diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-VFS.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-VFS.xml index c0ab9210002..78fecb3a542 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-VFS.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-VFS.xml @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Features and Benefits - +Virtual File SystemVFS +modules +loaded modules Stackable VFS (Virtual File System) modules support was new to Samba-3 and has proven quite popular. Samba passes each request to access the UNIX file system through the loaded VFS modules. This chapter covers the modules that come with the Samba source and provides references to some external modules. @@ -29,12 +31,17 @@ modules that come with the Samba source and provides references to some external Discussion +IRIX +GNU/Linux If not supplied with your platform distribution binary Samba package you may have problems compiling these modules, as shared libraries are compiled and linked in different ways on different systems. They currently have been tested against GNU/Linux and IRIX. +VFS modules +modules +recycle bin To use the VFS modules, create a share similar to the one below. The important parameter is the parameter where you can list one or more VFS modules by name. For example, to log all access to files and put deleted files in a recycle bin, see the smb.conf with VFS @@ -54,6 +61,9 @@ modules example: +virus scanner +scanner module +recycle bin The modules are used in the order in which they are specified. Let's say that you want to both have a virus scanner module and a recycle bin module. It is wise to put the virus scanner module as the first one so that it is the first that get run an may detect a virus immediately, before any action is performed on that file. @@ -61,12 +71,18 @@ it is the first that get run an may detect a virus immediately, before any actio +/usr/local/samba/lib/vfs +/usr/lib/samba/vfs Samba will attempt to load modules from the /lib directory in the root directory of the Samba installation (usually /usr/lib/samba/vfs or /usr/local/samba/lib/vfs). +modules +VFS +multiple modules +multiple VFS Some modules can be used twice for the same share. This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules. @@ -95,8 +111,8 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modulesaudit - A simple module to audit file access to the syslog - facility. The following operations are logged: +audit file access + A simple module to audit file access to the syslog facility. The following operations are logged: share connect/disconnect @@ -111,6 +127,9 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modulesextd_audit +audit module +extd_audit module +smbd This module is identical with the audit module above except that it sends audit logs to both syslog as well as the smbd log files. The for this module is set in the &smb.conf; file. @@ -139,6 +158,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modulesConfiguration of Auditing +logging This auditing tool is more felxible than most people readily will recognize. There are a number of ways by which useful logging information can be recorded. @@ -174,6 +194,10 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modulesfake_perms +fake_perms +Roaming Profile +writeable +read only This module was created to allow Roaming Profile files and directories to be set (on the Samba server under UNIX) as read only. This module will, if installed on the Profiles share, report to the client that the Profile files and directories are writeable. This satisfies the client even though the files @@ -186,12 +210,19 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modulesrecycle +recycle +unlink calls +recycle directory A Recycle Bin-like module. Where used, unlink calls will be intercepted and files moved to the recycle directory instead of being deleted. This gives the same effect as the Recycle Bin on Windows computers. +recycle +.recycle +recycle:keeptree +deleted files The Recycle Bin will not appear in Windows Explorer views of the network file system (share) nor on any mapped drive. Instead, a directory called .recycle will be automatically created when the first file is deleted. Users can recover files from the @@ -204,6 +235,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:repository +recycle:repository Relative path of the directory where deleted files should be moved. @@ -211,6 +243,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:keeptree +recycle:keeptree Specifies whether the directory structure should be kept or if the files in the directory that is being deleted should be kept separately in the recycle bin. @@ -219,6 +252,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:versions +recycle:versions If this option is set, two files with the same name that are deleted will both be kept in the recycle bin. Newer deleted versions @@ -229,6 +263,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:touch +recycle:touch Specifies whether a file's access date should be touched when the file is moved to the recycle bin. @@ -236,6 +271,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:maxsize +recycle:maxsize Files that are larger than the number of bytes specified by this parameter will not be put into the recycle bin. @@ -243,6 +279,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:exclude +recycle:exclude List of files that should not be put into the recycle bin when deleted, but deleted in the regular way. @@ -250,6 +287,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:exclude_dir +recycle:exclude_dir Contains a list of directories. When files from these directories are deleted, they are not put into the recycle bin but are deleted in the @@ -260,6 +298,7 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules recycle:noversions +recycle:noversions Specifies a list of paths (wildcards such as * and ? are supported) for which no versioning should be used. Only useful when recycle:versions is enabled. @@ -273,11 +312,13 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modulesnetatalk +netatalk A netatalk module will ease co-existence of Samba and netatalk file sharing services. Advantages compared to the old netatalk module: +.AppleDouble Does not care about creating .AppleDouble forks, just keeps them in sync. If a share in &smb.conf; does not contain .AppleDouble item in hide or veto list, it will be added automatically. @@ -289,11 +330,13 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modulesshadow_copy +shadow_copy THIS IS NOT A BACKUP, ARCHIVAL, OR VERSION CONTROL SOLUTION! - With Samba or Windows servers, shadow copy is designed to be an end-user tool only. It does not replace or +version control + With Samba or Windows servers, shadow_copy is designed to be an end-user tool only. It does not replace or enhance your backup and archival solutions and should in no way be considered as such. Additionally, if you need version control, implement a version control system. You have been warned. @@ -310,6 +353,12 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules +shadow_copy +VFS module +shadow_copy module +LVM +EVMS +Logical Volume ManagerLVM The shadow_copy VFS module requires some underlying file system setup with some sort of Logical Volume Manager (LVM) such as LVM1, LVM2, or EVMS. Setting up LVM is beyond the scope of this document; however, we will outline the steps we took to test this functionality for example purposes only. You need @@ -328,20 +377,16 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules - Enterprise - Volume Management System (EVMS) + Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) The LVM HOWTO - See Learning - Linux LVM, Part 1 and Learning - Linux LWM, Part 2 for Daniel Robbins' well - written a two part tutorial on Linux and LVM using LVM + See Learning + Linux LVM, Part 1 and Learning + Linux LWM, Part 2 for Daniel Robbins' well written a two part tutorial on Linux and LVM using LVM source code and reiserfs. @@ -349,6 +394,8 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules Shadow Copy Setup +XFS file system +Debian Sarge At the time of this writing, not much testing has been done. I tested the shadow copy VFS module with a specific scenario which was not deployed in a production environment, but more as a proof of concept. The scenario involved a Samba 3 file server on Debian Sarge with an XFS file system and LVM1. I do NOT recommend @@ -378,6 +425,8 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules Install & Configure LVM +shadow copies +Snapshots Before you can make shadow copies available to the client, you have to create the shadow copies. This is done by taking some sort of file system snapshot. Snapshots are a typical feature of Logical Volume Managers such as LVM, so we first need to have that setup. @@ -391,18 +440,31 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules +lvm10 package +devfsd package +Debian +xfsprogs +apt-get Install lvm10 and devfsd packages if you have not done so already. On Debian systems, you are warned of the interaction of devfs and lvm1 which requires the use of devfs filenames. Running apt-get update && apt-get install lvm10 devfsd xfsprogs should do the trick for this example. +create volume +create partition +fdisk +cfdisk +Linux LVM Now you need to create a volume. You will need to create a partition (or partitions) to add to your volume. Use your favorite partitioning tool (e.g. Linux fdisk, cfdisk, etc.). The partition type should be set to 0x8e for "Linux LVM." In this example, we will use /dev/hdb1. +Linux LVM partition +LVM volume +modprobe Once you have the Linux LVM partition (type 0x8e), you can run a series of commands to create the LVM volume. You can use several disks and or partitions, but we will use only one in this example. You may also need to load the kernel module with something like modprobe lvm-mod and set your system up to load @@ -410,41 +472,59 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules +pvcreate Create the physical volume with pvcreate /dev/hdb1 +vgcreate +volume group Create the volume group with and add /dev/hda1 to it with vgcreate shadowvol /dev/hdb1 +vgdisplay You can use vgdisplay to review information about the volume group. +lvcreate Now you can create the logical volume with something like lvcreate -L400M -nsh_test shadowvol +/dev/shadowvol This creates the logical volume of 400MB's named "sh_test" in the volume group we created called shadowvol. If everything is working so far, you should see them in /dev/shadowvol. +mkfs.xfs Now we should be ready to format the logical volume we named sh_test with mkfs.xfs /dev/shadowvol/sh_test +logical volume +LVM +freezing +resizing +growing You can format the logical volume with any file system you choose, but make sure to use one that allows you to take advantage of the additional features of LVM such as freezing, resizing and growing your file systems. +LVM volume +shadow_copy +module Now we have an LVM volume where we can play with the shadow_copy VFS module. +mkdir +permissions +chmod Now we need to prepare the directory with something like mkdir -p /data/shadow_share or whatever you want to name your shadow copy enabled Samba share. Make sure you set the permissions such that you can use it. If in doubt, use chmod 777 /data/shadow_share and tighten the permissions @@ -452,10 +532,12 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules +mount Mount the LVM volume using something like mount /dev/shadowvol/sh_test /data/shadow_share +/etc/fstab You may also want to edit your /etc/fstab so that this partition mounts during the system boot. @@ -487,6 +569,9 @@ shown in the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules Create Snapshots and Make Them Available to shadow_copy.so +shadow_copy +LVM snapshots +module Before you can browse the shadow copies, you must create them and mount them. This will most likely be done with a script that runs as a cron job. With this particular solution, the shadow_copy VFS module is used to browse LVM snapshots. Those snapshots are not created by the module. They are not made available by the @@ -531,6 +616,7 @@ mount /dev/shadowvol/$SNAPNAME /data/shadow_share/@GMT-$SNAPNAME -onouuid,ro VFS Modules Available Elsewhere +VFS modules This section contains a listing of various other VFS modules that have been posted but do not currently reside in the Samba CVS tree for one reason or another (e.g., it is easy for the maintainer to have his or her own CVS tree). @@ -544,6 +630,7 @@ No statements about the stability or functionality of any module should be impli DatabaseFS +DatabaseFS URL: Taylors University DatabaeFS @@ -569,11 +656,13 @@ might prove useful for someone else who wishes to create a virtual filesystem. vscan +vscan URL: Open Anti-Virus vscan +samba-vscan samba-vscan is a proof-of-concept module for Samba, which provides on-access anti-virus support for files shared using Samba. samba-vscan supports various virus scanners and is maintained by Rainer Link.