> > ln -s .zfs/snapshot snapshots > > > > Voila. All Windows or Mac or Linux or whatever users are able to > easily access snapshots. > > Clever. > > Just one minor problem though, you've circumvented the reason why the > "snapdir" > property defaults to "hidden." This probably won't affect clients that > understand > symlinks, but IIRC, Windows doesn't. Hopefully, the Windows clients > will not try > to run backup programs themselves and will rely on server-side backups > :-)
There's no problem with the symlink being followed by CIFS clients, including windows. It just appears as if it's a normal directory that you can look inside. If anybody were trying to backup the ZFS root directory via CIFS, and didn't have the ability (or intelligence) to exclude the snapshots directory, sure it could be a problem. But I certainly know I don't have that problem. I promise you will never catch me creating backups of ZFS via CIFS. ;-) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
