[Samba] files over 2 GB in size?

[Adam Williams]

Nope, -o lfs didn't fix it :(


Adam Williams wrote:

> Hi, sorry about that :)  The machine with the share runs redhat 9, linux 
> 2.4.20 samba 2.2.7a.  The other machine is redhat fedora core 1, linux 
> 2.4.22 samba 3.0.0.  No special settings on either machine.  I read that 
> I can use -o lfs on smbmount, I'm gonna see if that works.
> 
> Greg Folkert wrote:
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>> On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 12:53, Adam Williams wrote:
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>>> Is there a way in samba to create files greater then 2GB in size?  
>>> I'm tarring some stuff to a samba share (from one linux server to 
>>> another, share mounted using smbmount) and I get an error "File size 
>>> limit exceeded" and the size of the file is 2147483647 bytes.  Is 
>>> there anyway to create files larger then 2GB on a samba mounted 
>>> share?  If so, how?
>>
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>>
>> Yes, You didn't give us enough info.
>>
>> First off, what versions of the Linux Kernel are on the 2 machines?
>>
>> Second, what version of Samba on each machine?
>>
>> Any setting in Samba that are designed for DOS Machines for those
>> shares?
>>
>> As much pertinent info as possible would be good.
>>
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