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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 has CIFS shares mounted from Windows file share…
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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 increasing the perceived size of the directory (as…
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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 the local filesystem are virtualized. This is a…
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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 running XenServer with network attached storage. My…
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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 using a home brewed system (Subversion based) and I…
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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 open files on this share. When running smbstatus…
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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 idea why I can't boot? Kernel module? GRUB…
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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 file. I have my code ready and need to corrupt…
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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 Problem: When files are deleted, but file…
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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 only files with an .xml extension, effectively…
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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 response time isn't that important. I've got hundred…
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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 that scenario? I don't want do any mounts -bind on…
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