[ale] Directories swapping contents!?!?!?

[Jeff Hubbs]

I initially suspected a client-side Windows problem, but, no - the 
swapping is authentic, all the way back to the server filesystem.

I'm making tarballs of the contents right now before I do even as much 
as umount /mnt/md0.

Brian W. Neu wrote:
> I've seen this before.  It's the work of the Filesystem Gnomes, not to 
> be confused with the related species of Underpants Gnomes plotting world 
> domination.  The Filesystem Gnomes are still a frustrating group 
> nonetheless.
>
> Actually, if those directories are shared via Samba, then I'd suspect 
> end user error/mischief.  I cannot tell you how many client's I've seen 
> with errors due to users accidentally deleting network files/folders. 
> Even with logs proving their guilt, end users claim complete innocence, 
> or just complete stupidity.
>
>
> Beware the Underpants Gnomes!
>
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>   
>> I've just seen highly weird behavior on my file server.
>>
>> I have a RAID 1 set across two 160Gb drives, and it has two directories 
>> that are shared out individually via Samba.  The RAID device, /dev/md0, 
>> is formatted ext3.
>>
>> Quite inexplicably, the contents of the two directories have swapped 
>> places.  Machines connecting to the server see the switch, and if I 
>> shell into the server itself and look at the two directories, that's 
>> exactly what has happened.  /proc/mdstat looks normal, nothing shows up 
>> in dmesg or /var/log/everything/current.
>>
>> Apparently there has been some sort of filesystem corruption, but the 
>> result is awfully specific, and apparently the kernel modules involved 
>> don't think there is anything wrong.
>>
>> WTF?
>>
>>
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