a mounted samba folder is empty, a subfolder of this dataset isn't why is this?

[Forssux]

Hi there,

I have a zfs dataset mounted to a container with samba.

When I mount mp0: /mnt/QData/QMedia,mp=/mnt/media
I can only see the subfolders of this QMedia folder and only one level deep

When I mount mp0: /mnt/QData/QMedia/pictures,mp=/mnt/media
I can see all subfolders several braches deep and the corresponding files.

What can I do to read all files/directorys when mounting a higher branch

please advice...

 

[Dunuin]

Do you got several nested zfs datasets? You need to differentiate between datasets and folders. A ZFS dataset is not just a folder. Each dataset is its own filesystem. So a dataset is comparable to a partition with some kind of fixed filesystem on it. You can mount that filesystem in a folder but its not just a normal folder.
Sounds to my like "/mnt/QData/QMedia" is a dataset and "/mnt/QData/QMedia/pictures" is a dataset.
So if you mount "/mnt/QData/QMedia" you will only see its folder but not mountpoints of other child datasets.

 

[Forssux]

yes indeed this is the case. I was thinking that if I mount the main dataset I could see the contents of it's sub datasets.
The strange thing is that I have a section in smb.conf that configures the QMedia Dataset and In windows I can Traverse this dataset to all folders and files.