Questions tagged [nas]
The term network attached storage (commonly abbreviated as NAS)
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Ubuntu 16.04 vs 18.04 regarding CIFS
In Ubuntu 16.04 I was able to mount using fstab my network attached storage buffalo. The general configuration was that I had several symbolic links to locations on the NAS. This way when away from ...
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How to mount BlackArmor 220 NAS on Ubuntu 19.10?
I want to mount BlackArmor NAS 220 on my Ubuntu 19.10 to /media/BlackArmor
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I was missing vers=1.0 on the last cifs parameter. The command that works:
sudo mount -t cifs -o guest,vers=1.0 //...
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Unable to use Disk Quotas on USB external exFat drive in Ubuntu Server 18.04
UPDATE: Current fstab line is:
UUID=usb_drive_id /mnt/usb_drive1 exfat defaults,usrquota,_netdev 0 0
Thanks in advance for helping.
I set up a WD USB external drive as a NAS on Ubuntu Server 18.04 ...
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NAS appearing twice in "Other locations"
I have a Synology DiskStation inside my LAN. I have called it "pluto".
When I go to the file explorer and watch at "Other Locations" I see this twice. Why could this be?
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Dolphin Remote/network and Recently Saved places not working
I'm looking at the Dolphin file manager that comes with 18.04. I was encouraged to see the Recently Saved place, since I use the same files over and over. But nothing appears under Today or Network. I ...
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Cannot open Excel files from Linux if on Nas Server
I connected to my QNAP NAS Server in Linux in the filemange with smb (smb://192.168.6.101/).
I logged in with a User who has read and write rights. On the Server i can edit text files etc.
However ...
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Pulling data from 6 5TB hard drives in Ubuntu
The raid controller in the NAS enclosure failed, but the drives are still operational. I do know it is setup in a RAID configuration, which configuration, I am not sure, as I didn't set it up. Safe ...
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Dolphin "Could not change permissions for" popup on copy for FreeNAS nfs4
Every time I try to copy a file onto one of the network drives (M) dolphin comes up with following popup:
"Could not change permissions for X"
For each file, possibly freezing my system if there are ...
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Connecting to Windows NAS devices: WD is accessible, but Buffalo LinkStation is not
Running Ubuntu 18.04.2. I have two NAS devices on my (Windows) workgroup. Ubuntu can connect to one of them (a WD MyCloud) with the SMB protocol smb://mywdshare/share, but the other NAS (Buffalo ...
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how to totally uninstall network simulator (ns2) and reinstall
When configured, ns found the right version of tclsh in /usr/bin/tclsh8.6
but it doesn't seem to be there anymore, so ns will fall back on running the first tclsh in your path. The wrong version of ...
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Access External Hard Drive via network
I want to access my simple wd passport device accessed over network (Ethernet or wifi) i am the only user who will be access the drive and os is ubuntu.
I was thinking of something like raspberry pi ...
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Is it possible to create a roaming profile on Ubuntu to NAS
I installed a ubuntu desktop and installed certain software's.Also i created multiple users.Is it possible to create /home of a user to a Netgear NAS.
Its just like create a roaming profile on ...
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Use excess RAM as cache for Samba?
I have a older workstation with 32gb of RAM that I've repurposed as a server running Ubuntu Server 18.04. Since 32gb is way more than necessary given the limited use (mainly just file sharing and ...
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Local and remote (NAS) file matching permissions
I have a Synology NAS (DS214play) where all my multimedia files and others are stored. However, because I make changes to files from either the client running Ubuntu 18.04 or the NAS, I run into ...
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Seahorse: Export and Import Keyrings as backup
I am try to prepare a backup of my Ubuntu 18.04 including the Seahorse Keyrings. For that I use rsync to copy the content of /home/user/.local/share/keyrings/ to my NAS.
Then I copy this data to a ...
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Add multiple trackers at once with Transmission Remote
I recently bought a QNap I use as download station, so I switched from downloading files with uTorrent on my PC to downloading them with Transmission on the QNap.
I use Transmission Remote to ...
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I can ssh to the server but sshfs gives me 'no matching cipher found: client arcfour server aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr......'
I can ssh to the server, but sshfs fails with the
read: Connection reset by peer
error. I have checked all the cases pointed out in this AskUbuntu question, the user is in the fuse group, ...
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Options for Linux NAS Software [closed]
I am looking for some NAS Linux software. After research all I have found are OSs such as FreeNAS and FreeBSD. But my server is already running Linux Mate and has lots of config which is required as ...
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Delete command under AFP 18.04, 16.x, 14.x on DSM
just upgraded to 18.04 and the delete command does not work on my NAS.
Synology NAS
DSM 6.2-23739 Update 2
Model DS115j
any ideas on how to start debugging?
(not a rights issue - all works with ...
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Synologie NAS - Using Symbolic Link with SFTP
In advance, sorry for the spelling errors. English isn't my first language, I will try to be as clear as possible.
I am trying to interconnect folder between them inside my NAS.
Example : I have a ...
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Samba share on external drive delays SSH logins
I have a Ubuntu Server 18.04 as well as a NAS on my network. The drives on the NAS are configured to stop spinning after a bit of idle time; they take a noticeable time to start up when needed. That ...
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NFS share connection wait
I've got a Synology NAS at home and I auto-mount the NFS shared folders from it on my laptop. However, when I am using the laptop outside my house, it takes it too long to boot up and I suspect that ...
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How to pool HDDs without having them all spin up?
I would like add a bunch of SATA HDDs into my HTPC and turn it into a NAS.
The HTPC is running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
To have a safety net for HDD failures, I will be using the SNAPraid with one parity HDD....
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How to mount synology SMB2 share on ubuntu
I'm having a hard time mount a SMB2 share from my synology to ubuntu server 16.04.
mount.cifs //NAMEOFNAS.domainname.local/Backup /mnt/NAS/ -U USERNAME
results in following error:
mount error(95): ...
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mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting synology NAS drive
My synology NAS will not let my ubuntu computer mount the shared NFS folder to a local folder for my plex server to read
[This is the error I get]
[Command]
sudo mount 192.168.0.27:/Volume1/Movies /...
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Help with grub script to change grub conf
I'm afraid I know absolutely nothing about the formulation or syntax of a grub script so I was hoping to get some help here unless scripts in the /grub.d be coded in Python (I am familiar with Python)?...
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Running multiple services on one Ubuntu Server
I have 2 PC's - 1 i am running pfsense and will be a dedicated machine for that purpose(unless i can run it all on one).
2nd machine i have i was thinking of putting Mail Server, NAS, and Nexcloud/...
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NAS Support For Ubuntu 16.04
I've purchased the 'Western Digital MyBook Live 2TB Personal Cloud Storage'. It supports NAS. I am trying to setup automatic backups. (Something like rysnc which may run daily to backup my /home ...
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Mounting NAS for plex media server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I know there are a lot of already asked questions in the web concerning plex server and ubuntu but none of the solutions worked for me.
I am using ubuntu 16.04 LTS clean install. I installed plex ...
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Mkdir in path that is an NFS share doesn't assign directory permissions
I have an Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64) server with a Synology NAS mounted at /mnt/media via NFS.
From a bash shell, I cd into /mnt/media and perform a mkdir new-folder
The ...
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Nautilus cannot write into 1st directory of a NFS share
I have a synology NAS.
On the client I create the directory :
mkdir /media/feydreva/download
chown -R feydreva /media/feydreva
chmod 777 /media/feydreva/download
I can mount my NFS without any ...
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Find owner of a file in SMB mounted NAS storage
I have access to a NAS storage server along with many others. Everyone has their own login credentials to NAS which is mounted using SMB.
Now, lets assume the username of my Ubuntu PC is 'abc' and ...
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FreeFileSync - NAS - permissions
I'm new in linux so forgive me if I make obvious mistakes.
I'm trying to figure out how to get my laptop synced with my (Synology) NAS.
I have installed FreeFileSync. It works perfect between ...
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How do i take a disk image of Ubuntu 16.04 on a NAS
I have recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 in a VM running on a Windows 10 host.
As a complete newcomer to Linux, never mind Ubuntu, I am completely baffled by the setting up of a simple backup of the ...
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NFS lock-up over 1Gb ethernet: Post 14.04.5 to Zyxel NSA325 v2
When mounting a NFS share over 1000Mbps Ethernet connection, a cp or rsync will lock up after a few MBytes transferred. This does NOT occur when using earlier Ubuntu versions / derivatives.
NAS ...
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Is Drobo5N2 Dashboard available for Ubuntu 16.04?
I am very new to Ubuntu. I am wondering if I can install Drobo Dashboard?
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Simple Samba setup kicking my butt
Samba in standalone mode, just one share. Windows client says "You do not have permission". Using UNIX ACL's, have a simple one line mapping file for a single user. Using tdb as back end, have enabled ...
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Samba + Owncloud
I recently build up a nas and think about how the perfect setup should look like.
I thought on setting up samba as fileserving and owncloud to access the files from internet. Does this make sense or ...
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How do I get RSYNC to work with a LaCie-2big-NAS?
I am having a problem getting RSYNC to backup remotely to a LaCie-2big-NAS (internet connected HDD). I have set all the permissions for the target directory to be "rwx" (read, write, executable) and ...
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Trying to add a NAS to Plex in Ubuntu
I have been trying Ubuntu occasionally now and decided to start use Ubuntu for my plex server instead of windows.
I have a nas where all data is stored and have tried to auto mount it using fstab.
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How do I access a local network share in dolphin?
I decided to switch over to Kubuntu for a while, and I backed up my documents on a NAS connected to my local network. I was able to see it and access it in nautilus, but when I try to access it in ...
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Fstab bind network shared folder: mount error(6): No such device or address
trying to bind a shared folder located on my NAS in fstab using
//192.168.178.150/array1 /home/myUser/test cifs username=myUser,passwd=**** 0 0
I get the following error
Retrying with upper case ...
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Discovering the IP of my NAS which is connected by Ethernet Cable
So I've been unable to find the IP of the QNAP NAS that I am trying to use. I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 and have the NAS connected through an ethernet cable which goes directly from the NAS into my PC. ...
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How to create a NAS/NFS distributed over multiple machines?
I have multiple mac minis running Ubuntu. I'm building a mini cluster. Each has a medium sized drive. I was wondering if there was a way I could turn a portion of each drive into a shared NAS/NFS of ...
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Ubuntu with no window manager 95% of time
I want to run Ubuntu on a dedicated NAS I am building.
95% of the time I want to run it in as low power mode as possible (although I do want to run Crashplan on it), so I'd like to disable most X ...
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How to install a minimal Xfce4 GUI on Ubuntu Server 16.04?
I'm building a NAS for my home with Ubuntu Server 16.04.
I would like to know what is the best way to install a very minimal Xfce4 graphical user interface on it in order to complete some frequent ...
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What credential is my server looking for?
For the past few months, I have been using a NAS server that I created by running FreeNAS in a VirtualBox on my Ubuntu 16.04 server. I know this isn't ideal, so I set up Samba shares on my server. Now,...
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Mount a NAS drive in ubuntu server - permission problems
First I'm a newbie in Linux, but I read a lot these days about it.
I have a network and all my work files are in NAS drive. I start with an education purposes Ubuntu Server, with local messenger etc.
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NAS does not mount during boot
I would like to mount a NAS automatically during start up, and have inserted the following line in /etc/fstab:
mount -t cifs -o username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx //nas8d5ec9.local/public/ /mnt/...
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How to set up a shared HDD
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 and I added a 2TB HDD to be shared over the network.
My questions are:
1. Do I need to format the HDD as NFS (or other type?? - and how do I do that)?
2. How do I share the ...
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