Hello Mike, > > A collection of notes on adding vserver to > a system with an existing ReiserFS-3 filesystem. > > When configuring your shiny new vps-linux: > > Under Filesystems on menuconfig; > enable > ReiserFS extended attributes > and > ReiserFS POSIX access control lists > > if not already configured (mine where not). > - - - -
Right mine wasn't too [snip] > > Now the "testfs.sh" script should run, try it: > # ./testfs.sh -D /dev/loop0 -M /mnt > or for only ReiserFS: > # ./testfs.sh -F reiser -D /dev/loop0 -M /mnt > - - - - > unfortunately still failed at the same places on my parisc box: i.e. [...] verify /mnt/test/file_3053: -+(-)-i-+(-) ~ ----------------- [114]# failed. [...] verify /mnt/test/file_3053: -+(-)-i-+(-) ~ ----i-------E---- [124]# failed. [199]# succeeded. :-( So most probably, a p-l issue, but i doubt that maintainers would track it down. (lol and no, I definitely don't want to do, I still have to fix many details of my vps as automatic restart when reboot the system, ...) > Running the test script for the ReiserFS-3 filesystem > only leaves the loop file formated as a ReiserFS-3 > and unmounted. > - - - - > > Mount it again so you can play with it: > mount -o attrs,acl /dev/loop0 /mnt > - - - - > > I worked through the examples in the SuSE in > the administrators guide, found here: > <www.suse.de/~agruen/acl/chapter/fs_acl-en.pdf> > > A note on those examples: use a user name and > a group name that already exists on your machine, > not the names in the examples. > > Note how a subdirectory inherits the default acl of > its parent. Now you have an alternative or supplement > to hard linking files into all of your vserver contexts. > > - - - - > Backing up a filesystem with acl information requires > an "acl aware" program - the "star" program is one such. > > - - - - > One more note - you had better find the most recent > versions of all system utilities this involves - I can't give > minimum versions, since I just built the 'most current' > of everything to get this to work. > - - - - > That said, nice recipe and collection of info. Thanks a lot, Joel --------------------------------------------------------------- A free anti-spam and anti-virus filter on all Scarlet mailboxes More info on http://www.scarlet.be/ _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver