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TeraStation Setup Manual 18

Technical Restrictions

• Windows does not support some characters that OS X and the TeraStation allow. So, if you create a lename on a Mac with any

of the following characters, it will not display correctly on a Windows computer. With Mac OS X 10.2 or later, you may have to

connect to the TeraStation via AFP in order to display or copy any of the following characters: ? [ ] / ¥ = + < > ; : ” , | *

• Do not use any of the following words as a Username or Group Name: root, bin, daemon, sys, adm, tty, disk, lp, sync, shutdown,

halt, operator, nobody, mail, news, uucp, ftp, kmem, utmp, shadow, users, nogroup, all, none, hdusers, admin, guest, man, www,

sshd, administrator, ftpuser, apache, mysql.

• Do not use any of the following words as a shared folder name: info, spool, usbdisk1, usbdisk2, usbdisk3, usbdisk4, lost+found,

global, printers, homes, lp, auth, ram, disk1, disk2, disk3, disk4, array1, array2.

• When using 2-byte characters (such as Japanese), make folder or le names with 80 characters or less. You may not be able to

copy a folder or a le whose name length is more than 80 characters.

• You cannot set hidden or read-only attributes to folders or les on a TeraStation from Windows. To set an attribute for a share

on the TeraStation, use the TeraStation’s Web Admin. In [Shared Folders] - [Folder Setup], click the shared folder you want to

congure. Select [Read Only] or [Read & Write] from [Shared Folder Attributes], and [Hide Share] from [Folder Mode (SMB Only)].

• If local characters aren’t displayed properly in a Shared Folder or Workgroup name, use alphabetical character.

• If you access a shared folder from a Macintosh computer, information les for Macintosh may be automatically generated. Do

not delete these les from a Windows computer. Otherwise, you may no longer access folders from Macintosh.

• A volume name mounted by Finder from Mac OS X 10.3.9 may be corrupted when connected via SMB. File names and data

should be ne.

• On Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.5.6, you cannot search by Spotlight while connected via AFP. In such a case, use SMB connection or use

Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later.

• TeraStation belongs to the default zone specied by an AppleShare Server. You cannot specify a zone.

• Date and Time stamp information stored on a TeraStation’s hard disk or a USB hard disk connected to the TeraStation may be

updated by an attached OS, and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

• If you display size of hard drives through the Web Admin, it will show a larger value than that shown by Windows’ drive

properties.

• If you change a TeraStation’s settings in TeraStation while transferring les, the le transfer may be aborted.

• Copying les to TeraStation is protected by the Journaling File System. However, the following events may occur if you cancel or

abort a copy.

- Data congured (TeraStation, User or Group names) may be lost.

- The copied le may be incomplete and it may not be deleted. In such a case, restart TeraStation and delete the le, and try

copying the le again.

• Although you format TeraStation’s hard disk, [Percent Used] or [Amount Used] in the Web Admin will not show 0 (zero). This is

because some space is used for the system.

• Set the TeraStation’s username and password the same as the user’s username and password for logging into the Windows

network. If they are dierent, you may not be able to access share folders with access restrictions.

• Click [Shared Folders] - [Folder Setup] - [Empty recycle bin of each folder] in the Web Admin to delete all of the contents of the

[Recycle Bin] folder in the shared folder.