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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/...
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The first error I did was to delete inadvertently the "\\RNDU2000-1\data\._share\Torrents" from windows explorer.
When I created the share a few months ago, I named it first "Torrents", and later renamed it "torrents". Yesterday, I forgot about that and since linux is case sensitive, I thought it was safe to delete "Torrents" folder. Basically, it seems when I renamed the share in GUI, it didn't modify the casing in the root file system! I cannot reproduce the issue now, maybe because of a firmware update that doesn't permit renaming the share if I only modify the casing.
Also, I didn't delete it from the SSH console. The /data/._share is accessible from PC and it is from there that I deleted it.
The issue can happen to anyone, no need to SSH enabled. By inadvertently deleting "/data/._share/Folder" through windows explorer, the share is lost. To recover it, we need either a backup of the deleted folder followed by a reboot or through the steps I described above.
Hope you can consider it as a potential bug, since I don't expect to be locked this way by deleting an accessible folder in windows explorer
The first error I did was to delete inadvertently the "\\RNDU2000-1\data\._share\Torrents" from windows explorer.
When I created the share a few months ago, I named it first "Torrents", and later renamed it "torrents". Yesterday, I forgot about that and since linux is case sensitive, I thought it was safe to delete "Torrents" folder. Basically, it seems when I renamed the share in GUI, it didn't modify the casing in the root file system! I cannot reproduce the issue now, maybe because of a firmware update that doesn't permit renaming the share if I only modify the casing.
Also, I didn't delete it from the SSH console. The /data/._share is accessible from PC and it is from there that I deleted it.
The issue can happen to anyone, no need to SSH enabled. By inadvertently deleting "/data/._share/Folder" through windows explorer, the share is lost. To recover it, we need either a backup of the deleted folder followed by a reboot or through the steps I described above.
Hope you can consider it as a potential bug, since I don't expect to be locked this way by deleting an accessible folder in windows explorer
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