[OpenAFS] Large file weirdness

Helge Bahmann bahmann@math.tu-freiberg.de
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:17:19 +0200 (CEST)


Hello list!

I'm running OpenAFS-1.2.3 on Debian Woody kernel 2.4.18 (both client and
server)

Is the problem below fixed in latest release?

Salvaging does correct the use percentage, but as I just discovered this
can be abused to exceed your quota.

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bahmann@storch:~$ fs lq .
Volume Name                   Quota      Used %Used   Partition
users.bahmann               4000000    240455    6%         25%
bahmann@storch:~$ dd if=/dev/zero of=largefile bs=1048576 count=1 \
seek=2047
File size limit exceeded
bahmann@storch:~$ ls -l largefile
-rw-r--r--    1 bahmann  users    2147483647 13. Jun 11:04 largefile
bahmann@storch:~$ fs lq .
Volume Name                   Quota      Used %Used   Partition
users.bahmann               4000000 -14439409 -361%        -56%
bahmann@storch:~$ rm largefile
bahmann@storch:~$ fs lq .
Volume Name                   Quota      Used %Used   Partition
users.bahmann               4000000 -16536561 -413%        -69%
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Regards
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