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ReadyNAS 6.9.4 hidden file issue (leading dot and underscore)
I have an application (Lattice Diamond) which tries to create obscure hidden files like ._tmp_vxd_ or ._Real_._Math_.vhd (leading dot plus underscore) which do not work on V6.9.3 and V6.9.4 via S...
Almost an industry standard. For macOS SMB compatibility, they are loading the vfs fruit - by default, this vfs does veto ._ files adding something like...
fruit:veto_appledouble = no
...might cure. Not deep enough in customizing ReadyNAS SAMBA config, I'm more on the Q side when it comes to NAS. StephenB you might continue here based on this information please.
Great to know I'm not alone. ;-)
Just tried to create such a file "._bla" right from the SSH on the NAS (and adjusted owner/group/access to match other files) which worked as expected. Interesting point is, that this file is not even enumerated through SMB, neither on Windows (DIR /AH) nor on MacOSX terminal (ls -la). If I rename it on the console
mv ._bla .1bla
it shows up immediately.
Looks like this prefix has some very special meaning now.
I just run a
find /data -type f -name "._*"
on the NAS console which revealed plenty of those files (mostly created by Mac but not all), so this had worked some time before.
Almost an industry standard. For macOS SMB compatibility, they are loading the vfs fruit - by default, this vfs does veto ._ files adding something like...
fruit:veto_appledouble = no
...might cure. Not deep enough in customizing ReadyNAS SAMBA config, I'm more on the Q side when it comes to NAS. StephenB you might continue here based on this information please.
I guess this corresponds to the "Enhance MacOS" checkbox in SMB settings. This is checked on my device (makes no difference when unchecked).
Anyway, I gave it a try and added that line to my smb.conf.defaults and now everything works as expected!
Great, thank you very much!!!
schumaku wrote:
Almost an industry standard. For macOS SMB compatibility, they are loading the vfs fruit - by default, this vfs does veto ._ files adding something like...
fruit:veto_appledouble = no
...might cure. Not deep enough in customizing ReadyNAS SAMBA config, I'm more on the Q side when it comes to NAS. StephenB you might continue here based on this information please.
Good catch.
All my NAS have Enhance MacOS unchecked in the SMB settings. So that is consistent with what Atof found.
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