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Share locked: unable to delete it
I have a share named "torrents". Under "/data/._share" folder it was named "Torrents". I wanted to clean old leftover shares under /data/._share I deleted from windows explorer the /data/._share/...
mdgm wrote: Sent you a PM
thank you for caring to direct support
During the night, I "think" I could fix issues this way:
1- SSH console:
mv /data/torrents /data/torrents.1
2- NAS GUI:
- create a share folder called "torrents"
3- Windows network access:
- backup to PC "/data/._share/torrents" folder
4- NAS GUI:
- delete the "torrents" share
5- in windows network access:
- delete "/data/._share/torrents" from NAS if it still exists
6- SSH console:
mv /data/torrents.1 /data/torrents
7- in windows network access:
- restore "/data/._share/torrents" from PC to NAS
8- reboot the NAS
9- delete the "torrents" share that appears again from the GUI
I repeated the above steps for every "locked old share folder" I had.
* Please, let me know if you still need the info sent by PM or if the above procedure I did seems clean
* Also, is there a simpler way to force deleting shared folders when they are locked after my error in post 1?
* The used space seems lower now than before. I wonder if the snapshots are still lying as lost folders / files somewhere?
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