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Deleting old home directories
A few years ago I upgraded from an old NV to a 314, OS 6.4.1. I have gotten used to many of the differences, but there is something I still can't figure out how to do. I use AD for users, and every...
Hi everyone.
You can't just delete those old home folders because they're btrfs subvolumes.
Though this is not supported by NETGEAR Support, you can remove old home folders with:root@rn314:~# btrfs subvolume list /data | grep home
ID 257 gen 516 top level 5 path home
ID 309 gen 133 top level 257 path home/admin
ID 330 gen 516 top level 257 path home/kohdeeroot@rn314:~# btrfs subvolume delete /data/home/kohdee
Delete subvolume (no-commit): '/data/home/kohdee'
root@rn314:~# btrfs subvolume list /data | grep home
ID 257 gen 516 top level 5 path home
ID 309 gen 133 top level 257 path home/adminBy using SMB to connect to the ReadyNAS as admin, you're exposed to the btrfs subvolumes, but you can't delete; however, this lets you delete files and folders from private home shares to regain your missing space from old home folders.
The subvolumes being there empty hurt nobody. Once you delete the data, the only benefit you get out of deleting the subvolume is for asthetics.
Your subvolume list might be different because you were on a domain. The difference would look like btrfs subvolume delete /data/DOMAIN/USERNAME
Doing this is at your own risk and is not supported by NETGEAR Support.
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