Hi!

I run apache 2.0.53 and it seems that apache doesn't allow to access some files when there are too big. I explain: in one directory I have a few files (zip, iso, tar.bz2, rar,...). I can reach with the browser all files that are until 1.3GB. But I have a file that is 2.7GB and another one that is 3.8GB big and when I give their urls I get the message
. The rights and owners are exaclty the same for all files, and all files are in the same directory. Some I suppose that the problem has to do with the size of the files. Is there a line in httpd.conf that I may change in order to access those files?

thanks for any advice.

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I couldn't find a definitive answer, but I did see some posts that suggest there is a 2GB limit on Apache downloads. For example:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=387137

Apache has a LimitRequestBody directive to limit download size, and the maximum you can set it to is 2GB:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod...mitrequestbody

You might check your error_log for additional clues, but I would recommend using FTP instead for files of this size.

Thanks! I really have to get the habit to look in the error-logs! I would have seen this:
this 2GB limit doesn't make my business easier. I do not want to install a ftp server just because of those very few datas that concern only one person. I gess the personn will have to use scp then (I hope there isn't any limit!).

If you really want to use http for this, you can probably find a utility to chop up the file into smaller pieces. Then the user can download the pieces and put them back together. I don't know if that will be worth the trouble though.

probably not. some users want to deliver some big files to other users of the server. so this problem doesn't constitute the main activity of the server (it's a webserver). for those big files, they will have to use scp or make smaller archives if they think it worths it.

Not sure, but isn't the 2Gb a limitation in the 2.4 kernel in stead of an apache limitation? If so, then you can try to upgrade to kernel 2.6