zfs discuss - Jun 2010 - ZFS Component Naming Requirements

Hi All!

Can i create pool or dataset with name that contains non-latin letters
(russian letters, specific germany letters, etc ...)?

I tried to create pool with non-latin letters, but could not.

In ZFS User Guide i see next information:
> Each ZFS component must be named according to the following rules:
>
>    -
>
>    Empty components are not allowed.
>    -
>
>    Each component can only contain alphanumeric characters in addition to
>    the following four special characters:
>    -
>
>       Underscore (_)
>       -
>
>       Hyphen (-)
>       -
>
>       Colon (:)
>       -
>
>       Period (.)
>       -
>
>    Pool names must begin with a letter, except for the following
>    restrictions:
>    -
>
>       The beginning sequence c[0-9] is not allowed
>       -
>
>       The name log is reserved
>       -
>
>       A name that begins with mirror, raidz, or spare is not allowed
>       because these name are reserved.
>
>    In addition, pool names must not contain a percent sign (%)
>    -
>
>    Dataset names must begin with an alphanumeric character. Dataset names
>    must not contain a percent sign (%).
>
>
As you can see guide has no information about only-latin letters.

Thanks.
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Hi--

Pool names must contain alphanumeric characters as described here:

http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/common/zfs/zfs_namecheck.c

The problem you might be having is probably with an special characters,
such as umlauts or accents (?). Pool names only allow 4 special
characters, as described in this section.

Thanks,

Cindy

On 06/07/10 06:45, eXeC001er wrote:
> Hi All!
> 
> Can i create pool or dataset with name that contains non-latin letters 
> (russian letters, specific germany letters, etc ...)?
> 
> I tried to create pool with non-latin letters, but could not.
> 
> In ZFS User Guide i see next information:
> 
>     Each ZFS component must be named according to the following rules:
> 
>         *
> 
>           Empty components are not allowed.
> 
>         *
> 
>           Each component can only contain alphanumeric characters in
>           addition to the following four special characters:
> 
>               o
> 
>                 Underscore (_)
> 
>               o
> 
>                 Hyphen (-)
> 
>               o
> 
>                 Colon (:)
> 
>               o
> 
>                 Period (.)
> 
>         *
> 
>           Pool names must begin with a letter, except for the following
>           restrictions:
> 
>               o
> 
>                 The beginning sequence c[0-9] is not allowed
> 
>               o
> 
>                 The name log is reserved
> 
>               o
> 
>                 A name that begins with mirror, raidz, or spare is not
>                 allowed because these name are reserved.
> 
>           In addition, pool names must not contain a percent sign (%)
> 
>         *
> 
>           Dataset names must begin with an alphanumeric character.
>           Dataset names must not contain a percent sign (%).
> 
> 
> As you can see guide has no information about only-latin letters. 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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