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Hi All, I have encountered this before and someone tried to help but then stopped responding.. The issue I have is that on my ReadyNAS102 I have many folders containing large numbers of pict...
Hi,
The reason you see those strange names in Windows is because Windows SMB does not support non-standard characters in the name, like colons. Windows uses colons to designate drives in path names. Windows won't let you save colons in file names, but Linux doesn't stop you from creating a colon in a file name. You should be able to access this through the GUI and rename the file/folder, or over something like FTP or SSH.
I don't think an OS reinstall is likely to fix change anything (other than resetting the admin password). FWIW, from a security perspective there is no harm in writing down the admin password and taping it to the NAS. Anyone stealing the NAS can do an OS reinstall anyway, so they don't need the password to get admin access to the box (if they have it in their possession).
I also don't think the NAS is creating those folders. I think something is creating them as temporary folders, but for some reason the deletion later on is failing.
Hi Stephen,
It certainly isn't me creating them as I never enter those folders. I went in there to check them today and noticed it. Its very strange and very annoying...
Regarding the admin password, thats exactly what I do anyway. Its not me thats forgotten the password as I know its 100% correct.
Stuuk1 wrote:
It certainly isn't me creating them as I never enter those folders. I went in there to check them today and noticed it. Its very strange and very annoying...
I wasn't thinking you did it, just that some program you use is doing it (and that sometimes they aren't deleted properly). You can't ever navigate into these folders, correct? They just show up in your folder list?
Stuuk1 wrote:
Regarding the admin password, thats exactly what I do anyway. Its not me thats forgotten the password as I know its 100% correct.
This one is new to me, I haven't ever seen it (on any of my 5 ReadyNAS - two are OS6). Perhaps PM skywalker???
Hi,
The reason you see those strange names in Windows is because Windows SMB does not support non-standard characters in the name, like colons. Windows uses colons to designate drives in path names. Windows won't let you save colons in file names, but Linux doesn't stop you from creating a colon in a file name. You should be able to access this through the GUI and rename the file/folder, or over something like FTP or SSH.
kohdee wrote:
Hi,
The reason you see those strange names in Windows is because Windows SMB does not support non-standard characters in the name, like colons. Windows uses colons to designate drives in path names. Windows won't let you save colons in file names, but Linux doesn't stop you from creating a colon in a file name. You should be able to access this through the GUI and rename the file/folder, or over something like FTP or SSH.
I'm not seeing any colons in the screen shot (or any other characters that are an issue for Windows).
But I agreed that it might be useful to look at these folders through the web ui.
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