On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 07:20:44PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hola Eduardo, > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:24:11PM +0000, Eduardo P�rez Ureta wrote: > > > Why I can't create files bigger that 2GB using Debian sid with linux 2.4.19 > > smbfs as client and WinXP home as server? > > > Where's the problem: > > - linux 2.4.19 smbfs > > - smbfs > > - WinXP home > > ? > > > This is a common setup so more people like me will have this problem. > > Do you know a solution? > > Both the userspace and kernel pieces of smbfs must support LFS in order > for you to be able to access files > 2GB. As of Linux 2.4.19 and Samba > 3.0alpha20, neither has support for LFS by default: patches exist for > both, but they have not been included in official releases of either > the kernel or Samba. > > I'm cc:ing the upstream samba-technical mailing list on my reply, > because I believe that this is an increasingly important requirement for > the smbfs userbase, and that the Samba Team should seriously consider > making LFS support in smbfs a goal for the Samba 3.0 release.
The 'Samba Team' doesn't maintain smbfs, and without those changes a patch to smbmount doesn't make to much sense. That said, I don't mind applying them - but it's not been a priority. Andrew Bartlett
