Redhat file permission cannot open

[Calvin Tan Tjin Wei]

hi all,

I have a a problem. i cannot open a file that is 2G in size. i am not able to tail, cat, move or copy the file.
The error that comes back is permission denied.
Would really need help on this.

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Calvin

[Sak]

Hi Calvin,

Can you give me more information about are you root permission? or system log file when you try to copy or move file.

Somsak

[Florian Heigl (new acc) · Accepted solution]

What type of filesystem does the file reside on? there can be a few issues with 2GB files on ext2.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Please post the output of:

id
ls -la /path/to/filename_of_2GB
ls -la /path/to/destination/directory

Where destination directory is the directory where you want to copy/move the file.

[Calvin Tan Tjin Wei]

hi all,

The problem was solved as there was an antivirus installed on the box which doesn't allow large files to be open or altered.
after stopping the antivirus we were able to look into the log files.

Thank you for your support.

Regards,
Calvin

[Calvin Tan Tjin Wei]

thank you