32536 – "max disk size" in smb.conf does not limit disk usage.

Bug 32536 - "max disk size" in smb.conf does not limit disk usage.

Summary: "max disk size" in smb.conf does not limit disk usage.

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Gentoo Security Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-11-02 05:18 UTC by HAGIHARA Yoshiaki
Modified:	2003-11-02 13:16 UTC (History)
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Description HAGIHARA Yoshiaki 2003-11-02 05:18:21 UTC

In the XML 2214-2215:

  #Add a max size of usage in kilobytes
  max disk size = 102400

But man smb.conf says:

   max disk size (G)
      This option allows you to put an upper  limit  on  the  apparent
      size  of  disks.  If  you set this option to 100 then all shares
      will appear to be not larger than 100 MB in size.

      Note that this option does not limit the amount of data you  can
      put  on  the  disk. In the above case you could still store much
      more than 100 MB on the disk, but if a client ever asks for  the
      amount of free disk space or the total disk size then the result
      will be bounded by the amount specified in max disk size.

I think this part of guide will mislead readers.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-02 13:16:07 UTC

I've updated it to:

#Maximum size smb shows for a share (not a limit)
max disk size = 102400