Bug 147538 - fat32 filesystem not permanently deleting files
Summary: fat32 filesystem not permanently deleting files
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 3.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Alexander Viro
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-08 22:53 UTC by Karen Bruner
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2007-10-19 19:07:32 UTC
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Description Karen Bruner 2005-02-08 22:53:05 UTC
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Description of problem:
Files and directories deleted from a fat32 filesystem on a 250GB or
300Gb USB drive (Maxtor) mounted on linux box "reappear" when
filesystem is remounted on a Windows box.  Also, filesystem usage
reported by linux box does not decrease.  However, the files are no
longer visible on the linux box, even after unmounting and remounting
the drive.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-smp-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. attach and partition USB drive
2. mkfs -t vfat <device>
3. mount -t vfat -o rw <device> <mountpoint>
4. copy files to drive
5. rm -rf * <mountpoint>
6. df -k <mountpoint>
7. umount drive and put on Windows box
8. find "deleted" files!


Actual Results:  Even after rm -rf everything on drive, df still
showed prior usage.  When the drive was mounted on a Windows box,
deleted files and directories were still there.

Expected Results:  df should show minimal usage (right after
formatting, 32kb are used).  File and directories should not be
visible when the drive is moved to a Windows box.

Additional info:

fsck.vfat neither "found" the "deleted" files nor freed the usage

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-19 19:07:32 UTC
This bug is filed against RHEL 3, which is in maintenance phase.
During the maintenance phase, only security errata and select mission
critical bug fixes will be released for enterprise products. Since
this bug does not meet that criteria, it is now being closed.
 
For more information of the RHEL errata support policy, please visit:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/
 
If you feel this bug is indeed mission critical, please contact your
support representative. You may be asked to provide detailed
information on how this bug is affecting you.


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