stephen thomas
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I've added Ubuntu to our previous Mac only network, so I've switched everything over to SMB (changed permission type on the datasets to Windows, switched off AFP, switched on SMB services & created new SMB shares).
Some of the folders on our volumes started with an asterisk, but after the above changes, the names of these folders were garbled. I changed them back. I then looked at these folders on ubuntu and the asterisk was a very odd symbol (please see the attached screenshot).
I right clicked and selected rename. I typed in the same name again, using an asterisk at the start, an error popped up, then the folder vanished. It's also not visible from the macs on the network.
I've tried creating new folders on the SMB shares on Ubuntu which start with an asterisk, but it gives the following error: 'The item could not be renamed. Sorry, could not rename "Untitled Folder" to "*something": Cannot allocate memory'
Any ideas as to what has happened?
Has the folder disappeared into the ether, or is there a way of getting it back?
Is there a way of avoiding this in the future? Would be ideal if people are safe to name files and folders whatever they'd like (within reason obviously)
I checked the documentation before doing any of this and it seemed fine to change the permissions of the datasets:
"If you change your mind about the Permission Type, it is not necessary to recreate the volume/dataset, as existing data is not lost. However, changing from Windows to Unix or Mac will remove the extended permissions provided by ACLs from existing files."
http://doc.freenas.org/9.10/storage.html#change-permissions
Some of the folders on our volumes started with an asterisk, but after the above changes, the names of these folders were garbled. I changed them back. I then looked at these folders on ubuntu and the asterisk was a very odd symbol (please see the attached screenshot).
I right clicked and selected rename. I typed in the same name again, using an asterisk at the start, an error popped up, then the folder vanished. It's also not visible from the macs on the network.
I've tried creating new folders on the SMB shares on Ubuntu which start with an asterisk, but it gives the following error: 'The item could not be renamed. Sorry, could not rename "Untitled Folder" to "*something": Cannot allocate memory'
Any ideas as to what has happened?
Has the folder disappeared into the ether, or is there a way of getting it back?
Is there a way of avoiding this in the future? Would be ideal if people are safe to name files and folders whatever they'd like (within reason obviously)
I checked the documentation before doing any of this and it seemed fine to change the permissions of the datasets:
"If you change your mind about the Permission Type, it is not necessary to recreate the volume/dataset, as existing data is not lost. However, changing from Windows to Unix or Mac will remove the extended permissions provided by ACLs from existing files."
http://doc.freenas.org/9.10/storage.html#change-permissions
