[OmniOS-discuss] .$EXTEND/$QUOTA

[Olaf Marzocchi]

On 13/01/2016 18:13, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2016, Olaf Marzocchi wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I was doing remote rsync backups and I got this error on the source
>> computer:
>>
>> rsync: get_xattr_data:
>> lgetxattr(""/tank/eBooks/.$EXTEND/$QUOTA"","SUNWsmb:$Q:$INDEX_ALLOCATION",0)
>> failed: No data available (61)
>>
>> I'm using kernel CIFS on the latest LTS and Windows 10 (previously
>> 8.1) and OS X 10.10 as client.
>> I found some info online about the folders .$EXTEND/$QUOTA but I
>> understand they are created on NTFS disks, not on network shares.
>> I don't have quotas set, could someone give me hints about possible
>> solutions to the issue? Since the folder(s) generating the
>> error are empty, what about removing them?
>> In the past I was using netatalk but not anymore.
>
> If the problem is just getting rsync working, then I suggest using the
> --exclude or --exclude-from rsync option such that rsync simply ignores
> and file/directory names which cause problems.
>
> Deleting the directories without full understanding might result in harm.

And that's why I would like to understand why they appeared there and 
what is the role they play in kernel CIFS under OmniOS/illumos :) So 
that I can take an informed decision whether to keep them or not: this 
server went through a long history and maybe they are leftovers no more 
required.

Olaf