Wuftpd 2.6.2 problem with files grater then 2 Gigabyte 1

[herzel]

Hi
I did install wuftp 2.6.2 on Solaris 8.
The reason I did replace the built in ftp server is that there was request to use anonymous ftp server that disable the logged in users to travel through the Solaris file system and limit their access to their own home directory.
The problem we are encountering is that when trying to transfer or even "ls" file larger then 2 gigabyte error is given and the file transfer does cancel.
The problem occurs in all the 6 installation of wuftpd on all solaris 8 servers.
Can anyone help? Advice?
Does anyone encounter or do have this situation with wuftpd server?
Can anyone suggest solution with this ftp server?
If no does anyone know ftp server that do the same kind of work (anonymous ftp that limit access to home dir)?

Any help will be appreciated!

 

[bfitzmai]

Herzel,
This is probably not a application problem but a Solaris 8 default limit. The is a 2 GB limit on fizesize transfers... Try this command and see if it fixes your problem.

limit filesize unlimited

 

[herzel]

Thank you very much bfitzmai for your very quick response.

I did think of this limitation also but when I did put file in 2.5 Gigabyte in the file system, there were no problem I can add that I even uninstalled the wuftpd package and brought back original ftp server resulting in successful transfer of the mentioned file.
I do not have access to this system till Wednesday I will try to check your suggestion with the limit/ulimit command but can you (or anybody else)think of anything else?
Do you think its still ulimit problem?

 

[Annihilannic]

When you say transfer or even "ls" file larger then 2 gigabyte error is given... what is the error message that is given? Do you see an error message on the server side?

Also, where did you obtain this copy of wuftpd? Did you compile it yourself from source?

Annihilannic.

 

[herzel]

Thank you annihilannic for your interset.

The error message I do have when trying to ls (from wuftpd)is :
"550 tt1: Value too large for defined data type."
when "ttl" is the name of the file in size of 3.6Gb
the whole session looks like this:




"uashk12 /syb_backup #ftp 127.0.0.1
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
220 uashk12 FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2(1) Wed Aug 6 08:40:01 EDT 2003) ready.
Name (127.0.0.1:root): root
331 Password required for root.
Password:
230 User root logged in.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
-v
MQ.UMHRH02.MQS
SAR_Tnuva_1.txt
agentID.txt
dead.letter
localq_status
logger.db
mbox
mq_check
ntop.db
ntop_pw.db
ora_backup
restoresymtable
strings
symdg
symrdf_{}_every5sec.txt
symreplicate_{}.txt
xs.c
226 Transfer complete.
223 bytes received in 0.0018 seconds (121.05 Kbytes/s)
ftp> pwd
257 "/" is current directory.
ftp> cd /syb_backup
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
copyright
trm.tgz
550 tt1: Value too large for defined data type.
20 bytes received in 0.00081 seconds (24.14 Kbytes/s)
ftp>"


here is example of trying to get file with wuftpd server:

D:\>ftp uashk12
Connected to uashk12.tnuva.co.il.
220 uashk12 FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2(1) Wed Aug 6 08:40:01 EDT 2003) ready
User (uashk12.tnuva.co.ilnone)): root
331 Password required for root.
Password:
230 User root logged in.
ftp> cd /syb_backup
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> hash
Hash mark printing On ftp: (2048 bytes/hash mark) .
ftp> bin
200 Type set to I.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
copyright
trm.tgz

550 tt1: Value too large for defined data type.
ftp: 20 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 20000.00Kbytes/sec.
200 PORT command successful.
ftp> get tt1
200 PORT command successful.
550 tt1: Value too large for defined data type.
ftp>"

Any comment will be highly appreciated!

 

[Annihilannic]

Okay, to my other question? Where did you get this copy of wuftpd? Did you compile it yourself? If so, with what options, etc.

Annihilannic.

 

[herzel]

Thanks;
The package is from:

http://www.sunfreeware.com/

It’s binary and had been installed with pkgadd.
Not compiled by myself.
Shall I compile it from source?
If yes can you please advice what is the procedure or command line option for compilation?

Thank you very much annihilannic for your great and professional help!

 

[Annihilannic]

It seems that it's a limitation of wu-ftpd itself. You can work around it by modifying the source as described here:

http://mirror.eco.unicas.it/wu-ftpd/mail-archive/wu-ftpd/2002/Jan/0000.html

However it may be wiser to go with a more actively maintained FTP daemon such as vsftpd.

Annihilannic.

 

[herzel]

Thank you very much annihliannic!

I did implement vsftpd.
Have star for very professional support.