Questions tagged [vfs]
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CIFS VFS: BAD_NETWORK_NAME on Linux
I am struggling with an issue of Windows SMB share mounted on Linux servers getting disconnected once in a while.
To give a brief introduction about my environment, I have few linux servers which ...
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Monotonic growth of Linux directory size/block count
On Linux, (perhaps as a function of the filesystem block size), when I create a directory and stat it, it returns a size of 4096. I can create files in this directory, up to a point, without ...
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Instruct Linux to cache files in swapfile
Background: The Linux VFS cache will cache every file that is read from the disk in memory. This keeps going until RAM is full, at which point the oldest files get kicked from the cache.
I am ...
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In what conditions are local files seen or written by an App-V application?
For some applications I have sequenced, App-V seems to do just what is needed to make the application work correctly. In other cases, however, I have found that a few files that ought to reside on ...
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Backup entire NILFS to remote location
I am looking to implement NILFS at my SME but I need a bit of help. I must backup the current system and all snapshots/checkpoints in a different continent to keep auditors happy. I'm currently ...
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listing open files from shared folders
I have a Filer Server running Debian Jessie 8.7 on my network, with Samba 4.2.14.
Until now, I just have one shared folder configured for the entire network and I would like to watch if there are ...
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How to edit /proc/partitions file in linux
I know /proc is a VFS and cannot be updated by user from shell prompt. this is my understanding from the beginning. Now , I am writing one code and where I am taking care of corrupted /proc/partitions ...
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How do I enable WideLinks on samba's recent release?
Note: I am aware of the security issues and reasons why it's been changed. I still require the use of wide links.
Samba's recent versions have made it where WideLinks are now supposed to be loaded as ...
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Disk space monitoring with Zabbix while file descriptor/handle still open
Recently I've faced situation, when "standard" disk space monitoring failed - Zabbix uses vfs.fs.size item for checking disk usage, which is documented and preconfigured in bundled templates.
The ...
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proftpd join multiple paths into single virtual filesystem for specified user
I've tryed configure proftpd for specified user, that join at least two directory paths as single filesystem tree, including chroot option (rootdir). Is it possible any way? Proftpd has support for ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 18.04.1 direct disk on Linode
I get a kernel panic stating that root cannot be mounted if I boot my Direct Disk installation of Ubuntu 18.04.1 in paravirtualization mode, as seen in this screenshot from the Glish terminal:
Any ...
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Samba share content filtered based on regex rules
I would like to create a Samba share that filters the contents of a directory based on a series of regular expression matches against file names. For example, I would like the share to allow access to ...
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make vfs linux cache more inclined to keep inodes over actual file contents
I am using a centos 5 (2.6.18-194.el5).
I need to be able to list files very quickly, in order for my rsync backup to be efficient.
I don't really need to cache file contents, because file access ...
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