> Not being a CIFS user, could you clarify/confirm for me.. is this > just a "presentation" issue, ie making a directory icon appear in a > gooey windows explorer (or mac or whatever equivalent) view for people > to click on? The windows client could access the .zfs/snapshot dir > via typed pathname if it knows to look, or if it's made visible, yes?
You are correct. A CIFS client by default will not show the "hidden" .zfs directory, but if you either click the checkbox "show hidden files" then you'll see it, or if you type it into the addressbar, then you can access it. However, my users were used to having a hidden ".snapshots" directory in every directory. I didn't want to tell them "You have to go to the parent of all directories, and type in .zfs" mostly because they can't remember "zfs" ... So the softlink just makes it visible and easy to remember. > > I > > promise you will never catch me creating backups of ZFS via CIFS. ;- > ) > > Never say never.. Hehehehe. Given the alternatives, I think this is a safe one. I will never backup a ZFS filesystem via CIFS client. ;-) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
