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Any help with this is appreciated. Barry Smoke District Network Administrator Bryant Public Schools -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Samba] Re: [K12OSN] Re: [Lrlug-discuss]emergency....file/directory >recovery > Date: 03 Jun 2002 17:03:27 -0500 > > On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 04:55:44PM -0500, Barry Smoke wrote: > > We have had another instance of this..... > > since I am forwarding to other lists, "this" involves a lost file, due > > to accidental deletion. > > > in this case, we had a backup, but from the backup time, till deletion > > time, a lot of data had been lost. > > > So, we have not enough disk space to do hourly backups, > > novell allowed recovery of a lost file like this, > > so: > > > is there a filesystem that we need to switch to, that is still linux > > compatible that has file recovery like this?.....journaled...? > > > Is there an application level program, that keeps stuff that has been > > deleted?....besides backup, and backup often!? > > > This is mostly a samba issue, for windows users.... > > maybe there should be a samba plug-in, or a purge type structure built > > in to samba-core. > > > This appears to be a real problem for us. > > > I think this will plague other districts/organizations/businesses in the > > decision to move to linux, where using samba is possible, but at what > > cost to file integrity...(maybe integrity is not the right word...) > > As I'm sure the people on the Samba list (whom you've cc:ed) will be happy > to tell you, there is a "vfs trashcan" implementation available for Samba > 2.2 and above. I believe it's part of the main Samba source in the Samba > 3.0 CVS and will soon be built by default there; I'm not exactly sure what > you have to do to get this for Samba 2.2.x, and will defer to Samba list > denizens. > > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer > > > > On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 17:27, Bryan Voss wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 17:01, Barry Smoke wrote: > > > > We were doing a re-install of our imagecast software on our samba > > > > server, and the install deleted the images folder with 3 years worth of > > > > images in it. Can we get these back? > > > > > > The only info I have is for ext2 filesystems. Not sure how applicable it > > > is for other filesystems, so YMMV. > > > > > > 1) Take the system offline ***IMMEDIATELY***. Preferably by just > > > shutting it off without even doing a shutdown. The longer it runs, the > > > more likely your lost data has been overwritten. Even doing a proper > > > shutdown can overwrite some of the data. > > > > > > 2) Remove the drive/drives and hook them up to another system. > > > > > > 3) Mount the filesystem(s) read-only. > > > > > > 4) Download and compile The Coroner's Toolkit, which contains a couple > > > of utilities you will need: unrm and lazarus. You can get TCT at: > > > http://www.fish.com/tct/ . You may also want to get TCTUTILs from > > > http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/carrier/forensics/ to get a nicer > > > interface for TCT. > > > > > > 5) Read http://www.fish.com/tct/help-recovering-file for a walkthrough. > > > > > > I did this a few years ago and it works, but it will probably take you > > > many many hours to do a recovery and then it will probably be only > > > partial. Some files will probably already be partially overwritten, so > > > you can expect some corrupted images and other problems. As Nathan said, > > > backups are the only good recovery path, but it's obviously a little > > > late for that now. > > > > > > Also note the things you find that that can be partially recovered. An > > > eye opener from a security standpoint. You'll probably find files dating > > > back to the time that filesystem was put into use. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > \\// > > > Bryan Voss > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > PGP Key: http://www.vosswerx.com/bvoss/pgpkey.txt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lrlug-discuss mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lrlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lrlug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > K12OSN mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn > > For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba