On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 12:28:21PM +0200, Vizitiu, Ciprian wrote: > > > Re: Below I am using samba samba-3.0.0beta2-1.i386.rpm > > I had previously been on the latest redhat version of samba > > ... I need large file support... Do you know of a patch for > > the newer sambas or do I have to go backwards? (see reference below) > > > > I have a samba-2.2.5-1.i386.rpm but then I have to patch the > > kernel... redhat have some many kernel patches that this > > would seem to pose a > > constant maintenance > > issue. Is there a smart way around this? > > > AFAIK It's strictly a kernel issue not a samba issue. The kernel can not > handle files larger than 2G. At least not the "normal" one. Sometimes split > might help or, if you're using GNU tar, have a look at -M and the script > that gets called for this...
More particulary, the smbfs kernel module. You would be advised (as I often say) to either consider the CIFS VFS module, or wait until the patches to smbfs stabilise and and/or are included. Andrew Bartlett -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
