phantom share: can't view, delete or create new one

This may be related to viewtopic.php?p=131391 but the fix listed there didn't help.

Short form: I deleted a share, but its ghost lingers.

Symptoms: I get the message

The paths for the shares listed below could not be found.  Typically, this occurs when the ReadyNAS is unable to access the data volume.  TMcotopaxi [Tue Dec 23 10:42:31 PST 2008]

when I access the shares directory. TMcotopaxi shows up as a mount point under CIFS on my Mac (though not as AFS), but I can't access any files there. TMcotopaxi does NOT show up as a share under the FrontView shares page. And when I try to create a new TMcotopaxi share using FrontView, I get the message:

Share already exists [TMcotopaxi]

How I got into this state (I think): There was a previously a share named TMcotopaxi, but I was having permission problems and wanted to delete it entirely. I deleted it using FrontView shares page, then (almost immediately) created a new share of the same name. After I created the new TMcotopaxi share, I got a pop-up alert informing me that TMcotopaxi had been deleted. It was only then that I realized that the previous share was being deleted asynchronously in the background. However, the log file DID report

	Tue Dec 23 08:58:42 PST 2008	[TMcotopaxi] deleted.

What I've tried: I rebooted the ReadyNAS with "Check and fix quotas on next boot." enabled. No joy. I re-installed the firmware as per
faq.php#How_do_I_re-install_the_firmware%3F, but no joy there either.

How do I get rid of this phantom share?

Thanks in advance.

-- ff
[ReadyNAS, RAIDiator 4.1.4]
[MAC PowerBook G4 / OS X version 10.5.6]

File Sharing

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fearless_fool
Aspirant
Jan 06, 2009
Bump.

I'm still getting alerts of the form:

Tue Jan 6 12:41:56 PST 2009 The paths for the shares listed below could not be found. Typically, this occurs when the ReadyNAS is unable to access the data volume. TMcotopaxi
...yet TMcotopaxi doesn't show up in the Shares listing.

This error has persisted despite volume scans, quota checks, OS re-installs and (even) expanding to a larger array.

How do I make it really go away?
tornado
Aspirant
Jan 06, 2009
Hello,

I am actually getting the same issue.

I removed a share in Frontview and deleting the files off the NAS obviouusly took longer than I expected, as I readded the share with same name about 2 mins later and the size of the share was going down and down (as it was removing more files in the share indicated in FrontView), at the end it then removed the share again, since then I get this message.

I have done the same as you (filescan, quota etc) but still same message.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Tornado.
ewok
NETGEAR Expert
Jan 07, 2009
Connect to the "c" share on the NAS as admin and create a folder with the same name as the share. You should then be able to delete it again in Frontview.
tornado
Aspirant
Jan 08, 2009
Hi eowk,

Thanks for the reply. This does not work as I get Share already exists.

Tornado.
tornado
Aspirant
Jan 08, 2009
Hi Ewok,

Sorry I misread your thread, you dont mean create in frontview, more like browse the file system on the NAS. I will try this when I get home.

Thanks
ewok
NETGEAR Expert
Jan 08, 2009
tornado wrote:
Hi Ewok,

Sorry I misread your thread, you dont mean create in frontview, more like browse the file system on the NAS. I will try this when I get home.

Thanks

Correct. Let me know how it goes.
tornado
Aspirant
Jan 12, 2009
Hi Ewok,

I have tried everything to view my c share but with no luck

e.g.
win XP \\10.1.1.250\c and logging in with admin/xxxxx details
either get network path not valid or device attached to system is not functioning depending on which username I use

do not seem to have much luck with mac either.

Any ideas, I am currently running RAIDiator 4.1.4 [1.00a042]

Thanks
ewok
NETGEAR Expert
Jan 12, 2009
tornado wrote:

I have tried everything to view my c share but with no luck

Are you in Share security mode? This only works in User-based modes. If you can't switch modes, we may have to look for a different soultion.
tornado
Aspirant
Jan 13, 2009
Hi eowk,

You are correct I am in Share Security mode, due to my requirements I do not need User mode and user Share mode for simplicity.

Thanks

Tornado.
ewok
NETGEAR Expert
Jan 13, 2009
This can be fixed with an addon. We should be able to have one ready for use by tomorrow.