[Samba] Free space/capacity displayed as garbage...

[Marc Gregoire]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: webster at lexmark.com [mailto:webster at lexmark.com] 
> 
> Indeed, the freespace reported may not always be correct.
> 
> However, what you relay is not what I'm seeing on any of my 
> Samba servers.
> If I have 'max disk size = 10000', the freespace seen from my 
> Windows clients is 10GB, until the actual freespace drops 
> below that, when they then see the actual freespace (ie. 2GB) ...

Unfortunately, that is not the behaviour I'm seeing :(

Anyone else has any ideas about the "garbage" free/capacity problem?
Should I give more information? What kind of information?




> "Marc Gregoire" <samba at nuonsoft.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the reponse.
> I tried it, but that's not the correct solution. I've set it 
> to 10 GB and then it always says that there is 10 GB free, 
> even if there is only 2 GB free. At least, it doesn't display 
> as garbage anymore, but it's not correct.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Marc
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: webster at lexmark.com [mailto:webster at lexmark.com]
> >
> > Have you tried using the 'max disk size' parameter in  smb.conf  ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Marc Gregoire" <samba at nuonsoft.com>
> >
> > Anyone?
> > Is there something else that I can do to help pinpoint the problem?
> >
> > Best  Wishes,
> > Marc
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: samba-bounces+samba=nuonsoft.com at lists.samba.org
> > > [mailto:samba-bounces+samba=nuonsoft.com at lists.samba.org]
> > On Behalf Of
> > > Marc Gregoire
> > > Sent: zaterdag 1 oktober 2005 14:00
> > > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > > Cc: 'Gerald (Jerry) Carter'
> > > Subject: RE: [Samba] Free space/capacity displayed as garbage...
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:jerry at samba.org]
> > > >
> > > > Marc Gregoire wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >> I'm having some strange problems with Samba.
> > > > >> I have shared a linux folder on my samba and have
> > mapped it to a
> > > > >> drive letter in Windows XP (I also tried with Windows 2000).
> > > > >> When I right click my mapped drive and click on
> > > properties to view
> > > > >> the free space and capacity, I get all garbage as can be
> > > seen from
> > > > >> the screenshot at:
> > > > >> http://www.nuonsoft.com/temp/samba_free_space.jpg
> > > > >> I'm running the latest version 3.0.20 and it is running on
> > > > AlphaCore
> > > > >> which is Fedora Core 3 for the Alpha (64 bit platform). It
> > > > compiled
> > > > >> without problems with gcc 3.4.3.
> > > > >> Because of this issue, I'm unable to use my samba network
> > > > share from
> > > > >> programs that check the freespace before doing
> > > something, like for
> > > > >> example creating a cd image.
> > > >
> > > > Marc,
> > > >
> > > > Please try the just release 3.0.20a since there were 
> some 64-bit 
> > > > compile issues fixed in it.  Also, Can you very that
> > Samba has been
> > > > built with LFS ?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the response.
> > > I have tried version 3.0.20a, but I get the same problems.
> > > During configure, I get the following message:
> > >   checking for LFS support... yes
> > > So I suppose LFS is being used.
> > > After installing the new version I have rebooted the 
> system to make 
> > > sure, but same problem.
> > > I have also saved the full "make" output (see attachment)
> > which shows
> > > some pointer truncation warnings. Perhaps those are causing my 
> > > problems?