Hi Unraid Community,

I'm encountering a frustrating issue where I cannot save share settings because of Chinese character names, even though I'm not using ZFS anywhere in my system.

Error Message:
The notification beside the share name:
Share name contains invalid characters for ZFS use

My Environment:

• Unraid Version:7.1.4

• Cache Pool: Btrfs (RAID 1) - No ZFS

• Array Disks: XFS - No ZFS

• No ZFS pools or filesystems anywhere

The Problem:
I have shares with Chinese names like:

• 影视 (means "Media")

• 电影 (means "Movies")

• 剧集 (means "TV Shows")

When I try to modify ANY settings for these shares (Split level, Minimum free space, Included/Excluded disks, Allocation method), the save fails with the ZFS character validation error. English-named shares work perfectly fine

Why I Need Chinese Names:

• Family members use the system and recognize Chinese names better

• Media organization is culturally specific

• Works perfectly fine technically (when it doesn't block saves)

Thank you in advance for any insights or solutions!

As shown above, any settings I modify won't take effect after clicking Apply and just revert back to the original state.

My current solution is to create an English-named share in the same location, apply and save all the configurations there, then transfer these settings to the Chinese share via this English share. But it is not convenient and how to fix this issue

Edited November 5, 2025Nov 5 by xemaco

See reply in bug report.