Category: Samba

“Not enough space” error on samba share

Problem: Trying to access new NTFS samba share on Ubuntu Server 10.04 from Vista SP2 machine. Copying from server share to local hard drive works fine, but copying from local hard drive to server share gives an error: “Not enough space on volume, try removing files to free up space” Share has ~500GB free, copying…


“There is not enough space” Vista network share error

So annoying!! I kept getting this error when trying to copy files from Vista to a samba network share. There is plenty of free space on the share (~500GB). Finally found this hotfix on microsoft’s support site. Hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954037 NOTE: This should be taken care of with Vista SP2 and above.