Hey there.
I have NFS share on my linux server.
When i access this share trough windows i see Linux made some files called "thumbs.db: encryptable".
Found a page telling me to use a -R option but not how or where to use this option.
Here you have the URL of that page.
http://prabhanjan-panigrahi.blogspot...1_archive.html
Done some googleïng but nothing usable came up
Anybody here who had the same problem and solved it ?

It is not Gnu/Linux that creates these files. They are created by winblows when you access directories with images in them.

Use the search facility on your winblows box to find all thumbs.db files on the nfs share and delete them.

If I recall correctly, to stop these files appearing again disable the thumbnail caching option in winblows.

Windows makes these files - not Linux. Use the following command on Linux to find and remove all of these files :-

# find /path/to/nfs/share -name thumbs.db -exec rm -f '{}' \;

Thanx for the feedback.
But still the problem remains.
When i move a complete dir from win to lin it happens again.
I don't think windows makes these files.
The names are illegal on NTFS.
So my quistion remains how makes these files and how can i stop it.

They are created by winblows. These files are normally hidden on winblows. Change your folder options in winblows to unhide files and you will see them.

Thx for the fast response Nexus
Just to make it clear the name is 'thumbs.db:encryptable'.
I now that windows makes the thumbs.db files but those are not the problem.
The problem is the ':' in the name 'thumbs.db:encryptable'. and those are only found in the NFS share.
From the creation time i see that there made even if no clients have mounted or accessed the share. And using a ':' is illegal under NTFS. So i have a hard time believing that windows would make these.

Well i still have the same problem.
Also find out that windows7 those not allow that you disable thumb caching.
at least not in a normal way.
Those anybody have a idea ?

NTFS sucks, it has a huge security hole with those multiable streams
to the point where i use fat32 when installing windows -- i dont need no virus lurking in the text files

Well i really don't have the option to change all of my clients to Linux or Macos. So i'm stuck with windows. But like i said before i don't think that windows is to blame here. It those allot of stupid things but adding illegal symbols to a file name thats is even for MS way to stupid.

If you insist. Just google thumbs.db:encryptable and you'll see it's a problem that exists between winblows and network folders.

There's a solution here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...a-5b74dcf59c20 and another one here: http://www.velocityreviews.com/forum...tabledata.html and another one here (which you have to pay for to see the solution!!): http://www.experts-exchange.com/Othe..._21360103.html

There are many more postings about this issue should none of the above help.

Well it seems like your right Nexus windows is making these files.
Windows uses these to keep information about what thumbs belong to withs file and where they the order is of the files on none fat/ntfs file systems.
Disabling the caching of thumbs fixed it.
Just one problem under win7 you don't have the option anymore to disable this. Under folder option that is.
After some looking around using google i found the next trick.

Find the following key in your reg. using regedit.
And change the value to
Hope this post helps anybody else