[Samba] smbfs size limit

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 03:38, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Hello, Samba-users,
> 
> please don´t beat me, but I have to ask this question here, as I
> haven´t found an answer I can rely on until now.
> 
> I am working on a solution for a backup-problem and one possible
> solution could be the use of smbfs/smbmount.
> 
> I am testing that now, mounting a WinXPHome(sorry, testing ...)-share
> which is 20GB of size (8GB used) to my linux-box. The linux-box is a
> bit more sophisticated (Kernel 2.6.0-test11 - Samba 3.0.0).
> 
> I don´t want to get into details now, just my questions:
> 
> - I am aware of a sizelimit of 2 GB or 4 GB when using smbfs.
>   What is the limit exactly and where does it come from ?
>   smbfs in the kernel ? smbmount ?

smbfs in the kernel cannot support the large files.  smbmount in Samba
3.0 has the patches required to support the large file negotiation
(that's the lfs option).

> - I read about several patches and stuff, but that was all for older
>   kernels. Basically I would be happy if it works with kernel 2.4.x.
>   Could someone point me to the patches?
> 
> I know that this topic ain´t new ...

If you cannot use smbclient (really, it is easier!), and you want to
patch your kernel, then patch it with the CIFS VFS:

http://www.samba.org/samba/Linux_CIFS_client.html

However, in your case, you don't even need to go this far - with the 2.6
kernel, CIFS is standard!  Just select it just like you have smbfs and
NFS.

Andrew Bartlett

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