Hi. I have a debian ftp server with aufs. A some time ago I started to note that some directories renaming make strange things. For example, if we have a one directory on many branches (all are rw) and rename it, we get a new name in aufs, but in branches we get a directory with old name and same stuff in it and a directory with a new name.
What it can be? OS - Debian 5.0 kernel - 2.6.32.36-aufs aufs ver - aufs 2.1-standalone.tree-32-20110411 ~# mount /dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda3 on /home type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /home/ftp/sdb1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdc1 on /home/ftp/sdc1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdd1 on /home/ftp/sdd1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sde1 on /home/ftp/sde1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdf1 on /home/ftp/sdf1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdg1 on /home/ftp/sdg1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdh1 on /home/ftp/sdh1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdi1 on /home/ftp/sdi1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdj1 on /home/ftp/sdj1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdk1 on /home/ftp/sdk1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdl1 on /home/ftp/sdl1 type ext3 (rw) none on /pub type aufs (rw,relatime,si=e46d6925,create=mfs) ~# grep . /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/* /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br0:/home/ftp/sdg1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br1:/home/ftp/sdl1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br2:/home/ftp/sdk1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br3:/home/ftp/sdi1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br4:/home/ftp/sdb1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br5:/home/ftp/sdc1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br6:/home/ftp/sdd1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br7:/home/ftp/sde1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br8:/home/ftp/sdf1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/br9:/home/ftp/sdh1=rw /sys/fs/aufs/si_e46d6925/xi_path:/home/ftp/sdg1/.aufs.xino ~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 4,6G 3,0G 1,4G 69% / tmpfs 504M 0 504M 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10M 984K 9,1M 10% /dev tmpfs 504M 4,0K 503M 1% /dev/shm /dev/sda3 362G 178G 166G 52% /home /dev/sdb1 917G 869G 2,1G 100% /home/ftp/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 688G 653G 361M 100% /home/ftp/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 688G 637G 16G 98% /home/ftp/sdd1 /dev/sde1 917G 863G 8,3G 100% /home/ftp/sde1 /dev/sdf1 917G 871G 308M 100% /home/ftp/sdf1 /dev/sdg1 1,8T 505G 1,3T 29% /home/ftp/sdg1 /dev/sdh1 917G 869G 2,3G 100% /home/ftp/sdh1 /dev/sdi1 917G 869G 1,7G 100% /home/ftp/sdi1 /dev/sdj1 1,4T 1,3T 0 100% /home/ftp/sdj1 /dev/sdk1 1,8T 1,3T 427G 76% /home/ftp/sdk1 /dev/sdl1 1,8T 1,3T 436G 75% /home/ftp/sdl1 none 1,8T 505G 1,3T 29% /pub ~# grep AUFS /boot/config-2.6.32.36-aufs CONFIG_AUFS_FS=y CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_127=y # CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_511 is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_1023 is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_32767 is not set CONFIG_AUFS_SBILIST=y # CONFIG_AUFS_HNOTIFY is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_RDU is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_SP_IATTR is not set CONFIG_AUFS_SHWH=y # CONFIG_AUFS_BR_RAMFS is not set # CONFIG_AUFS_BR_FUSE is not set CONFIG_AUFS_BDEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_AUFS_DEBUG=y CONFIG_AUFS_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd