[169] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: Problem with Large Files on rt_aix221
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Andrews)
Mon Jun 24 18:11:56 1991
From: bob@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Bob Andrews)
To: Dan_Hamel@transarc.com
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 91 13:36:50 PDT
Cc: Info-AFS@transarc.com
In-Reply-To: <AcNXW_30BwwQI13sFQ@transarc.com>; from "Dan_Hamel@transarc.com" at Jun 24, 91 2:23 pm
Dan_Hamel@transarc.com writes:
>
> I was able to resolve the problem on our RT's by setting the filesize
> limit to a very large value, both for users and for AFS processes (the
> default is 4Mb).
>
> For users, a new filesize limit can be encoded in the 'information'
> field of the /etc/passwd file, as follows:
>
> hamel:!:6622:11:Dan Hamel/100000:/afs/transarc.com/usr/hamel:/bin/csh
> ^^^^^^^
> This sets the filesize to 100000 * 512, or 50Mb for the user. As an
> alternative to editing the passwd file directly, you can set the
> user's filesize limit via the "users" tool.
>
A much better way of handling this is to put a line in /etc/environment
of the form:
filesize=100000
The way you're fixing it, software (news,mail) that looks at the name
entry in the pw file will pick up the "/100000" as part of the mail...
Bob
