Samba with MacOS tags
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mayo551 · 2023-12-05 12:28

I have a samba server setup on a ZFS backend and have most/all
functionality working (including tagging).

However, tags with custom names do not work. For example, if I select
"Important" as a custom name and set the tag it will set the tag color
but it will not save the text.

Curious on if this is a setting issue on my end or if samba just
doesn't support it.

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ADB-UK · 2023-12-05 13:16

Have you checked the wiki for all extra SAMBA config?

[https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configure\_Samba\_to\_Work\_Better\_
with\_Mac\_OS\_X](https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configure_Samba_to_
Work_Better_with_Mac_OS_X)

Annoyingly:

>order is critical!

You could try adding `fruit:time machine = no` on normal shares and
split TM to its own share.

You could try:

    [global]
    vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr
    fruit:nfs_aces = no
    fruit:zero_file_id = yes
    fruit:metadata = stream
    fruit:encoding = native

as another test (Samba restart required after changes)

Make sure you have nothing odd on the Mac in /etc/nsmb.conf (not
existing = good) - mine had smb1 in here for testing and gave me odd
results on some things (blush).

IIRC Tags are stored in the .DS\_Store file so you will need it on
network shares - run this on the Mac:

    defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores
-bool FALSE