Re: WHERE DO DELETED FILES GO ?

amalek_at_amalek.co.uk
Date: 12/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:44:21 +0000

thanks for all the replies.

I found what I was looking for.

samba-vfs-recycle

all I had to do was change my smb.conf with one line

vfs objects = recycle

here is the full details from the web site

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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.

To use the VFS modules, create a share similar to the one below. The
important parameter is the 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 .

Example 20.1. smb.conf with VFS modules
[audit]
comment = Audited /data directory
path = /data
vfs objects = audit recycle
writeable = yes
browseable = yes

The modules are used in the order in which they are specified.

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 ).

Some modules can be used twice for the same share. This can be done
using a configuration similar to the one shown in .

Example 20.2. smb.conf with multiple VFS modules

[test]
comment = VFS TEST
path = /data
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
vfs objects = example:example1 example example:test
example1: parameter = 1
example: parameter = 5
test: parameter = 7