wgstarks Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Can anyone tell me what these are? Evidently they were created on my flash 37 years ago. Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Looks like they are lost files created when unraid detected some corruption on the flash drive and ran fsck on it at boot. If everything's working as is they're not going to be a big deal Sent from my SM-T560NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
wgstarks Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 37 years ago? Pretty sure there weren't any flash drives even invented back then. Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It's an antique flash and probably worth a ton of money. ? All file times can be modified easily Sent from my LG-D852 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
wgstarks Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 It's for sale if you want it. The worlds oldest flash drive, and still working. For the low low price of only $2 million. Quote Link to comment
RobJ Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 As he said, those are recovered files, found by an fsck tool. The dates were not recovered, so they are the zero dates, which for Windows and DOS has always been January 1, 1980 (1980-01-01). Your dates are the zero date minus one. I've seen the same on other fsck recoveries, when FAT file system. Quote Link to comment
wgstarks Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks for the info. So it's safe to just delete them? None seem to have any content AFAIK. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks for the info. So it's safe to just delete them? None seem to have any content AFAIK. Why don't you first try to open each one of them with a Linux/Windows aware editor and see what they contain. If everything seems to work, I would almost suspect that they are old syslog files. If that is the case, the real question is: How did they become corrupted? Quote Link to comment
aptalca Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I got a whole bunch of those same files, too. Glad to see I am not the only one Quote Link to comment
RobJ Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks for the info. So it's safe to just delete them? None seem to have any content AFAIK. Completely safe to delete them, so long as you are positive they weren't something you wanted. As Frank said, always wise to inspect them first, before deleting them. They are files or pieces of files you used to have, possibly even files you deleted. Recovered files like this are generally because of file system corruption, not because the files became corrupted. It could be simply because the flash drive was updated, and then quickly pulled from the machine, without an appropriate Eject (Safe Removal of removable drive). Or it could have been after a system crash, shortly after writes to the flash drive. For whatever reason, the file system on the flash drive was not able to complete its 'housekeeping' and close up the file system structures. Quote Link to comment
wgstarks Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 I thought I checked them all last night. Shouldn't be working on this stuff when I'm sick. Missed one. Glad I didn't decide to just delete them all then. #smb local master configuration [global] domain master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 255 #exclude_Apple_DS_files_start veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/ #exclude_Apple_DS_files_end #vfs_recycle_start #Recycle bin configuration [global] vfs objects = extd_audit recycle syslog only = No log level = 0 vfs:0 recycle:repository = %P/.Recycle.Bin/ recycle:directory_mode = 0777 recycle:keeptree = Yes recycle:touch = Yes recycle:touch_mtime = Yes recycle:versions = Yes recycle:exclude = *.tmp recycle:exclude_dir = .Recycle.Bin #vfs_recycle_end I know this is the smb configuration file, but can't remember the exact name or proper location so I can put it back. Would also appreciate the command to restart smb. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I thought I checked them all last night. Shouldn't be working on this stuff when I'm sick. Missed one. Glad I didn't decide to just delete them all then. #smb local master configuration [global] domain master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 255 #exclude_Apple_DS_files_start veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/ #exclude_Apple_DS_files_end #vfs_recycle_start #Recycle bin configuration [global] vfs objects = extd_audit recycle syslog only = No log level = 0 vfs:0 recycle:repository = %P/.Recycle.Bin/ recycle:directory_mode = 0777 recycle:keeptree = Yes recycle:touch = Yes recycle:touch_mtime = Yes recycle:versions = Yes recycle:exclude = *.tmp recycle:exclude_dir = .Recycle.Bin #vfs_recycle_end I know this is the smb configuration file, but can't remember the exact name or proper location so I can put it back. Would also appreciate the command to restart smb. smb-extra.conf and it is the config folder And I think you can restart samba by stopping and restarting the array. Quote Link to comment
RobJ Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I know this is the smb configuration file, but can't remember the exact name or proper location so I can put it back. Would also appreciate the command to restart smb. As Frank said, that is config/smb-extra.conf. Before renaming it and copying it to the config folder, check to see if one is there already, and if so, compare them. The Recycle Bin plugin will recreate the smb-extra.conf, if it's not found, and put the recycle bin entries in. If it's there but doesn't have your Apple items, then copy this one over the the one that is there now. Quote Link to comment
wgstarks Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks all. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 If everything is working now, I would make a backup of your Flash Drive. You can do this by stopping the array and copying the entire contents of the drive back to one of your other computers. You want to make a new backup whenever you make a change in the configuration of your server--- either hardware or software. I, personally, would do this BEFORE I removed those extra 'lost-and-found' files. You might find that another one of them might be useful... Quote Link to comment
wgstarks Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 I actually back it up every night. Not very big. I keep it mounted on one of my machines. Every once in a while I'll go through the backup folder and delete any that are more than a couple of months old. Backup is my friend. Quote Link to comment
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