Topic: smbfs > 2G support

[wellsi]

It would be good to have >2G files supported with smbfs.
(Note: samba supports >2G, this is about the
smbfs kernel module)

I believe that upgrading the kernel to 2.6 would resolve this. Or there are kernel patches.

Some links to explain more about this:
Redhat Bug list:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68277

Samba list (just on typical post)
http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2002-August/049578.html

Redhat list - just another post.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2003-July/msg00334.html

The short term answer appears to be use smbclient.

Ian

[gatox]

Hi Wellsi,

I regularly backup files from PCs & laptops that are over 3gb in size and without any problems.

Using SME v6.0

Regards,

[wellsi]

When using smbfs there is a limit:

mount -t smbfs -o username=me,password=xxxxxxxx //gatekeeper/foodir /bardir

This only supports files <2 GB

When using samba (eg smbclient) then fies >2 GB are OK.

There are ways to remove the limitation on smbfs, but they are not implemented (and I don't have the skill to resolve this)