On Oct 12 2016, Nikhil Choudhary <nikh...@taligentx.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 3:41 PM, Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> wrote:
>> 
>> So the only objects that are lost are s3ql_metadata, s3ql_passphrase
>> s3ql_seq_no no?
>
> Hello Nikolaus, thanks for the quick response!  This is correct.
>
>> As long as at least one s3ql_seq_no object is present, this should not
>> pose a problem.
>
> Does the particular object matter or is any one sufficient?  I
> recovered s3ql_seq_no_[4,5,6,8,10,13]

Any one will do.

>> If the s3ql_metadata object is missing, fsck.s3ql can recreate it from
>> the .db file. You may have to comment out one or two lines in fsck.s3ql
>> to deal with the complete absence of existing metadata.
>
> Good to hear, I looked into the patches that you’ve posted previously for 
> prioritizing local cache.
>
>> The s3ql_passphrase object can be recovered from the master key, but
>> currently there is no code to do that.
>
> Not so good to hear, if this is the roadblock that it sounds like, I’m
> in for a restoration from scratch.

I'll see if I can find a few minutes to send you a patch. It shouldn't
be too complicated.

>> Sounds like a terrible idea. What are you trying to achieve with this?
>
> I’m not a fan of convoluted setups either, they seem prone to
> breakage.  That said, this is a way to get s3ql’s dedupe, encryption,
> and caching capabilities working with ACD.

Yeah, but why don't you simply use S3 instead of ACD? 


Best,
-Nikolaus
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