I had a quick look on the mailing list archive http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ (search for SAMBA) They were waffling about terabytes of data so I don't think it's a Samba issue. I suspect you need to have large file support set on you backup software and some other utilities such as ls. The Win2k server seems to be doing what it is supposed to :) and the debian box is just obliging.
The ls command may be getting confused with the large file, but dir is just doing what SAMBA is telling it. 4GB is trivial for an exchange database, BTW. They can grow into the hundreds of GB if you let them. Is your version of 'ls' compiled with largefile support? (file > 2GB) Regards, Jill. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2003 4:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] samba and large files Hey sluggers, I have a drive from a win2k server mounted on a debian box. I am using smbfs 2.2.3 (standard woody versin. The problem I have is that the file from this exchange server appears waaay too massive: the output of ls on the mounted share: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18446744073417531392 Jul 22 15:17 priv1.edb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1151344640 Jul 22 07:46 priv1.stm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 54534144 Jul 20 04:23 pub1.edb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 69214208 Jul 20 04:23 pub1.stm (output of dir in the mdbdata folder locally on the server) 22/07/2003 03:17p 4,002,947,072 priv1.edb 22/07/2003 07:46a 1,151,344,640 priv1.stm 20/07/2003 04:23a 54,534,144 pub1.edb 20/07/2003 04:23a 69,214,208 pub1.stm I am trying to copy these files around the network as a bit of a backup (after stopping the exchange service) and I can't get this to work nicely while samba reports the file size as so massive. I have other exchange files stores that are large but not this large - is there a limit to the size of file samba can handle? thanks dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
