[Samba] files over 2 GB in size?

[Rashkae]

smbfs is part of the Linux kernel and not Samba, and may not support
large files.  The official answer to this question is "use
smbclient".  Personally, I find split to be a great way to manage tar
files.


Example. tar -cz data/ | split -b 1024m - /mnt/share/bckp/bckp.tar.gz.

To untar the archive:

cat /mnt/share/bckp/* | tar -xz



On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 11:53:48AM -0600, Adam Williams wrote:
> 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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