Option for recycle bin

Request native implementation of some sort of recycle bin.

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5446.0

+1 for this!  Lucky Influencer made a plugin to get it going for me in V5.

I'm put V6 on my new HP Microserver.  Everything looks great but still missing is a recycle bin.  I've seen many request it, and most NAS OS have them, including Synology.  It would be great if you could turn it off and on for individual shares too.

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5446.0

I had the plugin working on V5 and it saved me on a few occasions where my computer didn't keep up and I accidently deleted a folder I didn't want to delete!

Can this be done LimeTech?  Even if it's a properly supported plugin.

TBH I am not sure why we dont have this. I always assumed there was some low level reason but I am staring to think it just a matter of getting it done now.

I have a synology DS414 and to be honest unraid is ticking all the boxes with V6.  I was so impressed with it with docker, easy to mount drives, set up UPS, it's amazing.  The lack of a recycle bin is just holding me back.

To be fair, I suspect the limited or delayed interest in implementing the solution from that Recycle Bin thread is that it is ONLY for Samba, doesn't work locally or on anything else (like NFS), as far as I know.  While it would be relatively simple to implement, it would have to come with caveats.  A full implementation would be a LOT more effort and require a lot more testing.

On the other hand, a Samba solution is all many users need, for managing file access by their non-technical family members and friends.

Good point I never thought of that.

I suspect but have no proof that the vast majority of people on unRAID as CIFS consumers. I also think AFP has a recycle bin option.

My vote is this should become a roadmap item for 6.1

Another vote here. I've never understood why this hasn't been implemented. 

I could never get that vfs_recycle thing working.

I'm running the vfs_recycle thingie for a couple of years now, it saved me from a few accidents

Downside is when you delete stuff on purpose, it also gets caught in the recycle bin, and since it's on a per disk basis, you have to regularly walk through all recycle bins on all disks and empty them manually. Or only empty the recycle bin on the user share, i never know exactly... so yes it is confusing

This is what i am using (/boot/config/smb-extra.conf)

# Documentation http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html
# Forum topic http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5446.0
# Parameters: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5446.msg135527#msg135527
# %S Samba share name (which in unRaid equals the user share name), eg. Storage
# %P User share full path, eg /mnt/user/Storage
#
# To apply changes execute: /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart
# If the single custom bin solution is chosen, create the dir manually, and grant it g+rwx permissions
max protocol = SMB2
[global]
vfs objects = recycle 
    recycle:repository = /mnt/user/.Recycle.Bin/%P
        recycle:keeptree = Yes
        recycle:touch = Yes
        recycle:versions = Yes
        recycle:exclude = *.tmp
        recycle:exclude_dir = .Recycle.Bin

Good point I never thought of that.

 

I suspect but have no proof that the vast majority of people on unRAID as CIFS consumers. I also think AFP has a recycle bin option.

 

My vote is this should become a roadmap item for 6.1

Another vote for 6.1

Also if we go this route I really want it to work for all sharing methods.

Good point I never thought of that.

 

I suspect but have no proof that the vast majority of people on unRAID as CIFS consumers. I also think AFP has a recycle bin option.

 

My vote is this should become a roadmap item for 6.1

 

Another vote for 6.1

 

Also if we go this route I really want it to work for all sharing methods.

Ideally yes but that puts it out of 6.1 because there is a big difference between turning on an upstream feature and developing a new one from scratch.

Another vote for 6.1

Good point I never thought of that.

 

I suspect but have no proof that the vast majority of people on unRAID as CIFS consumers. I also think AFP has a recycle bin option.

 

My vote is this should become a roadmap item for 6.1

 

Another vote for 6.1

 

Also if we go this route I really want it to work for all sharing methods.

 

Ideally yes but that puts it out of 6.1 because there is a big difference between turning on an upstream feature and developing a new one from scratch.

This is a fair point. Perhaps this should be a two phase process. Phase 1 implements it using upstream features where possible, and Phase 2 improves it.

The network Recycle Bin only works for Samba & AFP protocol, but not for NFS.

Adding Recycle Bin features for Samba & AFP should be implemented even no support for NFS.

Look how Synology NAS done it:

can we have this integrated in Unraid core asap?

this plugin saved me a lot of times when automated moving and renaming screwed up....

i assume it will not work again with the changes made to 6.1 so the sooner we get this in unraid core the better for everybody

This is now implemented as a 6.1 plugin here (Samba only) ->  Recycle Bin (vfs recycle) for 6.1 Final