In article <MPG.1c0f17ead8e65c949896b9@news-50.giganews.com>, I said ...

> I've just setup a Linux box (running Debian 2.2.20) and have setup Samba
> on it to provide file sharing to a few WinXP clients. Normal file
> operations (read/write/create/delete/etc.) are all working fine.
> However, attempting to create large files (backup drive images,
> specifically, each about 4GB) fails - as soon as the file reaches
> 2147483647 bytes the process fails. Creating the same file locally on
> the WinXP box works fine.
>
> The receiving partition on the Linux box has about 130GB free, and is
> using the ext2 filesystem. Is ext2 and/or Samba limited to filesizes of
> 2GB, or have I overlooked something?
>

Just a quick followup ... the problem also occurs when simply copying a
file >2GB to the server from a WinXP client.

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