FreeNAS 0.7 (rev. 3953) and ZFS - Update 2

In my previous post, I've written that the workaround for FreeNAS 0.7 rev. 3953 works, but after a reboot, the zpool is gone and has to be imported by hand (zpool import -f ...)

Stefan left a comment that his full installation works perfect...

I can confirm this! With a full installation and the workaround, the pool is available after a reboot... It's getting better :-)

Blank smbpasswd - FreeNAS

While I'm hitting this issue (again :-) ), so I want to document this here...

My problem was that I had a blank smbpasswd. Even when I added the passwd manually with 'smbpasswd'. After a reboot, the password settings in /var/etc/private/smbpasswd are gone.
With debugging /etc/rc.d/smbpasswd (with set -x) I've found a variable called 'smbpasswd_minuid=1001'. My UID's are bellow 1001 (I'm using the same as on my Mac).
So after some search, I've seen that this feature (Enable customizing of minimum UID for smbpasswd via rc.conf variable 'smbpasswd_minuid'.) was implemented with Build 3177.

It is easy to set this variable in -> System -> Advanced -> rc.conf

Variable = smbpasswd_minuid  ; Value = 500

After applying this, it is possible to run /etc/rc.d/smbpasswd. The users and the encrypted passwords are stored in /var/etc/private/smbpasswd.

FreeNAS 0.7 (rev. 3953) and ZFS - Update

As I've written here, ZFS is not working with the latest available build (i386, 3953) of FreeNAS 0.7.

There is a workaround described in the forum (Re: ZFS issues? kernel: KLD zfs.ko: depends on opensolaris-not a)

I've tested this workaround, and it works... until the reboot :-(

After the reboot the zpool is gone and you have to import it again, or export it 'before' you want to reboot your NAS.

I'm really looking forward for a new build...