Hi Mike and all, I still see ._ files with fruit:resource=xattr and not with fruit:resource=stream. Try extracting the attached zip file using a macintosh on the samba share. (Sounds dangerous, right?!) With fruit:resource=xattr # ls -al total 537 drwxrwx---+ 2 cwseys cwseys 9 Feb 17 09:57 . drwxrwx---+ 3 cwseys cwseys 5 Feb 17 09:57 .. -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 20120 Feb 17 09:57 'directory listing.png' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 6148 Feb 17 09:57 .DS_Store -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 61808 Feb 17 09:57 '._RF=151KB Extension' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 543239 Feb 17 09:57 'RF=151KB Extension' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 4488 Feb 17 09:57 '._RF=4KB ReadMe' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 3519 Feb 17 09:57 'RF=4KB ReadMe' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 174806 Feb 17 09:57 'what the readme should look like.png' With fruit:resource=stream the directory looks the same as if it had been extracted on Macintosh local filesystem. (The readme does not display as shown by 'what the readme should look like.png' when opened from either samba share or local Macintosh file system, so ignore that?) # ls -al resourceForkTest/ total 517 drwxrwx---+ 2 cwseys cwseys 7 Feb 17 10:13 . drwxrwx---+ 3 cwseys cwseys 5 Feb 17 10:13 .. -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 20120 Feb 17 10:13 'directory listing.png' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 6148 Feb 17 10:13 .DS_Store -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 543239 Feb 17 10:13 'RF=151KB Extension' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 3519 Feb 17 10:13 'RF=4KB ReadMe' -rwxrwxr--+ 1 cwseys cwseys 174806 Feb 17 10:13 'what the readme should look like.png' Some debug info: Samba 4.9.18, zfs 0.8.3 # zfs get xattr tank/home_cwseys NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE tank/home_cwseys xattr sa local Relevant smb.conf # global fruit:nfs_aces = no [share] inherit acls = Yes inherit permissions = Yes path = /srv/smb vfs objects = full_audit catia fruit streams_xattr fruit:veto_appledouble = no fruit:resource = stream fruit:metadata = stream fruit:encoding = native Let me know your thoughts b/c I'd rather not use something marked 'experimental' ! Thanks! Chad.