Change ulimit to allow file transfer

What are your current limits?  Run as root:

ulimit -a

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Hi,

first, run

lssec -f /etc/security/limits -s root -a fsize_hard

If you see "root fsize_hard=-1" then you can set your file size limit to "unlimited" by just issuing

ulimit -f unlimited

If the above "lssec" command returns no value or a value other than -1 issue

chsec -f /etc/security/limits -s root -a fsize_hard=-1

then use "ulimit -f unlimited" to set the limit to "unlimited".

Please be aware that if the target filesystem is "jfs" (as opposed to "jfs2") it must be enabled for large files, otherwise there is a hard 2 GB limit.

Check with

lsfs -q /mount/point

if "VFS" is "jfs" then "bf: true" must be displayed.

Please note that "bf" is a creation time option which cannot be set afterwards.

# ulimit -a
time(seconds)        unlimited
file(blocks)         unlimited
data(kbytes)         131072
stack(kbytes)        32768
memory(kbytes)       unlimited
coredump(blocks)     2097151
nofiles(descriptors) 2000
#

file errors out around 1GB with the error.

What can I check?

Thank you.

Did you check the jfs type and "bf" (see my comment)?

What do you see with

quota

?

VFS          Size               Options
  jfs2         348127232    rw


 (lv size: 348127232, fs size: 348127232, block size: 4096, sparse files: yes, inline log: no, inli
ne log size: 0, EAformat: v1, Quota: no, DMAPI: no, VIX: no)
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Are you sure that it's "root" who performs the transfer?

Which transfer tool are you using? Which is the exact command?

I am using ftp to do the transfer.  

When I type whoami it returns root.

So you're doing this on AIX as root:

cd target_dir
ftp sourcehost
cd source_dir
get filename

right? If so, and if ulimit -f returns "unlimited" as you wrote, I can only assume a filesystem issue (corruption?), because everything should work just fine.

Is there something suspicious in

errpt | more

?

I am trying to ftp a file to the server.  I am doing an ftp to the aix box.  Changing to the directory I want to place the file.  Then doing a put to transfer the file to the box.

Nothing in the errpt that's  unusual.

So you're doing this on the source machine

cd source_dir
ftp aix_server
(log in as root) <-- This is important!
cd target_dir
put filename

Right?

That's correct.

Please make sure that the ulimit on AIX is indeed permanently set to unlimited by issuing

lssec -f /etc/security/limits -s root -a fsize

right after login and before issuing any ulimit command.

If it's still "-1" I must admit that I'm out of ideas.

Here is the output

# lssec -f /etc/security/limits -s root -a fsize
root fsize=
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Then:

lssec -f /etc/security/limits -s default -a fsize

If this gives an empty (or low) value too  - are you setting root's fsize limit in the .profile?

Please remember that profiles are not executed under FTP!

It did return an empty value.   I am setting this from the command line.  What do you mean in the profile?

# lssec -f /etc/security/limits -s default -a fsize
default fsize=
#