All,
I'm running Samba 2.2.7a on RedHat 8.0. Connecting to a Windows 2000
200GB share works OK, except for files > 2 GBytes.
The linux box can see the large Windows files, but does not see their
correct sizes -- it reports an absurdly big size when using ls -l. Files
less
that 2GB show up correctly. Trying to create a 3G file on the Windows box
from the linux box, using:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/ntserver/bigfile bs=100M count=30
results in an error when the file hits 2G, with the error "file size
limit exceeded". Running the same command creating a file on the local
linux ext3 filesystem works OK.
Removing the Windows box from the equation, instead connecting to another
linux box running samba results in the same error. Creating a 3G file
on the same target system using NFS works OK, as does FTP.
So it appears that Samba supports large filesystems, but not large
files. Is this a configuration issue or a 32bit limitation in Samba??
I've tried samba-3.0alpha21-1 and it has the same problem.
thanks,
Ed S.
> So it appears that Samba supports large filesystems, but not large > files. Is this a configuration issue or a 32bit limitation in Samba??This isn't a samba (server) issue; rather it's an smbmount and kernel (client) issue. You need the patches at http://www.hojdpunkten.ac.se/054/samba/
On January 28, eds@pdq.net said:> The linux box can see the large Windows files, but does not see their > > correct sizes -- it reports an absurdly big size when using ls -l. Files > less > > that 2GB show up correctly. Trying to create a 3G file on the Windows box > > from the linux box, using:Looks to me like you're using smbmnt, which isn't technically part of samba - it's part of the kernel. Urban Widmark has patches to enable large file support at http://www.hojdpunkten.ac.se/054/samba/ Note, this was discussed in the archives recently. Use the archive search at marc.theaimsgroup.com before posting questions. Cheers, Waider. -- waider@waider.ie / Yes, it /is/ very personal of me. troc says, "Or as the 'bot says in IRC: Look buddy, doesn't work is a strong statement. Does it sit on the couch all day? Is it making faces at you? Does it want more money? Please be specific!"