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

[Jeff Hubbs]

Upon closer inspection, it appears as though within the two directories, 
the directories underneath them have "shuffled" a bit - it's not a total 
swap.  Some from one now appear in the other and vice versa.


Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 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:
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>>> 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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