diff --git a/iscsi_fix.sh b/iscsi_fix.sh
index 5094b00..a01d6e1 100644
--- a/iscsi_fix.sh
+++ b/iscsi_fix.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,51 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-(
-volume="data"
-for i in `find /$volume -maxdepth 2 -type d  -name ".iscsi" | sed "s/\/.iscsi//g;s/\/$volume\///g;"`; do mkdir -p /$volume/._share/${i} cd /$volume/._share/${i}; echo "comment  " > iscsi.conf; echo "0 0 0 * 0 0 0" > snapshot.conf;done
-)
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+# iscsi share fix
+# use this script to rebuild default configs for shares if the ._share becomes
+# broken for whatever reason. 
+echo "Activating iSCSI share rebuilder"
+echo "Querying readynasd for list of volumes..."
+x=$(rn_nml -g volumes | grep "resource-id" | sed 's/^.*id="//;s/".*//;')
+number=$(echo $x | wc -w)
+echo "$number volume(s) found."
+for volume in ${x}
+do 
+    echo -n "Investigating volume /$volume..."
+    for i in `find /"$volume" -maxdepth 2 -type d  -name ".iscsi" | sed "s/\/.iscsi//g;s/\/$volume\///g;"`
+    do 
+	found=1
+	path="/$volume/._share/${i}"
+	echo "Found /$volume/${i}... recreating configs...".
+        mkdir -p $path 
+        cat > $path/iscsi.conf << EOF
+comment  
+alert_threshold 80
+EOF
+	cat > $path/custom_snapshot_management.conf << EOF
+enabled = no
+retention_rule = lifetime
+lifetime = 2592000
+number = 30
+nonempty_snapshots = yes
+prev_versions = no
+EOF
+	cat > $path/custom_snapshot_schedule.conf << EOF
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+EOF
+	cat > $path/snapshot.conf << EOF
+0 0 0 * 0 0 0
+EOF
+	echo " Done with /$volume/${i}."
+    done
+    echo " Done with /$volume"
+done
+if [[ $found ]]
+then
+    echo "Restarting readynasd to finish changes..."
+    systemctl restart readynasd
+fi
diff --git a/share_fix.sh b/share_fix.sh
index fd5ca3d..ecc159d 100644
--- a/share_fix.sh
+++ b/share_fix.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,58 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-(
-volume="data"
-#volume=$(rn_nml -g volumes | grep resource-id | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/resource-id="//;s/"$//')
+# share fix
+# use this script to rebuild default configs for shares if the ._share becomes
+# broken for whatever reason. 
 
-for i in `find /$volume/ -mindepth 2  -maxdepth 2 -type d  | egrep -v "\/$volume\/home|\/$volume\/.apps|\/$volume\/.vault|\/$volume\/.purge|\/$volume\/._share|\/$volume\/.timemachine|\/$volume\/.TemporaryItems|.iscsi" | sed "s/\/$volume\///g;s/\/.*//g" | sort | uniq`; do mkdir -p /$volume/._share/${i}; cd /$volume/._share/${i}; echo "share" > datasettype.conf; echo "0,25000" > recycle.conf; echo "#dashboard:available=0 \"/$volume/$i\" 127.0.0.1(ro,insecure,insecure_locks,root_squash,anongid=99,anonuid=99,no_subtree_check,sync)" > nfs.conf; echo "" > snapdir.conf; echo "0 0 0 * * * 0" > snapshot.conf; cat > afp.conf << EOF
+echo "Activating Share rebuilder"
+echo "Querying readynasd for list of volumes..."
+x=$(rn_nml -g volumes | grep "resource-id" | sed 's/^.*id="//;s/".*//;')
+number=$(echo $x | wc -w)
+echo "$number volume(s) found."
+for volume in $x
+do
+    echo -n "Investigating volume /$volume..."
+    for i in `find /$volume/ -mindepth 1  -maxdepth 2 -type d  | egrep -v "\/$volume\/home|\/$volume\/.apps|\/$volume\/.vault|\/$volume\/.purge|\/$volume\/._share|\/$volume\/.timemachine|\/$volume\/.TemporaryItems|.iscsi" | sed "s/\/$volume\///g;s/\/.*//g" | sort | uniq`
+    do 
+        found=1
+        path="/$volume/._share/${i}"
+        echo "Found /$volume/${i}... recreating configs...".
+        mkdir -p "$path"
+        echo "share" > $path/datasettype.conf
+        echo "0,0" > $path/recycle.conf
+        echo "#dashboard:available=0 \"/$volume/$i\" 127.0.0.1(ro,insecure,insecure_locks,no_subtree_check,crossmnt,anongid=99,anonuid=99,root_squash,async)" > $path/nfs.conf
+        echo "" > $path/snapdir.conf
+        echo "0 0 0 * * * 0" > $path/snapshot.conf
+        cat > $path/afp.conf << EOF
 [$i]
   available = 1
   path = /$volume/$i
-  invalid users = "guest","nobody","@guest","@nogroup"
   admin group = admin
 EOF
-cat > fs.conf << EOF
+        cat > $path/custom_snapshot_management.conf << EOF
+enabled = no
+retention_rule = lifetime
+lifetime = 2592000
+number = 30
+nonempty_snapshots = yes
+prev_versions = no
+EOF
+        cat > $path/custom_snapshot_schedule.conf << EOF
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+........................
+EOF
+        cat > $path/fs.conf << EOF
 compression = 0
 bitrotprotection = 0
 refquota = 0
 EOF
-cat > ftp.conf << EOF
+        cat > $path/ftp.conf << EOF
 available       0
-default_access  writeable
+default_access  disabled
 mask
 fmask
 dmask
@@ -28,18 +63,27 @@ user_ro
 group_ro
 host_ro
 EOF
-cat > samba.conf << EOF
+        cat > $path/samba.conf << EOF
 [$i]
   path = /$volume/$i
   comment = "$i folder"
-  force create mode = 0666
-  create mask = 0666
-  force directory mode = 1777
-  directory mask = 1777
-  admin users = "+admin","Administrator"
+  spotlight = 0
+  guest ok = 1
+  admin users = +admin
   writeable = 1
   follow symlinks = 1
 EOF
-chown root.root datasettype.conf recycle.conf snapdir.conf snapshot.conf; chown admin.admin afp.conf fs.conf ftp.conf nfs.conf samba.conf
+        echo -n "Fixing permissions on files..."
+	cd $path
+        chown root.root datasettype.conf recycle.conf snapdir.conf snapshot.conf
+        chown admin.admin afp.conf fs.conf ftp.conf nfs.conf samba.conf custom_snapshot_management.conf custom_snapshot_schedule.conf
+        echo " done!"
+        echo " Done with /$volume/${i}."
+    done
+    echo " Done with /$volume"
 done
-)
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+if [[ $found ]]
+then
+    echo "Restarting readynasd to finish changes..."
+    systemctl restart readynasd
+fi