[NTLUG:Discuss] Netware 'salvage' feature wanted in SAMBA.

[Richard Geoffrion]

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From: <kbrannen at gte.net>
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Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Netware 'salvage' feature wanted in SAMBA.


> Rick Moncello wrote:
> > On my RedHat 7.3 system, this is already installed, and integrated with,
the
> > filesystem:
> >
> > man chattr
>
> Cool!  Learn something new everyday.  However... :-/  That is only useful
if
> you use ext2 or ext3 (I do only for /boot and nothing else, my other
> partitions are reiserfs), plus the man page says:
>
> ---
>         When  a  file  with the `u' attribute set is deleted, its contents
are
> saved.  This allows the
>         user to ask for its undeletion.

That is cool!  now, can SAMBA change the attribute of every file saved to
+u?  Only, I'm running ReiserFS also.

>
>
> BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
>         As of Linux 2.2, the `c', 's',  and `u' attribute are not honored
by
>   the  kernel  filesystem
>         code.    These attributes will be implemented in a future ext2 fs
version.
> ---
>
> As the RH 7.x distros are 2.2+, that means the "u" option is not not on
the
> system.  Or is there another option I'm missing?

It's rough, huh...raising ones hopes only to dash them again!
>
> Kevin
>
>

ok..so now I'm looking for a ReiserFS equivalent to +u...and then a way to
get SAMBA to chattr(reiser style) on all files saved via SAMBA..

hmmm......

-Richard