Entries for /etc/sysctl.conf and file size limits

[Debbie Tropiano]

Alexey -

Thanks, but the problem was with NFS.  The filesystem was mounted
as version 2 and that cause the file truncation.  Remounting as
version 3 allows it to work correctly.

Thanks again for the guess,
Debbie

On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 03:39:28PM +0400, Alexey Fadyushin wrote:
> >We're running kernel 2.6.6 and having issues with file size limits
> >(on some of our systems, the users are not able to create files
> >larger than 2G .. yes, we have very large files).  I've looked and
> >looked but can't see where this is set (and I've already checked
> >ulimit but those values are set at unlimited).
> >
> >My thought is that I need to set something in /etc/sysctl.conf, but
> >I can't find anything that documents all of the possible entries that
> >one can make.  Is there something?
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated,
> >Debbie
> >
> Most probably you have a problem with an application program which 
> processes the big files. The 2.6 kernel itself can process large (>2GB) 
> files without problem, however any program which tries to work with such 
> files should be written with the support of large files.

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