[Samba] Questions about file system support in Samba
Stéphane Purnelle
stephane.purnelle at tiscali.be
Sun Feb 5 18:02:40 GMT 2006
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Hibbard Smith a écrit :
> Here it is. As I said, I'm new at Samba.
>
> This is really borrowed from the sample provided with FC4. I've
> edited out everything that I had commented out and the commentary
> in the interest of size.
>
> Thank you all for all the help.
Here, your smb.conf with some corrections :
[global]
netbios name = Shadow1
workgroup = LANGROUP
log level = 5 # for debug, it's better, for prod : 1
server string = Samba Server
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
security = user
password level = 8
username level = 8
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = no
#============= Share Definitions =====================
# idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
# idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
# template shell = /bin/false
# winbind use default domain = no
# username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
# security = user # double
# encrypt passwords = yes # double
; guest ok = no
; guest account = nobody
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes
printable = no
[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
read only = no
; public = yes
[public]
path = /TheArray
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
; guest ok = yes
; public = yes
valid users = judith smitty # Theses users exists in passwd and
smbpasswd ?
# printable = no
Could you send the content of the mount command and show me the line
with display the mount of /TheArray (the xfs FS).
And also the content of log file after a test.
> Hopefully, this isn't too screwed up!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Smitty Hibbard T. Smith, JR smitty at essnjay.com
>
>
>> -----Original Message----- From:
>> samba-bounces+smitty=essnjay.com at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-
>> bounces+smitty=essnjay.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane
>> Purnelle Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 11:55 AM To:
>> samba at lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Questions about file
>> system support in Samba
>>
> Hibbard Smith a écrit :
>>>> I tried to access these shares from Windows XP Pro SP2 and
>>>> got
> identical
>>>> results. Ext3 filesystems smaller than 2 GB work fine.
> Anything bigger
>>>> than 2 GB and xfs filesystems of any size fails.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I'm going to have to resort to reading code, posting
>>>> on
> bugzilla as
>>>> a bug and maybe switching to a Windows based server. I
>>>> really
> need to get
>>>> this system up and doing its intended job.
>>>>
>>>> I'd really like to hear from someone that they are actually
> exporting ext3
>>>> filesystems larger than 2 GB and xfs filesystems and it's
> working. If
>>>> they're doing so with the Fedora core 4 release, that would
> definitely point
>>>> to something strange here.
>>>>
>>>> Smitty Hibbard T. Smith, JR smitty at essnjay.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From:
>>>>> samba-bounces+smitty=essnjay.com at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-
>>>>> bounces+smitty=essnjay.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Craig
> White
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:29 PM To:
>>>>> samba at lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Questions about
>>>>> file system support in Samba
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 12:00 -0500, Hibbard Smith wrote:
>>>>>> I'm a relative newcomer to Samba, but very experienced
>>>>>> with
> computers
>>>>> and
>>>>>> linux. I'm attempting to build a file/backup server for
>>>>>> a
> small shop.
>>>>> I'm
>>>>>> using Fedora core 4 and samba on a system with a 2.1 TB
>>>>>> RAID
> 50 array
>>>>>> formatted as 1 very large xfs partition. I want to share
>>>>>>
> directories
>>>>>> (folders) within the partition with a few Windows XP-Pro
>>>>>> SP2
> systems
>>>>> which
>>>>>> are our primary work-stations. Currently I'm running
> samba-3.0.21b. I
>>>>>> started with the 3.0.14 that was released with FC4, but
> upgraded to the
>>>>>> "latest and greatest" when I couldn't make the original
>>>>>> work
> correctly.
>>>>> The
>>>>>> kernel has also been upgraded to the Fedora released
> 2.6.14.1-1656- FC4-
>>>>> SMP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our business is primarily imaging and video. A large
> percentage of our
>>>>>> files are over 2 GB with some way over that. Therefore,
>>>>>> the
> only way
>>>>> this
>>>>>> could be useful is with very large shared file systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are the issues and my questions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I try to share this large partition (2.1 TB xfs) and
>>>>>> use
> smbclient
>>>>> to
>>>>>> access it, the log records an error which states that
>>>>>> "the share
> doesn't
>>>>>> exist or can't be accessed The error was access denied".
>>>>>> I've
> made the
>>>>> share
>>>>>> mode 0777 just to make sure permissions wouldn't get in
>>>>>> the
> way. If I
>>>>> move
>>>>>> the share to an ext3 file system that's smaller than 2 GB
>>>>>> it works correctly. Any file system over 2 GB or any
>>>>>> size xfs file system
>>>>> produces
>>>>>> the error. I haven't even tried to access the shares
>>>>>> from a
> Windows
>>>>> system
>>>>>> yet, I'm just using smbclient on the Fedora system. I'm
> pretty sure
>>>>> I've
>>>>>> got the config and permissions right because just
>>>>>> changing the
> share to
>>>>> an
>>>>>> ext3 file system under 2 GB works fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, here's my question(s):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) Does samba work with xfs file systems?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) Does samba work with large file systems (2 GB
>>>>>> +)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3) If the answer to the above is yes, what might I
>>>>>> be doing
> wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I haven't been able to find limits documented anywhere.
> However, I see
>>>>> a
>>>>>> great deal of discussion on the web about files over 2 GB
>>>>>>
> along with
>>>>>> suggestions that they work fine. This would imply that
>>>>>> file
> systems of
>>>>> over
>>>>>> 2 GB must work okay. I've also seen much discussion
>>>>>> which would
> suggest
>>>>>> that xfs works fine also. All this discussion seems to
> indicate that
>>>>> I've
>>>>>> got something wrong. I'm just not sure what it is or how
>>>>>> to
> proceed. I
>>>>>> have turned samba debugging up and the logs show that the
>>>>>> correct
>>>>> user/group
>>>>>> is being used and that case is working okay. So, I'm
>>>>>> really
> confused and
>>>>> I
>>>>>> sure would appreciate any help. I really need to get
>>>>>> this
> done and I
>>>>> don't
>>>>>> like the alternative (Windows Server 2003).
>>>>>>
>>>>> ---- I don't use smbclient much at all but am of the belief
>>>>> that
> smbclient
>>>>> application would use an smbfs type mount and my
>>>>> understanding
> is that
>>>>> an smbfs mount would error on files > 2Gb whereas the cifs
> mount would
>>>>> not.
>>>>>
>>>>> samba should have no problems with filesystem of that size.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig
>>>>>
>>>>> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL
>>>>> and read the instructions:
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> What exactly is the error in samba log ? Can you verify the mount
> point description and the right of directory that you want to
> share. Could you send your smb.conf ?
>
>
> -- Stéphane Purnelle <stephane.purnelle at tiscali.be> Site Web :
> http://www.linuxplusvalue.be
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