Bug 238878

Summary:	system-config-lvm deletes ALL data in a partition with no warning
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Vladimir Ivanovic <vladimir>
Component:	system-config-lvm	Assignee:	Jim Parsons <jparsons>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Jim Parsons <jparsons>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	agk, cra, prockai
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Description Vladimir Ivanovic 2007-05-03 16:20:39 UTC

Pressing the "Create New Logical Volume" button when viewing the logical view of
a volume group creates a new file system on the associated partition without
first notifying users that they are about to lose ALL their data on that partition.

For people who are not LVM experts, it is reasonable to assume that as long as
physical volumes are not changed, no data should be lost. So, imagine my
surprise when I discovered that the entire contents of my home directory were
wiped out without any warning. (Fortunately, I had a backup.)

I believe that elsewhere system-config-lvm does warn about losing data.

Comment 1 Vladimir Ivanovic 2007-05-03 16:21:42 UTC

FYI: system-config-lvm v1.1.1

Comment 2 Charles R. Anderson 2008-02-08 00:57:31 UTC

Is this still an issue in F9?  We still have v1.1.1 there.  This seems pretty
serious--adding to F9Blocker.  Upstream should either start maintaining and
fixing this tool, or we should remove it from Fedora completely--or at least not
install it by default.

Comment 3 Jesse Keating 2008-03-31 17:49:13 UTC

I'm marking this as needinfo.  We need to know if this still happens with Fedora
9's system-config-lvm.  If no response in a few days we'll likely close this
bug, or at least remove it from the blocker list.

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2008-03-31 17:57:10 UTC

In one test, it appears to only use free space, not overwrite existing space.

Comment 5 Jim Parsons 2008-03-31 18:52:27 UTC

I have never been able to reproduce this issue. In addition, I know this
application is very popular and heavily used - I speak with users at conferences
often, as well as RHEL customers who use it for complex cluster environments. If
this were an issue, I would be pounded with bugs on it, so marking NOTABUG

Comment 6 Vladimir Ivanovic 2008-04-13 21:33:13 UTC

(In reply to comment #5)
> I have never been able to reproduce this issue. In addition, I know this
> application is very popular and heavily used - I speak with users at conferences
> often, as well as RHEL customers who use it for complex cluster environments. If
> this were an issue, I would be pounded with bugs on it, so marking NOTABUG

What happens when you press the "Create New Logical Volume" button when viewing
the logical view of a volume group using `system-config-lvm'? Please do this on
the partition that contains your home directory.