[Samba] Free space calculation gets it wrong

[Bart Hendrix]

Hi

Could you please do the following command: df -h

And paste the result ;-)

Thanx

bart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Skwar" <listen at alexander.skwar.name>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: [Samba] Free space calculation gets it wrong


> Hello!
> 
> Running Samba 3.x on HP-UX 11.00, Linux and Solaris.
> 
> I've got a problem with the free space calculation of Samba. The problem
> is, that Samba only seems to return the free space available in the top
> directory of a share and not the free space available in the current
> directory. That's a problem for me, since I share a directory on the
> server and then mount the actual "stuff" into it.
> 
> Let me give you an example:
> 
> I shared the directory "/Shares" on "server" with the name "Shares".
> The directory /Shares is on / on the server.
> In "/Shares", there's the directory "CAD". This directory is a seperate
> file system.
> Now I start the Windows Explorer (from Windows XP) and go to
> \\server\Shares\CAD. The free space available is the same as
> shown in \\server\Shares - IOW: it shows the free space from
> /, and not from /Shares/CAD
> 
> Directory Mountpoint Free space
> /Shares / 20MiB
> /Shares/CAD /Shares/CAD 40GiB
> 
> Going to \\server\Shares\CAD shows me that 20MiB is available and not,
> as wanted, 40GiB.
> 
> What do I have to do, to make Samba return the free space in the
> current directory and not from the top most directory of the share?
> 
> First, I thought to write a script which I hook into the "dfree command"
> option of Samba. But sadly this did not work :( Just like the man page
> says, the script is only given "./" as the first (and only) parameter.
> I also did not see anything of interest in the environment (as
> printed by the "env" command). I don't quite see how to get to what
> directory "./" (the current directory) is referring.
> 
> Do you have any clues on how to solve that problem?
> 
> BTW: Also sharing /Shares/CAD is not a solution I'm after :)
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Alexander Skwar
> -- 
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> years left its graduates as unprepared for their careers as does law
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