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How do I modify a file/directory given their inode numbers?
Those inodes do not appear on a mounted filesystem as traversable directories / readable files and as such are undiscoverable by find utility. fsck is helpless. Even debugfs has a hard time dealing with them.
Normally inodes appear similar to this:
debugfs: ncheck 10622537
Inode Pathname
10622537 /lost+found/#10622537
But a divine intervention system fault awarded me with these two:
debugfs: ncheck 10622530 10496145
Inode Pathname
10622530 .../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../42120/47954
10496145 .../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../42120
Most desired is to move (attach) both to lost+found to inspect the contents.
PF4Public
Posted 2017-10-28T21:43:25.377
Reputation: 246
A colleague of mine named this 'ladders to heavens'. – PF4Public – 2017-11-27T18:09:24.593
Note also how parent and child number of double-dots differ by one. – PF4Public – 2017-11-27T18:11:03.333