User guide

uNAS/tNASUserGuideVersion1.0 Page90
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Administrator password cannot begin or end with a space. Spaces are not legitimate characters at the
beginning and end of a password. Maybe you inadvertently hit the space bar during password entry.
Reenter your password.
Error: invalid resource name
Resource name cannot:
(1) Contain characters: * : " | < > ? / \ ` # $ & ( ) + ; ' .
(2) Begin or end with a space
The use of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol from Windows, also known as CIFS or Samba, lays
some restrictions on the use of special characters. These restrictions have historical reasons, but are still
binding today. Resource names cannot contain any of the above mentioned characters. Note that the list of
invalid characters is slightly different than that for other name fields.
Error: invalid workgroup name
Workgroup name cannot:
(1) Contain characters: ~ ! @ # $ ^ & ( ) + [ ] { } * ; : ' " . , % | < > ? / \ = `
(2) Begin or end with a space
The use of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol from Windows, also known as CIFS or Samba, lays
some restrictions on the use of special characters. These restrictions have historical reasons, but are still
binding today. Workgroup names cannot contain any of the characters listed above. Note that the list of
invalid characters is slightly different than that for other name fields.
The invalid characters for workgroup names are different than the ones for other fields.
Error: invalid server name
Server name cannot contain:
(1) Characters: ~ ! @ # $ ^ & ( ) + [ ] { } * ; : ' " . , % | < > ? / \ = `
(2) Spaces
(3) Digits only
The use of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol from Windows, also known as CIFS or Samba, lays
some restrictions on the use of special characters. These restrictions have historical reasons, but are still
binding today. Server names cannot contain any of the above mentioned characters. Note that the list of
invalid characters is slightly different than that for other name fields. In addition, server names cannot be
constructed from numbers only, they must contain alpha characters.
Error: invalid resource comment
Resource comment cannot be longer than 256 characters
Resource comments have a limit of 256 characters, a limit which cannot be exceeded.
Use a shorter comment.
Error: invalid directory name
Directory name cannot:
(1) Contain characters: * : " | < > ? / \ ` # $ & ( ) + ; ' .
(2) Begin or end with a space
The internal operating system of uNAS/tNAS does not allow certain characters to be used for directories.
The above mentioned characters are invalid, just as trailing or leading spaces. Choose a different name.