Disable Finder browsing of zpool?
Posted:
Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:13 pmby jjlawren
I am using my Mac as a backup host for an Illumos-based server, saving ZFS snapshots on external hard drives. However, I'd like to avoid Finder trying to browse the files. Is there a way to do this cleanly?
Re: Disable Finder browsing of zpool?
Posted:
Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:15 pmby jjlawren
By trial and error, I found the 'com.apple.browse' ZFS property which seems to do something similar to what I want. Is this documented anywhere on the wiki?
Re: Disable Finder browsing of zpool?
Posted:
Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:31 amby ilovezfs
No, but it is in the zfs man page. It ought to be added to the wiki, too, especially the bit about how it breaks Spotlight.
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com.apple.browse=on | off
Equivalent to mount option browse/nobrowse. This option indicates
that the mount point should not be visible via the GUI (i.e.,
appear on the Desktop as a separate volume). Setting it to off will
result in Spotlight being unavailable for the specified mount
point.
https://github.com/openzfsonosx/zfs/issues/380https://github.com/openzfsonosx/zfs/pull/427