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Re: 2 GB filesize limit, followup
Todd Lyons wanted us to know:
>>>> Last night, an ldap server died with the (non-exact) error unable
>>>> to write to gdbm. The id2entry.gdbm file was a byte below 2 Gigs.
>>>> In subsequent testing with dd, I cannot create a file bigger than
>>>> 2*1024*1024*1024 bytes. Could someone please verify that: a) I
>>>> need to rebuild something like glibc. b) I do not need to rebuild
>>>> openldap.
>I think the 2 GB file limitation was a red herring. Part of the problem
>was my own impatience. Had I been more patient, I would have seen that
>I could in fact make a file bigger than 2 GB. It just took an extra 90
For mailing list archival purposes, it was in fact due to the 2 GB
filelimit. gdbm cannot write past the 2 GB mark. gdbm was dying which
was causing slapd to die. I have since added a blurb on the FaqOMatic
at http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=756&showLastModified=show
Thanks to Howard and the others for helping me understand what was
happening yesterday.
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Regards... Todd
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