File size limit in CIFS

[Keetawat]

Dear All,
I have some question that FreeNAS can limit file size when users put file into the shared folder.
Please advise.

Thank you in advance.

 

[anodos]

I don't think that's possible at the protocol level for SMB. You can set quotas ZFS datasets that limits the total size of the dataset, but not the individual files.

 

[zoomzoom]

There's a couple of ways to do this with quotas that I saw just skimming a few pages on a search for "samba restrict file size"

• In case you need it, here's the samba man page collection

 

[anodos]

There's a couple of ways to do this with quotas that I saw just skimming a few pages on a search for "samba restrict file size"

• In case you need it, here's the samba man page collection

Specifically, you can edit /etc/login.conf (or use racct / rctl) to impose filesize limits: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/security-resourcelimits.html
The problem with this approach is that it will most likely not persist across reboots, which means creating an init script to impose a filesize limit on the group of users.

 

[Keetawat]

Dear All,
Thank you for your replied. I could not found the "/etc/security/limits.conf" and also I use the CIFS service.
So the solution could not be done, please advise.
Thank you.

 

[anodos]

Dear All,
Thank you for your replied. I could not found the "/etc/security/limits.conf" and also I use the CIFS service.
So the solution could not be done, please advise.
Thank you.

Well, after looking at it a bit closer, I don't think that using racct / rctl as a way of limiting size of files copied by samba is practical. I'm a bit curious, why do you need to do this?