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Two RN516 units: missing shares after rsync
Hello! I have two RN516. When I installed the second unit, I did a rsync from the /data/* directory to the target RN516. The problem now is that the one of the folders, /data/Repo, was initiall...
Yes, that works!
I tested this by creating a new folder with SSH,/data/TEST, and placed some files in the folder.
I then created a share called DUMMY, which I then renamed to TEST in FrontView and enabled SMB sharing. The share now shows files in the TEST folder, and the files in TEST were not overwritten by the rename.
I was left with /data/DUMMY, which I then successfully deleted using this command:
btrfs subvolume delete DUMMY
Thanks!
EDIT - did not see your note about checking if Repo is a btrfs subvolume first. It is not, nor is the TEST folder i created. But it works as far as enabling SMB sharing is concerned.
I tested this by creating a new folder with SSH,/data/TEST, and placed some files in the folder.
I then created a share called DUMMY, which I then renamed to TEST in FrontView and enabled SMB sharing. The share now shows files in the TEST folder, and the files in TEST were not overwritten by the rename.
I was left with /data/DUMMY, which I then successfully deleted using this command:
btrfs subvolume delete DUMMY
Thanks!
EDIT - did not see your note about checking if Repo is a btrfs subvolume first. It is not, nor is the TEST folder i created. But it works as far as enabling SMB sharing is concerned.
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