zeebee
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I'm almost at the point of putting 'production' data onto my first FreeNAS system, but there's still something I'd like to understand better before going ahead.
If my boot drive is lost (or I do a clean install), FreeNAS lets me import my pool from my pool drives. I know I'm also able to import my FreeNAS config, assuming I had a backup. However, what I don't understand is exactly which data is coming from the pool, and which from the config - especially when it comes to permissions and users.
For example, I have a dataset for storing security camera footage. I've created a 'security' user (and group) and configured the dataset to use it. This all works great. However, if I nuked my boot drive, did a clean install, and imported my pool... what happens? Assuming I didn't import a backed up FreeNAS config, does the pool know about this 'security' user and the associated permissions? If not, what happens to the ownership on the files?
Any insights you can give me here would be much appreciated :)
If my boot drive is lost (or I do a clean install), FreeNAS lets me import my pool from my pool drives. I know I'm also able to import my FreeNAS config, assuming I had a backup. However, what I don't understand is exactly which data is coming from the pool, and which from the config - especially when it comes to permissions and users.
For example, I have a dataset for storing security camera footage. I've created a 'security' user (and group) and configured the dataset to use it. This all works great. However, if I nuked my boot drive, did a clean install, and imported my pool... what happens? Assuming I didn't import a backed up FreeNAS config, does the pool know about this 'security' user and the associated permissions? If not, what happens to the ownership on the files?
Any insights you can give me here would be much appreciated :)