[Samba] 32 bits limit?

[mathias dufresne]

I have also forgotten to say Samba version is 4.2.1 sernet. Perhaps this
limitation has disappeared with next 4.2.2...

2015-06-01 15:28 GMT+02:00 mathias dufresne <infractory at gmail.com>:

> Once more, my bad : )
> I'm using Ext4 file system, so no limitation from there (or missed
> something)
>
> 2015-06-01 15:12 GMT+02:00 Sébastien Le Ray <sebastien-samba at orniz.org>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there any possibility that you're using a filesystem which such
>> limitations?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Le 01/06/2015 15:11, mathias dufresne a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> You're quiet right, I'm using a 64 bits system and I was surprised by
>>> this
>>> file size limitation on such a system. My bad regarding the title : )
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> mathias
>>>
>>> 2015-06-01 15:03 GMT+02:00 Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny at googlemail.com>:
>>>
>>>  On 01/06/15 13:47, mathias dufresne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Sorry I don't understand you answer. For me 32 bits platforms are dead
>>>>> on
>>>>> server side. So nobody would set up a new AD using Samba 4 above a 32
>>>>> bits
>>>>> system.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-06-01 14:34 GMT+02:00 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Am 01.06.2015 um 14:09 schrieb mathias dufresne:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   Still playing with a big database (120k users, 150k computers) I
>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> split my users into a lot of OUs. This increased the database size
>>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>> was not able to finish to add users into the DB because database file
>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>> reached 4GB size which seems to be the limit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> First: am I right to say file
>>>>>>> /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb.d/DC=example,DC=com.ldb has a maximum
>>>>>>> size
>>>>>>> of 4GB?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Secondly: if I'm right about the size limit, why this size limit?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   because nobody expects such setups on 32bit?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_file_support
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hi, I think there is some misunderstanding here, probably because
>>>> your
>>>> subject was: '32 bits limit?'
>>>> I think what you mean is, 'even though I  am using a 64bit system, I can
>>>> only have a 4GB  ldb file.', this is a valid question that I think will
>>>> have to answered by one of the devs.
>>>>
>>>> Rowland
>>>>
>>>> Rowland
>>>>
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