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

From: Ed Wilts (ewilts_at_ewilts.org)
Date: 04/28/05

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    On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 05:53:18PM -0500, Debbie Tropiano 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).

    It's likely an application issue. To verify that you can create a 2GB
    file on the file system, simply do the following:

    # dd if=/dev/zero of=/u01/foo bs=1M count=2500

    That will create a 2.5GB file. 

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