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Hi,
system aix 4.3
when I execute umilit i get result "unlimited".
why cant i ftp or extract from media filesize over 2gig....
e.g FS /test/testy is large file enabled.

any help will be greatly appreciated.

thnx

What is the defined file size limit in /etc/security/limits? The default is 'fsize = 2097151'. Are you running ulimit with -a to see ALL the resource limitations?

Cheers,

Keith

Hi ..
below please find requested output.....do let me know what change is needed
ulimit -a displays
time(seconds) unlimited
file(blocks) unlimited
data(kbytes) unlimited
stack(kbytes) 4194304
memory(kbytes) unlimited
coredump(blocks) unlimited
nofiles(descriptors) 2000

and /etc/security/limit file displays
ptmf_2--root::/temp_holding/install/packages>pg /etc/security/limits

*
* Sizes are in multiples of 512 byte blocks, CPU time is in seconds
*
* fsize - soft file size in blocks
* core - soft core file size in blocks
* cpu - soft per process CPU time limit in seconds
* data - soft data segment size in blocks
* stack - soft stack segment size in blocks
* rss - soft real memory usage in blocks
* nofiles - soft file descriptor limit
* fsize_hard - hard file size in blocks
* core_hard - hard core file size in blocks
* cpu_hard - hard per process CPU time limit in seconds
* data_hard - hard data segment size in blocks
* stack_hard - hard stack segment size in blocks
* rss_hard - hard real memory usage in blocks
* nofiles_hard - hard file descriptor limit
*
* The following table contains the default hard values if the
* hard values are not explicitly defined:
*
* Attribute Value
* ========== ============
* fsize_hard set to fsize
* cpu_hard set to cpu
* core_hard -1
* data_hard -1
* stack_hard -1
* rss_hard -1
* nofiles_hard -1
*
* NOTE: A value of -1 implies "unlimited"
*

default:
fsize = 2097151
core = 2048
cpu = -1
data = 262144
rss = 65536
stack = 65536
nofiles = 2000

root:
fsize = -1
cpu = -1
core = -1
data = -1
rss = -1
stack = -1

daemon:

bin:

sys:

adm:

uucp:

guest:

nobody:

lpd:

nuucp:

netinst:

oracle:
fsize = -1
data = -1
stack = -1
core = -1

colddba:
fsize = -1
data = -1
stack = -1
core = -1
fsize_hard = -1
core_hard = -1
cpu_hard = -1
data_hard = -1
stack_hard = -1


author:
core = -1
fsize = -1
data = -1
stack = -1
fsize_hard = -1
core_hard = -1
cpu_hard = -1
data_hard = -1
stack_hard = -1

config:
sysadmin:
fsize = 0
core = 0
data = 0
stack = 0

ryanja:
fsize = -1
core = -1
data = -1
stack = -1

I have the same problem here on AIX, cannot write file greater than 2GB, it get aborted after writing 1.999GB. I have set fsize to -1 and fsize_hard to -1 as the documentation says -1 implies unlimited. Problem still persists. What can be done to solve this problem? Pls help out!!!