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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:samba- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig White > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:29 PM > To: [email protected] > 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: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
