FUSE (fuse) and ShadowFS (shadowfs) are required when Novell Samba users are accessing NSS volumes via SMB/CIFS. If FUSE and ShadowFS stop running, you must start them manually. Only one instance of shadowfs should be running at a time.
Loading ShadowFS creates a ShadowFS root /media/shadowfs/<volumename> directory for each of the mounted DST shadow volumes. The volumename is the same as volume name of the primary volume. The ShadowFS root directory contains the merged file tree view of the primary and secondary locations in the DST volume. A root is created for all of the mounted DST volumes; you cannot control whether to shadow only one or some of them.
On the server, open a terminal console, then log in as the root user.
At the terminal console prompt, start ShadowFS by entering
systemctl start novell-shadowfs.service
The output identifies the primary volume, secondary volume, and the shadowfs volume.
For example, if the primary storage location is an NSS volume named VOL1 and the secondary storage location is an NSS volume named ARCVOL, the output would look similar to this:
# systemctl status novell-shadowfs.service
● novell-shadowfs.service - Novell shadowfs
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/novell-shadowfs.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-11-28 12:46:29 IST; 1s ago
Process: 31403 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/rm -f /var/lock/subsys/shadowfs (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 31401 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/rmmod fuse (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 31391 ExecStop=/opt/novell/ncpserv/sbin/umountshadow.sh (code=exited, status=32)
Process: 2567 ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/touch /var/lock/subsys/shadowfs (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 2553 ExecStart=/opt/novell/ncpserv/sbin/shadowfs (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 2551 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe fuse (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 512)
CGroup: /system.slice/novell-shadowfs.service
├─2563 /opt/novell/ncpserv/sbin/shadowfs
└─2566 /opt/novell/ncpserv/sbin/shadowfs
Nov 28 12:46:28 blr8-117-174 systemd[1]: Starting Novell shadowfs...
Nov 28 12:46:29 blr8-117-174 shadowfs[2553]: SHIFT_ON_MODIFY: 1
Nov 28 12:46:29 blr8-117-174 shadowfs[2553]: SHIFT_ON_ACCESS: 0
Nov 28 12:46:29 blr8-117-174 shadowfs[2553]: SHIFT_DAYS_SINCE_LAST_ACCESS: 1
Nov 28 12:46:29 blr8-117-174 shadowfs[2553]: Primary Tree 0: /media/nss/VOL1
Nov 28 12:46:29 blr8-117-174 shadowfs[2553]: Shadow Tree 0: /media/nss/ARCVOL
Nov 28 12:46:29 blr8-117-174 shadowfs[2553]: shadowfs root 0: /media/shadowfs/VOL1
Nov 28 12:46:29 blr8-117-174 systemd[1]: Started Novell shadowfs.On the server, open a terminal console, then log in as the root user.
At the terminal console prompt, start FUSE and ShadowFS by entering
systemctl start novell-shadowfs.service
On the server, open a terminal console, then log in as the root user.
At the terminal console prompt, stop the shadowfs process by entering
systemctl stop novell-shadowfs.service
If the process does not stop, you need to kill the process. Enter
killall shadowfs