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February 11th, 2015 00:00
veto files in smb-share
is there a way to prevent the generation of files like .DS_Store and so on on ISILON when used as SMB-Sharemount?
the normal samba-server has the option veto files, it would take an entry like:
veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/
delete veto files = yes
Does Isilon OneFS7.1 also provide such a possibility?
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MSP
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Peter_Sero
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February 11th, 2015 00:00
No such thing is built into OneFS, but might be achieved through an external ICAP server.
OneFS supports ICAP mainly for virus-scanning -- check the docs for AVscan
to see wether it can satisfy your needs. Unlikely to be called "elegant" for this case though.
hth
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crklosterman
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February 11th, 2015 10:00
The file you mentioned is an artifact left behind by Apple OSX Clients. These are commonly referred to as Alternate Data Streams or resource forks. An analogy can me be make to the Thumbs.db artifact frequently left behind by Windows Explorer.
Some info here:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202021
There are ways to disable this behavior from the apple clients themselves. One tool that can accomplish this is called TinkerTool (use at your own risk). Rest assured that aside from looking ugly and consuming a tiny amount of space, Alternate Data Streams are not harmful in any way, and are used by finder in OSX to remember extra metadata items that may pertain to the folder, and not necessarily a given file. In fact the files not being there may cause issues for some applications. So you may be best to ignore them.
~Chris Klosterman