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hey all,
is it possible to:
1. dowloand files from this nas via a web interface? i want to set this up as a movie server, and i have friends/family who will not be comfortable
with using an ftp client.
2. to have better file management? the idea is to have say 1 folder for private use and another that's publicly accessible. (as you may surmise,
i am somewhat of a linux newb).
tia.
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hi.622823 wrote:
1. dowloand files from this nas via a web interface? i want to set this up as a movie server, and i have friends/family who will not be comfortable
with using an ftp client.
Yes, it's possible to run a web server, though it's not trivial to run it on the default port (80). The lighttpd in my funplug will run on port 8080 by default (so you have to point your web browser to http://whatever-name-or-ip-address-youve-got:8080/).
hi.622823 wrote:
2. to have better file management? the idea is to have say 1 folder for private use and another that's publicly accessible. (as you may surmise,
i am somewhat of a linux newb).
Regarding the web server, you can configure access rights per directory. I suggest reading the lighttpd manual. To edit the config file, try the joe add-on, if you don't know how to use the included vi.
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i did have one last question, regarding hot swappable drives (didn't find a satisfactory answer in the forum). suppose you have 2 sata drives, in a raid 1 configuration, both drives with the ext2 filesystem. say 1 drive becomes defective. is it possible to replace that drive with the nas powered on?
thanks again.
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hi.622823 wrote:
i did have one last question, regarding hot swappable drives (didn't find a satisfactory answer in the forum). suppose you have 2 sata drives, in a raid 1 configuration, both drives with the ext2 filesystem. say 1 drive becomes defective. is it possible to replace that drive with the nas powered on?
thanks again.
I would definitely WONT do that. How Swap disks are expensive and the technology is far more advanced. I dont think the 323 supports that.
Hell, they should be advertising that if that were true.
I might be wrong
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Pull one of your SATA disks and look at the connectors - you'll notice that some of the fingers are longer than the others - those are ground connections, and they are longer for a reason - SATA is designed for hot swapping - and it is perfectly safe to hot swap the disks.
With that said - hot swap hardware is only half the equation - you also need the firmware/software to support it. The DNS-323 firmware does not support hot swap and the unit will not rebuild the "failed" disk - so whilst hot swapping is possible, it won't get you anywhere.
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though i cannot confirm whether the DNS is hot swappable or not, i have read within these forums that someone here has done hot swap many times with no issues. however, just be safe and power down.
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also, regarding fonz's response...i am quite willing to read the httpd manual to setup directory/file permissions etc. but it will take me some time to understand it. meanwhile, files will be accessed via a command line. my question is can i make certain files/folders private (ie only accessible from my lan) and others public by telnetting into the dns-323?
cheers.
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hi.622823 wrote:
also, regarding fonz's response...i am quite willing to read the httpd manual to setup directory/file permissions etc. but it will take me some time to understand it. meanwhile, files will be accessed via a command line. my question is can i make certain files/folders private (ie only accessible from my lan) and others public by telnetting into the dns-323?
cheers.
You can change smb.conf, for example:
[ priv share ]
hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/24 127.0.0.1
hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
...
[ pub share ]
...
providing that you don't set your global hosts allow/deny to overrule these.
You will need a fun_plug to persist the change to disk
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