i am Linux 2.4.20-28.7 , samba Version 2.2.7-security-rollup-fix

and i can't seems to copy files >2 G on windows plateform. Is there a way do fix this thing without upgrade the kernel?


thanks in advance

I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with your kernel, 2.4.20 should support files >2Gb. However your samba version is quite antic... you better try to update this before anything else.

forgot to mention i am using redhat 7.3

When i try to upgrade to samba (which i compile from srouce.rpm coz i can't find the binary ver for redhat 7.3) , i got some error message:


root@antivirus:/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386$ rpm -Uvh samba-3.0.14a-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:samba warning: /etc/samba/smb.conf created as /etc/samba/smb.conf.rpmnew
########################################### [100%]
Moving tdb files in /var/cache/samba/*.tdb to /var/lib/samba/*.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/brlock.tdb to /var/lib/samba/brlock.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/connections.tdb to /var/lib/samba/connections.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/locking.tdb to /var/lib/samba/locking.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/messages.tdb to /var/lib/samba/messages.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb to /var/lib/samba/ntdrivers.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/ntforms.tdb to /var/lib/samba/ntforms.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/ntprinters.tdb to /var/lib/samba/ntprinters.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/printing.tdb to /var/lib/samba/printing.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/sessionid.tdb to /var/lib/samba/sessionid.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/share_info.tdb to /var/lib/samba/share_info.tdb
Moving /var/cache/samba/unexpected.tdb to /var/lib/samba/unexpected.tdb
Installing stack version of /etc/pam.d/samba...
error: execution of %postun scriptlet from samba-2.2.7-3.7.3 failed, exit status 1
warning: /etc/xinetd.d/swat saved as /etc/xinetd.d/swat.rpmsave


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after that i restart samba and now is version 3.014 But i still get the file size exceed limit , which is only a 3G file and only 2G is allow to copy till the error mesg pop up.

ok, i tried to use 'smbclient' and xfer 3g file has no problem. But i wonder is there any alternative commmands other then mount -t smbfs or smbmount i can use? Its easier to put them in script for autoback up.


thx

if you add a line for what you want to mount in /etc/fstab, you will be able to mount using the usual mount command ( i.e : mount //what/shared /where/to )

mount is of no problem , its just that i can't xfer file size >2 G if i mount then cp.


I can do smbclient batch copy by:
smbclient //file-share/backups -A /root/samba_credentials -c "prompt;mput *.*;exit"


But dono how to copy directory.Man smbclient mention sth about mask. I always had a hard time to fully understand Man's explaination lol. Can someone help me with the directory copying thing?

you can use lfs option while mounting.