From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-
boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey
Thanks to Victor, here is at least proof of concept that yes, it is possible
to reverse resolve, inode number -- pathname, and yes, it is almost
infinitely faster than doing
On 2010-May-02 01:44:51 +0800, Edward Ned Harvey solar...@nedharvey.com wrote:
Obviously, the kernel has the facility to open an inode by number. However,
for security reasons (enforcing permissions of parent directories before the
parent directories have been identified), the ability to open an
You can do in the kernel by calling vnodetopath(). I don't know if it
is exposed to user space.
Yes, in /proc/*/path (kinda).
But that could be slow if you have large directories so you have to
think about where you would use it.
The kernel caches file names; however, it cannot be use for
From: cas...@holland.sun.com [mailto:cas...@holland.sun.com] On Behalf
Of casper@sun.com
It is certainly possible to create a .zfs/snapshot_byinode but it is
not
clear when it helps but it can be used for finding the earlier copy of
a
directory (netapp/.snapshot)
Do you happen to
Forget about files for the moment, because directories are fundamentally
easier to deal with.
Let's suppose I've got the inode number of some directory in the present
filesystem.
[r...@filer ~]# ls -id /share/projects/foo/goo/rev1.0/working
14363 /share/projects/foo/goo/rev1.0/working/
I understand you cannot lookup names by inode number in general, because
that would present a security violation. Joe User should not be able to
find the name of an item that's in a directory where he does not have
permission.
But, even if it can only be run by root, is there some way to
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 16:23, casper@sun.com wrote:
I understand you cannot lookup names by inode number in general, because
that would present a security violation. Joe User should not be able to
find the name of an item that's in a directory where he does not have
permission.
But,
No, a NFS client will not ask the NFS server for a name by sending the
inode or NFS-handle. There is no need for a NFS client to do that.
The NFS clients certainly version 2 and 3 only use the file handle;
the file handle can be decoded by the server. It filehandle does not
contain the name,
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 16:49, casper@sun.com wrote:
No, a NFS client will not ask the NFS server for a name by sending the
inode or NFS-handle. There is no need for a NFS client to do that.
The NFS clients certainly version 2 and 3 only use the file handle;
the file handle can be decoded
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-
boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Mattias Pantzare
The nfs server can find the file but not the file _name_.
inode is all that the NFS server needs, it does not need the file name
if it has the inode number.
It is not
If the kernel (or root) can open an arbitrary directory by inode number,
then the kernel (or root) can find the inode number of its parent by looking
at the '..' entry, which the kernel (or root) can then open, and identify
both: the name of the child subdir whose inode number is already
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