What is the official way of modifying auxsmbconf field of smb share now?

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Auxiliary Parameters field has been remove from SMB share of WebUI since 23.10.

That left iX cli shell and mdiclt command as the only ways to access auxsmbconf field of smb share.

iX cli shell was not recommended from 24.04 and name space was removed from the document.

The whole section of iX cli shell was removed on 24.10 document.

What is the official way to modify auxsmbconf field now?

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There’s no official way. There were too many problems with ppl borking their smb with aux parameters.

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Without auxiliary parameters customization, TrueNAS is not even a viable solution for many if not most NAS usages.

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Here’s a satirical take on it.

Here’s me being serious about it.

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It is ironic that even a consumer oriented NAS product, the Apple of NAS, provides more user accessibility options than iX does.

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The following solution still works from the CLI: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/auxiliary-parameters-missed.113938/page-3

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Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I learnt cli shell and mdiclt from that forums.

However, the document has been removed now. How do I know which parameters are available now? Especially for mdiclt command.

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Great question, maybe someone from the TrueNAS team can chime in?

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The document is still available at its URL or via the forum archive - “Browse Forum Archive” on the masthead.

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I mean the official document was removed.
The SMB section in Scale 23.10 - CLI Reference Guide 8.3 - Sharing was simply a place holder but it has mentioned that

The SCALE CLI guide is a work in progress! New namespace and command documentation is continually added and maintained, so check back here often to see what is new!

However, the whole SCALE 24.04 CLI Reference was rewritten. Details were removed and it left the following warning

The experimental TrueNAS CLI is not recommended for general use and is not receiving further updates in 24.04. As such, the CLI Reference Guide for 24.04 is deprecated and removed.

Please continue to refer to web interface Tutorials for guidance. Thank you!

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Additionally, you have to be aware, that auxilliary parameters are not displayed in the configuration GUI. So if several administrators work with a NAS, one might not even realise, that one smb configuration is changed through the cli…