This issue occurs if a file size reported within the operating system of the source Linux operating system is inaccurate. Specifically, In Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora version 4.x operating systems, this may be caused by the /var/log/lastlog file..
The /var/log/lastlog file is used to store information about successful logins to the operating systems. In earlier versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora 4.x, the file size can be misrepresented if this file is corrupted.