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@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
<title>Features and Benefits</title>
<para>
-Since Samba-3, there is support for stackable VFS (Virtual File System) modules.
-Samba passes each request to access the UNIX file system through the loaded VFS modules.
-This chapter covers all the modules that come with the Samba source and references to
-some external modules.
+<indexterm><primary></primary></indexterm>
+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.
</para>
@@ -29,16 +29,17 @@ some external modules.
<title>Discussion</title>
<para>
-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.
+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.
</para>
<para>
-To use the VFS modules, create a share similar to the one below. The
-important parameter is the <smbconfoption name="vfs objects"/> 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 <link linkend="vfsrecyc">next configuration</link>:
+To use the VFS modules, create a share similar to the one below. The important parameter is the <smbconfoption
+name="vfs objects"/> 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 <link linkend="vfsrecyc">the smb.conf with VFS
+modules example</link>:
+</para>
<example id="vfsrecyc">
<title>smb.conf with VFS modules</title>
@@ -51,26 +52,23 @@ to files and put deleted files in a recycle bin, see <link linkend="vfsrecyc">ne
<smbconfoption name="browseable">yes</smbconfoption>
</smbconfblock>
</example>
-</para>
<para>
-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.
+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.
<smbconfoption name="vfs objects">vscan-clamav recycle</smbconfoption>
</para>
<para>
Samba will attempt to load modules from the <filename>/lib</filename> directory in the root directory of the
-Samba installation (usually <filename>/usr/lib/samba/vfs</filename> or <filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/vfs
-</filename>).
+Samba installation (usually <filename>/usr/lib/samba/vfs</filename> or
+<filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/vfs</filename>).
</para>
<para>
-Some modules can be used twice for the same share.
-This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in <link linkend="multimodule">the following example</link>.
+Some modules can be used twice for the same share. This can be done using a configuration similar to the one
+shown in <link linkend="multimodule">the smb.conf with multiple VFS modules</link>.
<example id="multimodule">
<title>smb.conf with multiple VFS modules</title>
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in <link linkend
<smbconfoption name="vfs objects">example:example1 example example:test</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="example1: parameter">1</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="example: parameter">5</smbconfoption>
-<smbconfoption name="test: parameter">7</smbconfoption>
+<smbconfoption name="test: parameter">7</smbconfoption>
</smbconfblock>
</example>
</para>
@@ -194,11 +192,11 @@ This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in <link linkend
</para>
<para>
- The <guiicon>Recycle Bin</guiicon> will not appear in <application>Windows Explorer</application> views of the network file system
- (share) nor on any mapped drive. Instead, a directory called <filename>.recycle</filename> will be
- automatically created when the first file is deleted. Users can recover files from the
- <filename>.recycle</filename> directory. If the <parameter>recycle:keeptree</parameter> has been
- specified, deleted files will be found in a path identical with that from which the file was deleted.
+ The <guiicon>Recycle Bin</guiicon> will not appear in <application>Windows Explorer</application> views of the
+ network file system (share) nor on any mapped drive. Instead, a directory called <filename>.recycle</filename>
+ will be automatically created when the first file is deleted. Users can recover files from the
+ <filename>.recycle</filename> directory. If the <parameter>recycle:keeptree</parameter> has been specified,
+ deleted files will be found in a path identical with that from which the file was deleted.
</para>
<para>Supported options for the <command>recycle</command> module are as follow:
@@ -262,7 +260,8 @@ This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in <link linkend
<varlistentry>
<term>recycle:noversions</term>
<listitem><para>
- Specifies a list of paths (wildcards such as * and ? are supported) for which no versioning should be used. Only useful when <emphasis>recycle:versions</emphasis> is enabled.
+ Specifies a list of paths (wildcards such as * and ? are supported) for which no versioning
+ should be used. Only useful when <emphasis>recycle:versions</emphasis> is enabled.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -288,43 +287,40 @@ This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in <link linkend
<sect2>
<title>shadow_copy</title>
- <warning>
+
+ <warning><para>
+ <emphasis>THIS IS NOT A BACKUP, ARCHIVAL, OR VERSION CONTROL SOLUTION!</emphasis>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para></warning>
+
+
+ <para>
+ The shadow_copy module allows you to setup functionality that is similar to MS shadow copy services. When
+ setup properly, this module allows Microsoft shadow copy clients to browse "shadow copies" on samba shares.
+ You will need to install the shadow copy client. You can get the MS shadow copy client <ulink noescape="1"
+ url="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/shadowcopyclient.mspx">here.</ulink>. Note the
+ additional requirements for pre-Windows XP clients. I did not test this functionality with any pre-Windows XP
+ clients. You should be able to get more information about MS Shadow Copy <ulink noescape="1"
+ url="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/scr.mspx">from the Microsoft's site</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
<para>
- <emphasis>THIS IS NOT A BACKUP, ARCHIVAL, OR VERSION CONTROL
- SOLUTION!</emphasis></para>
+ 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 <emphasis>example purposes only.</emphasis> You need
+ to make sure the LVM implementation you choose to deploy is ready for production. Make sure you do plenty of
+ tests.
+ </para>
+
<para>
- 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.</para>
- </warning>
- <para>
- The shadow_copy module allows you to setup functionality that
- is similar to MS shadow copy services. When setup properly,
- this module allows Microsoft shadow copy clients to browse
- "shadow copies" on samba shares. You will need to install the
- shadow copy client. You can get the MS shadow copy client
- <ulink noescape="1"
- url="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/shadowcopyclient.mspx">here.</ulink>.
- Note the additional requirements for pre-Windows XP clients.
- I did not test this functionality with any pre-Windows XP
- clients. You should be able to get more information about MS
- Shadow Copy <ulink noescape="1"
- url="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/scr.mspx">from
- the Microsoft's site</ulink>.</para>
- <para>
- 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 <emphasis>example purposes
- only.</emphasis> You need to make sure the LVM implementation
- you choose to deploy is ready for production. Make sure you
- do plenty of tests.</para>
- <para>
Here are some common resources for LVM and EVMS:
+ </para>
+
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink noescape="1"
@@ -349,164 +345,132 @@ This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in <link linkend
source code and reiserfs.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <sect3>
+
+ <sect3>
<title>Shadow Copy Setup</title>
<para>
- 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 you use this as a solution without doing
- your own due diligence with regard to all the components
- presented here. That said, following is an basic outline of
- how I got things going.</para>
+ 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
+ you use this as a solution without doing your own due diligence with regard to all the components presented
+ here. That said, following is an basic outline of how I got things going.
+ </para>
+
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Installed Operating System </title>
- <para>
- In my tests, I used <ulink
- url="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/">Debian
- Sarge</ulink> (i.e. testing) on an XFS file system.
- Setting up the OS is a bit beyond the scope of this
- document. It is assumed that you have a working OS
- capable of running Samba.</para>
- </formalpara>
+ <formalpara><title>Installed Operating System </title>
+ <para>
+ In my tests, I used <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/">Debian
+ Sarge</ulink> (i.e. testing) on an XFS file system. Setting up the OS is a bit beyond the scope of this
+ document. It is assumed that you have a working OS capable of running Samba.
+ </para></formalpara>
</listitem>
+
<listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Install &amp; Configure Samba</title>
- <para>
- See the <link linkend="introduction">installation
- section</link> of this HOWTO for more detail on this.
- It doesn't matter if it is a Domain Controller or
- Member File Server, but it is assumed that you have a
- working Samba 3.0.3 or newer server running.</para>
- </formalpara>
+ <formalpara><title>Install &amp; Configure Samba</title>
+ <para>
+ See the <link linkend="introduction">installation section</link> of this HOWTO for more detail on this.
+ It doesn't matter if it is a Domain Controller or Member File Server, but it is assumed that you have a
+ working Samba 3.0.3 or newer server running.
+ </para></formalpara>
</listitem>
+
<listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Install &amp; Configure LVM</title>
- <para>
- 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.</para>
- </formalpara>
- <itemizedlist>
- <para>
- The following is provided as an example and will be
- most helpful for Debian users. Again, this was tested
- using the "testing" or "Sarge" distribution.</para>
- <listitem>
+ <formalpara><title>Install &amp; Configure LVM</title>
<para>
- 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
- <command>apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get install
- lvm10 devfsd xfsprogs</command> should do the trick
- for this example.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 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.</para>
- <para>
- 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 <command>modprobe lvm-mod
- </command> and set your system up to load it on
- reboot by adding it to
- (<filename>/etc/modules</filename>). </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Create the physical volume with <command>pvcreate
- /dev/hdb1</command></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Create the volume group with and add /dev/hda1 to it
- with <command>vgcreate shadowvol /dev/hdb1</command>
- </para>
- <para>
- You can use <command>vgdisplay</command> to review
- information about the volume group.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Now you can create the logical volume with something
- like <command>lvcreate -L400M -nsh_test
- shadowvol</command></para>
- <para>
- 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
- <filename>/dev/shadowvol</filename>.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Now we should be ready to format the logical volume
- we named sh_test with <command>mkfs.xfs
- /dev/shadowvol/sh_test</command></para>
- <para>
- 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.</para>
- <para>
- Now we have an LVM volume where we can play with the
- shadow_copy VFS module.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Now we need to prepare the directory with something
- like <command>mkdir -p /data/shadow_share</command>
- 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 <command>chmod 777 /data/shadow_share</command>
- and tighten the permissions once you get things
- working.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Mount the LVM volume using something like
- <command>mount /dev/shadowvol/sh_test
- /data/shadow_share</command></para>
+ 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.
+ </para></formalpara>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
<para>
- You may also want to edit your
- <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> so that this
- partition mounts during the system boot.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </listitem>
+ The following is provided as an example and will be most helpful for Debian users. Again, this was tested
+ using the "testing" or "Sarge" distribution.
+ </para>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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 <command>apt-get update
+ &amp;&amp; apt-get install lvm10 devfsd xfsprogs</command> should do the trick for this example.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ 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 <command>modprobe lvm-mod </command> and set your system up to load
+ it on reboot by adding it to (<filename>/etc/modules</filename>).
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Create the physical volume with <command>pvcreate /dev/hdb1</command>
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Create the volume group with and add /dev/hda1 to it with <command>vgcreate shadowvol /dev/hdb1</command>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You can use <command>vgdisplay</command> to review information about the volume group.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Now you can create the logical volume with something like <command>lvcreate -L400M -nsh_test shadowvol</command>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ 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 <filename>/dev/shadowvol</filename>.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Now we should be ready to format the logical volume we named sh_test with <command>mkfs.xfs
+ /dev/shadowvol/sh_test</command>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Now we have an LVM volume where we can play with the shadow_copy VFS module.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Now we need to prepare the directory with something like <command>mkdir -p /data/shadow_share</command> 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 <command>chmod 777 /data/shadow_share</command> and tighten the permissions
+ once you get things working.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Mount the LVM volume using something like <command>mount /dev/shadowvol/sh_test /data/shadow_share</command>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You may also want to edit your <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> so that this partition mounts during the system boot.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Install &amp; Configure the shadow_copy VFS
- Module</title>
- <para>
- Finally we get to the actual shadow_copy VFS module.
- The shadow_copy VFS module should be available in
- Samba 3.0.3 and higher. The smb.conf configuration is pretty
- standard. Here is our example of a share configured
- with the shadow_copy VFS module:</para>
- </formalpara>
- <example id="vfsshadow">
+ <formalpara><title>Install &amp; Configure the shadow_copy VFS Module</title>
+ <para>
+ Finally we get to the actual shadow_copy VFS module. The shadow_copy VFS module should be available in Samba
+ 3.0.3 and higher. The smb.conf configuration is pretty standard. Here is our example of a share configured
+ with the shadow_copy VFS module:
+ </para></formalpara>
+
+ <example id="vfsshadow">
<title>Share With shadow_copy VFS</title>
<smbconfblock>
<smbconfsection name="[shadow_share]"/>
@@ -515,27 +479,24 @@ This can be done using a configuration similar to the one shown in <link linkend
<smbconfoption name="vfs objects">shadow_copy</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="writeable">yes</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="browseable">yes</smbconfoption>
- </smbconfblock>
- </example>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Create Snapshots and Make Them Available to shadow_copy.so</title>
- <para>
- 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 module either. This module allows the shadow copy
- enabled client to browse the snapshots you take and
- make available.</para>
- </formalpara>
+ </smbconfblock>
+ </example>
+
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara><title>Create Snapshots and Make Them Available to shadow_copy.so</title>
+ <para>
+ 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
+ module either. This module allows the shadow copy enabled client to browse the snapshots you take and make
+ available.
+ </para></formalpara>
+
<para>
- Here is a simple script used to create and mount the
- snapshots:
- <screen>
+ Here is a simple script used to create and mount the snapshots:
+<screen>
#!/bin/bash
# This is a test, this is only a test
SNAPNAME=`date +%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S`
@@ -544,31 +505,25 @@ lvcreate -L10M -s -n $SNAPNAME /dev/shadowvol/sh_test
xfs_freeze -u /data/shadow_share/
mkdir /data/shadow_share/@GMT-$SNAPNAME
mount /dev/shadowvol/$SNAPNAME /data/shadow_share/@GMT-$SNAPNAME -onouuid,ro
- </screen>
- Note that the script does not handle other things like
- remounting snapshots on reboot.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Test From Client</title>
- <para>
- To test, you will need to install the shadow copy
- client which you can obtain from the <ulink
- url="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/shadowcopyclient.mspx">Microsoft
- web site.</ulink> I only tested this with an XP client
- so your results may vary with other pre-XP clients.
- Once installed, with your XP client you can
- right-click on specific files or in the empty space of
- the shadow_share and view the "properties". If
- anything has changed, then you will see it on the
- "Previous Versions" tab of the properties
- window. </para>
- </formalpara>
+</screen>
+ Note that the script does not handle other things like remounting snapshots on reboot.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara><title>Test From Client</title>
+ <para>
+ To test, you will need to install the shadow copy client which you can obtain from the <ulink
+ url="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/shadowcopyclient.mspx">Microsoft web site.</ulink> I
+ only tested this with an XP client so your results may vary with other pre-XP clients. Once installed, with
+ your XP client you can right-click on specific files or in the empty space of the shadow_share and view the
+ "properties". If anything has changed, then you will see it on the "Previous Versions" tab of the properties
+ window.
+ </para></formalpara>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
+
+ </sect3>
+</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -576,60 +531,54 @@ mount /dev/shadowvol/$SNAPNAME /data/shadow_share/@GMT-$SNAPNAME -onouuid,ro
<title>VFS Modules Available Elsewhere</title>
<para>
-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).
+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).
</para>
<para>
-No statements about the stability or functionality of any module
-should be implied due to its presence here.
+No statements about the stability or functionality of any module should be implied due to its presence here.
</para>
- <sect2>
- <title>DatabaseFS</title>
+<sect2>
+<title>DatabaseFS</title>
- <para>
- URL: <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.css.tayloru.edu/~elorimer/databasefs/index.php">http://www.css.tayloru.edu/~elorimer/databasefs/index.php</ulink>
- </para>
+<para>
+URL: <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.css.tayloru.edu/~elorimer/databasefs/index.php">
+Taylors University DatabaeFS</ulink>
+</para>
- <para>By <ulink url="mailto:elorimer@css.tayloru.edu">Eric Lorimer.</ulink></para>
+<para>By <ulink url="mailto:elorimer@css.tayloru.edu">Eric Lorimer.</ulink></para>
- <para>
- I have created a VFS module that implements a fairly complete read-only
- filesystem. It presents information from a database as a filesystem in
- a modular and generic way to allow different databases to be used
- (originally designed for organizing MP3s under directories such as
- <quote>Artists,</quote> <quote>Song Keywords,</quote> and so on. I have since easily
- applied it to a student
- roster database.) The directory structure is stored in the
- database itself and the module makes no assumptions about the database
- structure beyond the table it requires to run.
- </para>
+<para>
+I have created a VFS module that implements a fairly complete read-only filesystem. It presents information
+from a database as a filesystem in a modular and generic way to allow different databases to be used
+(originally designed for organizing MP3s under directories such as <quote>Artists,</quote> <quote>Song
+Keywords,</quote> and so on. I have since easily applied it to a student roster database.) The directory
+structure is stored in the database itself and the module makes no assumptions about the database structure
+beyond the table it requires to run.
+</para>
- <para>
- Any feedback would be appreciated: comments, suggestions, patches,
- and so on. If nothing else, hopefully it might prove useful for someone
- else who wishes to create a virtual filesystem.
- </para>
+<para>
+Any feedback would be appreciated: comments, suggestions, patches, and so on. If nothing else, hopefully it
+might prove useful for someone else who wishes to create a virtual filesystem.
+</para>
- </sect2>
+</sect2>
- <sect2>
- <title>vscan</title>
+<sect2>
+<title>vscan</title>
- <para>URL: <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.openantivirus.org/projects.php#samba-vscan">http://www.openantivirus.org/projects.php#samba-vscan</ulink></para>
+<para>URL: <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.openantivirus.org/projects.php#samba-vscan">
+Open Anti-Virus vscan</ulink>
+</para>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
+<para>
+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.
+</para>
- </sect2>
+</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>