Novell IFOLDER 3.7 - SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Administration Manual

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9.8.2 Recovering Files and Directories from an Encrypted
iFolder
1 Collect information that uniquely identifies the file or directory to be recovered, such as a
combination of the following:
Š
iFolder name, such as MyiFolder
Š
iFolder owner
Š
iFolder member list
Š
Relative path of the file or directory, such as
/MyDir1/MyDir2/myfile.txt
Š
Time stamp or approximate time of the version desired
Š
Other files or directories in the iFolder
2 On the iFolder server, use your normal file system restore procedures to restore the iFolder
directory from backup to a temporary location.
For example, restore
/var/opt/novell/ifolder3/simias/SimiasFiles/62ba1844-
6987-47fc-83ab-84bbd5d6130b/MyiFolder/MyDir1/MyDir2/MyFile
to
/tmp/MyFile
.
or
For example, restore
/var/simias/data/simias/SimiasFiles/62ba1844-6987-47fc-
83ab-84bbd5d6130b/EnciFolder/Dir1
to
/tmp/UseriFolder/Dir1
.
IMPORTANT: Do not restore the file to its original location, or to any location under the
Simias store directory.
3 Use any of the following methods to restore the recovered file to the target iFolder:
Only an iFolder user can create iFolder database on the server. To upload the recovered files
and directories, user need to create a database (iFolder store) on the iFolder server. Once a
database is created, the user can upload the files or directories to it.
The iFolder application encrypts the restored encrypted files or directories again before they
are uploaded to the server. In effect, the restored files and directories are double-encrypted on
the server. Therefore, you need to get the path to the location where the double-encrypted files
and directories are stored on the server, and overwrite that with the initial restored data from the
server-side.
Š Transferring actual files or directories
For details, see
“Transferring Files or Directories” on page 115 .
Š Using dummy files or directories
For details, see
“Using Dummy Files or Directories” on page 116 .
Transferring Files or Directories
1 Send the files or directories via e-mail or other file transfer service mechanism, such as FTP.
2
Ensure that the iFolder owner copies the files or directories to the iFolder in his or her
workstation, then synchronizes the iFolder.
If there are only a few files, the user can use Web Access to upload these files to the iFolder
server.
3 Get the path to the list of files or directories uploaded to the iFolder server.