It seems that everyone has a different opinion. In my current setup, root owns all datasets and shares, and I use ACLs for permissions. So far I haven’t run into any problems, although I would like to hear if this setup is a bad idea. Some set the ownership of shares to the specific user group, who…

I think there is no right or wrong answer in this scenario, and is best suited based on your convenience level with CLI. In my systems, I prefer to leave it as the default with root for all datasets/folders other than the home folder/shares. I try to use the TrueNAS GUI for managing dataset as muc…

Generally you can just have datasets owned by root (unless you’re mounting them in containers, then probably the unprivileged root for containers would be better). As far as permissions go, just set an ACL to grant the required access to groups (not via GROUP@ entry, but explicit group entries). Cha…

Who should own datasets?

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Savicava December 26, 2025, 12:36am 3

Someone more experienced, please provide us with the suggestions/advices.
Also, some useful info in the similar post: General Use Datasets: Who Should Own Them?

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Who should own datasets?

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