smdb warp-around after 4 GB
Jeremy Allison
jra at samba.org
Tue Nov 6 07:35:06 GMT 2001
On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 03:53:49PM +0100, Andreas Karrer wrote:
> With a w2k client:
> * ntbackup to a 4.2 GB file on a win2000 share works,
> * ntbackup to a 4.2 GB file on a samba share results in a corrupted
> file with the wrap-around near 4 GB,
> * copying (using "copy" in a cmd window) a local 4.2 GB file to a
> drive-letter-mounted share from another win2000 machine works,
> * copying the same file to a samba share shows the wrap-around bug near 4 GB,
> * the corruption occurs on several samba servers which are capable of
> handling large files, namely
> - solaris 8 / ufs
> - Tru64 Unix 5.0A / advfs
> - Linux RH 7.1 / kernel 2.4.2 / ext2fs
>
> So apparently my smbd is not as 64-bit-clean as it should be, but what am
> I doing wrong?
Exactly what form does the corruption take ? I've transferred several
>4GB files between W2k clients and Samba servers as part of the tests
in shipping a release.
Jeremy.
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