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<chapter id="VFS">
<chapterinfo>
        &author.jelmer;
        &author.jht;
        &author.tpot;
        <author><firstname>Simo</firstname><surname>Sorce</surname><contrib>original vfs_skel README</contrib></author>
        <author><firstname>Alexander</firstname><surname>Bokovoy</surname><contrib>original vfs_netatalk docs</contrib></author>
        <author><firstname>Stefan</firstname><surname>Metzmacher</surname><contrib>Update for multiple modules</contrib></author>
        <author><firstname>Ed</firstname><surname>Riddle</surname><contrib>original shadow_copy docs</contrib></author>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Stackable VFS modules</title>

<sect1>
<title>Features and Benefits</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>Virtual File System</primary><see>VFS</see></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>modules</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>loaded modules</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>


</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Discussion</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>IRIX</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>GNU/Linux</primary></indexterm>
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>
<indexterm><primary>VFS modules</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>modules</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>recycle bin</primary></indexterm>
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>
<smbconfblock>
<smbconfsection name="[audit]"/>
<smbconfoption name="comment">Audited /data directory</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="path">/data</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="vfs objects">audit recycle</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="writeable">yes</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="browseable">yes</smbconfoption>
</smbconfblock>
</example>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>virus scanner</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>scanner module</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>recycle bin</primary></indexterm>
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 to get run and may detect a virus immediately, before any action is performed on that file.
<smbconfoption name="vfs objects">vscan-clamav recycle</smbconfoption>
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>/usr/local/samba/lib/vfs</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>/usr/lib/samba/vfs</primary></indexterm>
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>).
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>modules</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>VFS</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>multiple modules</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>multiple VFS</primary></indexterm>
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>
<smbconfblock>
<smbconfsection name="[test]"/>
<smbconfoption name="comment">VFS TEST</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="path">/data</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="writeable">yes</smbconfoption>
<smbconfoption name="browseable">yes</smbconfoption>
<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>
</smbconfblock>
</example>
</para>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Included Modules</title>

        <sect2>
        <title>audit</title>

                <para>
<indexterm><primary>audit file access</primary></indexterm>
                A simple module to audit file access to the syslog facility. The following operations are logged:
                <itemizedlist>
                        <listitem><para>share</para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>connect/disconnect</para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>directory opens/create/remove</para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>file open/close/rename/unlink/chmod</para></listitem>
                </itemizedlist>
                </para>

        </sect2>

        <sect2>
        <title>default_quota</title>

        <para>
        This module allows the default quota values, in the windows explorer GUI, to be stored on a Samba-3 server.
        The challenge is that linux filesystems only store quotas for users and groups, but no default quotas.
        </para>

        <para>
        Samba returns NO_LIMIT as the default quotas by default and refuses to update them. With this module you 
        can store the default quotas that are reported to a windows client, in the quota record of a user. By
        default the root user is taken because quota limits for root are typically not enforced.
        </para>

        <para>
        This module takes 2 parametric entries in the &smb.conf; file.  The default prefix for each is the
        <quote>default_quota</quote>. This can be overwrittem when you load the module in the <emphasis>vfs
        modules</emphasis> parameter like this:
<screen>
vfs objects = default_quota:myprefix
</screen>
        </para>

        <para>
        The parametric entries that may be specified for the default_quotas module are:
        </para>

        <variablelist>
                <varlistentry>
            <term>myprefix:uid</term>
                        <listitem><para>
                        This parameter takes a integer argument that specifies the uid of the quota record that will be 
                        used for storing the default user quotas.
                        </para>

                        <para>
                        The default value is 0 (for root user). An example of use is:
<screen>
vfs objects = default_quota
default_quota:  uid = 65534
</screen>
                        The above demonstrates the case where the <constant>myprefix</constant> was omitted, thus the
                        default prefix is the name of the module. When a <constant>myprefix</constant> parameter is
                        specified the above can be re-written like this:
<screen>
vfs objects = default_quota:myprefix
myprefix:       uid = 65534
</screen>
                        </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
            <term>myprefix:uid nolimit</term>
                        <listitem><para>
                        This parameter takes a boolean argument that specifies if the stored default quota values also be
                        reported for the user record, or if the value <constant>NO_LIMIT</constant> should be reported to 
                        the windows client for the user specified by the <parameter>prefix:uid</parameter> parameter.
                        </para>

                        <para>
                        The default value is <constant>yes</constant> (which means to report NO_LIMIT). An example of use
                        is shown here:
<screen>
vfs objects = default_quota:myprefix
myprefix:       uid nolimit = no
</screen>
                        </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                        <term>myprefix:gid</term>
                        <listitem><para>
                        This parameter takes an integer argument, it's just like the <parameter>prefix>:uid</parameter> but 
                        for group quotas.  NOTE: group quotas are not supported from the windows explorer.
                        </para>

                        <para>
                        The default value is 0 (for root group). An example of use is shown here:
<screen>
vfs objects = default_quota
default_quota:  gid = 65534
</screen>
                        </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                        <term>myprefix:gid nolimit</term>
                        <listitem><para>
                        This parameter takes a boolean argument, just like the <parameter>prefix>:uid nolimit</parameter> 
                        but for group quotas.  NOTE: group quotas are not supported from the windows explorer.
                        </para>

                        <para>
                        The default value is <constant>yes</constant> (which means to report NO_LIMIT). An example of use
                        is shown here:
<screen>
vfs objects = default_quota
default_quota:  uid nolimit = no
</screen>
                        </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>

        <para>
        An example of use of multiple parametric specifications is shown here:
<screen>
...
vfs objects = default_quota:quotasettings
quotasettings:  uid nolimit = no
quotasettings:  gid = 65534
quotasettings:  gid nolimit = no
...
</screen>
        </para>

        </sect2>

        <sect2>
        <title>extd_audit</title>

                <para>
<indexterm><primary>audit module</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>extd_audit module</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>smbd</primary></indexterm>
                This module is identical with the <command>audit</command> module above except
                that it sends audit logs to both syslog as well as the <command>smbd</command> log files. The 
                <smbconfoption name="log level"/> for this module is set in the &smb.conf; file. 
                </para>

                <para>
                Valid settings and the information that will be recorded are shown in <link linkend="xtdaudit">the next table</link>.
                </para>

                <table frame="all" id="xtdaudit">
                        <title>Extended Auditing Log Information</title>
                <tgroup cols="2" align="center">
                        <thead>
                        <row><entry align="center">Log Level</entry><entry>Log Details - File and Directory Operations</entry></row>
                        </thead>
                        <tbody>
                        <row><entry align="center">0</entry><entry align="left">Make Directory, Remove Directory, Unlink</entry></row>
                        <row><entry align="center">1</entry><entry align="left">Open Directory, Rename File, Change Permissions/ACLs</entry></row>
                        <row><entry align="center">2</entry><entry align="left">Open &amp; Close File</entry></row>
                        <row><entry align="center">10</entry><entry align="left">Maximum Debug Level</entry></row>
                        </tbody>
                </tgroup>
                </table>

                <sect3>
                <title>Configuration of Auditing</title>

                <para>
<indexterm><primary>logging</primary></indexterm>
                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.
                </para>

                <itemizedlist>
                        <listitem><para>Syslog can be used to record all transaction. This can be disabled by setting
                                        in the &smb.conf; file <parameter>syslog = 0</parameter>.</para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>Logging can take place to the default log file (<filename>log.smbd</filename>)
                                        for all loaded VFS modules just by setting in the &smb.conf; file
                                        <parameter>log level = 0 vfs:x</parameter>, where x is the log level.
                                        This will disable general logging while activating all logging of VFS
                                        module activity at the log level specified.</para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>Detailed logging can be obtained per user, per client machine, etc.
                                        This requires the above together with the creative use of the
                                        <parameter>log file</parameter> settings.</para>
                                        <para>An example of detailed per-user and per-machine logging can
                                        be obtained by setting 
                                        <smbconfoption name="log file">/var/log/samba/%U.%m.log</smbconfoption>.
                                        </para></listitem>
                </itemizedlist>

                <para>
                Auditing information often must be preserved for a long time. So that the log files do not get rotated
                it is essential that the <smbconfoption name="max log size">0</smbconfoption> be set
                in the &smb.conf; file.
                </para>

                </sect3>

        </sect2>

        <sect2 id="fakeperms">
        <title>fake_perms</title>

                <para>
<indexterm><primary>fake_perms</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Roaming Profile</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>writeable</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>read only</primary></indexterm>
                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
                will never be overwritten as the client logs out or shuts down.
                </para>

        </sect2>

        <sect2>
        <title>recycle</title>

                <para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>unlink calls</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>recycle directory</primary></indexterm>
                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
                <guiicon>Recycle Bin</guiicon> on Windows computers.
                </para>

                <para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>.recycle</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:keeptree</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>deleted files</primary></indexterm>
                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:
                <variablelist>
                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:repository</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:repository</primary></indexterm>
                                Relative path of the directory where deleted files should be moved.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:keeptree</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:keeptree</primary></indexterm>
                                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.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                        
                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:versions</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:versions</primary></indexterm>
                                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 
                                of a file will be called <quote>Copy #x of <replaceable>filename</replaceable></quote>.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:touch</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:touch</primary></indexterm>
                                Specifies whether a file's access date should be touched when the file is moved to the recycle bin.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:maxsize</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:maxsize</primary></indexterm>
                                Files that are larger than the number of bytes specified by this parameter will not be put into the recycle bin.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:exclude</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:exclude</primary></indexterm>
                                List of files that should not be put into the recycle bin when deleted, but deleted in the regular way.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:exclude_dir</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:exclude_dir</primary></indexterm>
                                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
                                regular way.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                        <term>recycle:noversions</term>
                                <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>recycle:noversions</primary></indexterm>
                                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>
                </para>

        </sect2>

        <sect2>
        <title>netatalk</title>

                <para>
<indexterm><primary>netatalk</primary></indexterm>
                A netatalk module will ease co-existence of Samba and netatalk file sharing services.
                </para>

                <para>Advantages compared to the old netatalk module:
                <itemizedlist>
<indexterm><primary>.AppleDouble</primary></indexterm>
                        <listitem><para>Does not care about creating .AppleDouble forks, just keeps them in sync.</para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>If a share in &smb.conf; does not contain .AppleDouble item in hide or veto list, it will be added automatically.</para></listitem>
                </itemizedlist>
                </para>

        </sect2>

    <sect2>
      <title>shadow_copy</title>

        <warning><para>
<indexterm><primary>shadow_copy</primary></indexterm>
        <emphasis>THIS IS NOT A BACKUP, ARCHIVAL, OR VERSION CONTROL SOLUTION!</emphasis>
        </para>

        <para>
<indexterm><primary>version control</primary></indexterm>
        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>
<indexterm><primary>shadow_copy</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>VFS module</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>shadow_copy module</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>LVM</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>EVMS</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Logical Volume Manager</primary><see>LVM</see></indexterm>
        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"
            url="http://www.sistina.com/products_lvm_download.htm">Sistina's
            LVM1 and LVM2</ulink></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><ulink url="http://evms.sourceforge.net/">Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS)</ulink></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">The LVM HOWTO</ulink></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              See <ulink url="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm/">Learning
              Linux LVM, Part 1</ulink> and <ulink url="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-lvm2.html">Learning
              Linux LWM, Part 2</ulink> for Daniel Robbins' well-written, two part tutorial on Linux and LVM using LVM
              source code and reiserfs.</para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>

        <sect3>
        <title>Shadow Copy Setup</title>
        <para>
<indexterm><primary>XFS file system</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Debian Sarge</primary></indexterm>
        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>
          </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 later server running.
                </para></formalpara>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <formalpara><title>Install &amp; Configure LVM</title>
                <para>
<indexterm><primary>shadow copies</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Snapshots</primary></indexterm>
                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>
                        <para>
<indexterm><primary>lvm10 package</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>devfsd package</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Debian</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>xfsprogs</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>apt-get</primary></indexterm>
                        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>
<indexterm><primary>create volume</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>create partition</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>fdisk</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>cfdisk</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Linux LVM</primary></indexterm>
                        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>
<indexterm><primary>Linux LVM partition</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>LVM volume</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>modprobe</primary></indexterm>
                        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>
<indexterm><primary>pvcreate</primary></indexterm>
                        Create the physical volume with <command>pvcreate /dev/hdb1</command>
                        </para></listitem>

                        <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>vgcreate</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>volume group</primary></indexterm>
                        Create the volume group and add /dev/hda1 to it with <command>vgcreate shadowvol /dev/hdb1</command>
                        </para>

                        <para>
<indexterm><primary>vgdisplay</primary></indexterm>
                        You can use <command>vgdisplay</command> to review information about the volume group.
                        </para></listitem>

                        <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>lvcreate</primary></indexterm>
                        Now you can create the logical volume with something like <command>lvcreate -L400M -nsh_test shadowvol</command>
                        </para>

                        <para>
<indexterm><primary>/dev/shadowvol</primary></indexterm>
                        This creates the logical volume of 400 MBs 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>
<indexterm><primary>mkfs.xfs</primary></indexterm>
                        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>
<indexterm><primary>logical volume</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>LVM</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>freezing</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>resizing</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>growing</primary></indexterm>
                        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>
<indexterm><primary>LVM volume</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>shadow_copy</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>module</primary></indexterm>
                        Now we have an LVM volume where we can play with the shadow_copy VFS module.
                        </para></listitem>

                        <listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>mkdir</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>permissions</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>chmod</primary></indexterm>
                        Now we need to prepare the directory with something like
<screen>
&rootprompt; mkdir -p /data/shadow_share
</screen>
                        or whatever you want to name your shadow copy-enabled Samba share.  Make sure you set the permissions so 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>
<indexterm><primary>mount</primary></indexterm>
                        Mount the LVM volume using something like <command>mount /dev/shadowvol/sh_test /data/shadow_share</command>
                        </para>

                        <para>
<indexterm><primary>/etc/fstab</primary></indexterm>
                        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">
                <title>Share With shadow_copy VFS</title>
                <smbconfblock>
                <smbconfsection name="[shadow_share]"/>
                <smbconfoption name="comment">Shadow Copy Enabled Share</smbconfoption>
                <smbconfoption name="path">/data/shadow_share</smbconfoption>
                <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>
<indexterm><primary>shadow_copy</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>LVM snapshots</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>module</primary></indexterm>
                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>
#!/bin/bash
# This is a test, this is only a test
SNAPNAME=`date +%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S`
xfs_freeze -f /data/shadow_share/
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>
          </listitem>
        </orderedlist>

        </sect3>
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>VFS Modules Available Elsewhere</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>VFS modules</primary></indexterm>
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.
</para>

<sect2>
<title>DatabaseFS</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>DatabaseFS</primary></indexterm>
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>
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, it
might prove useful for someone else who wishes to create a virtual filesystem.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>vscan</title>

<indexterm><primary>vscan</primary></indexterm>
<para>URL: <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.openantivirus.org/projects.php#samba-vscan">
Open Anti-Virus vscan</ulink>
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>samba-vscan</primary></indexterm>
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>
</sect1>

</chapter>