Re: Can't mount NFS NAS after major upgrade

Steve Matzura wrote: > mount /mnt/bigvol1/dir-1 /home/steve/dir-1 -o bind,ro In addition to what others have observed it might be worth mentioning that the -v option to mount (i.e. verbose) often gives more information about what's going on.

Re: Can't mount NFS NAS after major upgrade

On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 02:43:16PM -0400, Steve Matzura wrote: As Charles points out, this looks rather like CIFS, not NFS: > # NAS box: > //192.168.1.156/BigVol1 /mnt/bigvol1 cifs > _netdev,username=,password=,ro 0 0 If Charles's (an

Re: Can't mount NFS NAS after major upgrade

show-stopper on 11 which I absolutely must solve before moving ahead, and it's the following: For years I have had a Synology NAS that was automatically mounted and directories thereon bound during the boot process via the following lines at the end of /etc/fstab: # NAS box: //192.168.1.1

Re: Can't mount NFS NAS after major upgrade

On Sun, 17 Sep 2023 14:43:16 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: > # NAS box: > //192.168.1.156/BigVol1 /mnt/bigvol1 cifs > _netdev,username=,password=,ro 0 0 Possibly part of the problem is that this is a CIFS (Samba) mount, not an NFS mount. Is samba installed? If you try to mount t

Can't mount NFS NAS after major upgrade

solve before moving ahead, and it's the following: For years I have had a Synology NAS that was automatically mounted and directories thereon bound during the boot process via the following lines at the end of /etc/fstab: # NAS box: //192.168.1.156/BigVol1 /mnt/bigvol1 cifs _netdev,username

Re: I have successfully mounted iSCSI targets from Synology NAS in Debian 11 Linux server for a construction company at Defu Lane 10, Singapore on 10 Feb 2023 Fri

Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > Please also note that openssh-server was not installed. To install it, run > > # apt install openssh-server > > Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config > > and set > > PermitRootLogin yes This is usually a bad move. PermitRootLogin prohibit-password is a much safe

I have successfully mounted iSCSI targets from Synology NAS in Debian 11 Linux server for a construction company at Defu Lane 10, Singapore on 10 Feb 2023 Fri

Subject: I have successfully mounted iSCSI targets from Synology NAS in Debian 11 Linux server for a construction company at Defu Lane 10, Singapore on 10 Feb 2023 Fri Good day from Singapore, I have successfully mounted iSCSI targets from Synology NAS in Debian 11 Linux server for a

Re: NAS + serveur de fichier SMB NFS SFTP avec Debian 11

Le lundi 26 décembre 2022, 16:51:56 CET Jean-François Bachelet a écrit : > Hello ^^) > > Le 26/12/2022 à 16:05, Olivier Back my spare a écrit : > > Bonjour > > > > Est-il possible de faire un NAS serveur de fichier SMB NFS SFTP + LDAP > > avec un Debian? > >

Re: sleep on a low-usage NAS ?

> I need advice on what else I can do to keep the device with disks unspun for > most of the day, yet still be available almost immediately when other > clients on the LAN need some NAS services. IIUC your disk spins down mostly as you want it, but it needlessly spins up every once in a

Re: sleep on a low-usage NAS ?

jeremy ardley wrote: > I have just converted a qnap TS-212 NAS from the vendor software to a stock > Debian 10. (Armel) > > I notice immediately that the NAS never spins down its disks when idle - as > it used to with the vendor software. > > The NAS is used maybe once pe

Re: sleep on a low-usage NAS ?

o occasionally forget their power settings, so I reissue the command in my script that does some daily backup tasks. [...] > I need advice on what else I can do to keep the device with disks unspun > for most of the day, yet still be available almost immediately when > other clients on

sleep on a low-usage NAS ?

I have just converted a qnap TS-212 NAS from the vendor software to a stock Debian 10. (Armel) I notice immediately that the NAS never spins down its disks when idle - as it used to with the vendor software. The NAS is used maybe once per day to take backups via smb. Ideally, I'd like

Re: Cheap NAS

b/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules and runs hdparm at /lib/udev/rules.d/85-hdparm.rules so in this case, you shouldn't get a race. > In my case, I spread out wear by rotating disks through different uses: > main NAS drive, nearline backup mirror of that, and offline backup. S

Re: Cheap NAS

related to those paths in the past.) In my case, I spread out wear by rotating disks through different uses: main NAS drive, nearline backup mirror of that, and offline backup. So I decided rather than mount by UUID or similar, I'd mount by filesystem label instead, then I could just relabel

Re: Cheap NAS

On 17/10/2022 22:50, Tixy wrote: # Set spindown time for disk if NAS1=`findmnt -n -o SOURCE /nas1/main`; then /sbin/hdparm -S120 $NAS1; fi Rather than hard code the disk as /dev/sdc I use 'findmnt' to get the disk name from the point it's mounted at (/nas1/main in this case). Are

Re: Cheap NAS

On 18/10/2022 08:59, Stefan Monnier wrote: - In my experience, whether `hdparm -S..` works on a USB drive depends on the USB<->SATA adapter in use. If it doesn't, `hdparm` will tell you, tho. I did go further but my impression was that in the case of USB disk enclosures sdparm may work

Re: Cheap NAS

 Original Message  *Subject: *  Re: Cheap NAS *From: * Tixy *To: * Debian-user *CC: * *Date: *  2022-10-17  11:50 AM Rather than hard code the disk as /dev/sdc I use 'findmnt' to get the disk name from the point it's mounted at (/nas1/main in

Re: Cheap NAS

t can transfer at full speed. It's possible an >> > SSD would solve this, but I had the laptop drive around already. [...] > Or try the hdparm command to change spindown time or other power saving > parameters. I use this to deliberately spin down my NAS drive after 10 [...] >

Re: Cheap NAS

On Mon, 2022-10-17 at 11:28 -0400, Wayne Sallee wrote: > >  Original Message  > *Subject: *  Re: Cheap NAS > *From: * Paulf > *To: * Debian-user > *CC: * > *Date: *  2022-10-16  02:31 PM > > It's also worth noting: on my setup w

Re: Cheap NAS

 Original Message  *Subject: *  Re: Cheap NAS *From: * Paulf *To: * Debian-user *CC: * *Date: *  2022-10-16  02:31 PM It's also worth noting: on my setup with a spinning rust laptop drive hooked via USB 3 to my RPi, the drive doesn't spin co

Re: Cheap NAS

ves It's more than fast enough to saturate its Gigabit LAN with data in NAS configuration. It also has built in Wifi. The M4V2 at around $100 US is a lot cheaper than the chassis, power supply, and 4 x drives required to make up the rest of a conventional NAS. However NVME PCI-e  is an o

Re: Cheap NAS

pa...@quillandmouse.com [2022-10-16 14:22:16] wrote: > Pi's don't have SATA. Depends on the flavor. Banana Pi and Orange Pi mini definitely do. [ But not a very good one, admittedly. And their power infrastructure tends to be overwhelmed when you connect a spinning rust drive (I've had to tr

Re: Cheap NAS

Am 16.10.22 um 20:19 schrieb pa...@quillandmouse.com: On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:11:50 -0400 Wayne Sallee wrote: What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing some free nas software like https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux It's possible, but it sort of vio

Re: Cheap NAS

On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 23:04:03 +0500 Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > 2022-10-16 21:58 GMT+05:00, Andrew M.A. Cater : > >> > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing > >> > some free > >> > nas software like > >>

Re: Cheap NAS

On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:21:05 +0500 Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > 2022-10-16 19:11 GMT+05:00, Wayne Sallee : > > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing > > some free nas software like > > https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux > > OpenM

Re: Cheap NAS

On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:11:50 -0400 Wayne Sallee wrote: > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing some > free nas software like https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux > It's possible, but it sort of violates the size and power requirements in my s

Re: Cheap NAS

2022-10-16 21:58 GMT+05:00, Andrew M.A. Cater : >> > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing some >> > free >> > nas software like >> > https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux >> >> OpenMediaVault work fine even on Or

Re: Cheap NAS

On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 07:21:05PM +0500, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > 2022-10-16 19:11 GMT+05:00, Wayne Sallee : > > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing some free > > nas software like > > https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux > > Op

Re: Cheap NAS

2022-10-16 19:11 GMT+05:00, Wayne Sallee : > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing some free > nas software like > https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux OpenMediaVault work fine even on Orange Pi 3 LTS with usb drives. -- Stanislav

Re: Cheap NAS

What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing some free nas software like https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux Wayne Sallee wa...@waynesallee.com http://www.WayneSallee.com

Re: Cheap NAS

On 10/13/22 12:23, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: Folks: This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to search the archives for it. I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works with Linux (and free software), isn't hugely expensive, and is

Re: Cheap NAS

t; This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to > > > > search the archives for it. > > > > > > > > I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works > > > > with Linux (and free software), isn't hugely expensiv

Re: Cheap NAS

pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:10:46 -0400 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > > > Folks: > > > > > > This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to > > > search the archi

Re: Cheap NAS

Am 13.10.22 um 23:34 schrieb pa...@quillandmouse.com: Actually, the most important requirement is that I can install my own Linux OS on it, rather than put up with some proprietary NAS software. Paul Have a look to NAS boxes with x86/ amd64 CPU should be a good choice to get it working. ARM

Re: Cheap NAS

On 14.10.2022 00:23, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: Folks: This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to search the archives for it. I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works with Linux (and free software), isn't hugely expensive, and is

Re: Cheap NAS

On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:43:59 +0800 Bret Busby wrote: > On 14/10/22 04:10, Dan Ritter wrote: > > pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > >> Folks: > >> > >> This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to > >> search the archives for

Re: Cheap NAS

On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:10:46 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > > Folks: > > > > This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to > > search the archives for it. > > > > I'm interested in a desktop NAS w

Re: Cheap NAS

On 14/10/22 04:10, Dan Ritter wrote: pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: Folks: This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to search the archives for it. I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works with Linux (and free software), isn't hugely ex

Re: Cheap NAS

pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > Folks: > > This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to search > the archives for it. > > I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works with > Linux (and free software), isn't hugely expen

Cheap NAS

Folks: This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to search the archives for it. I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works with Linux (and free software), isn't hugely expensive, and is *not* a PC (you could do a NAS with a PC). Any sugge

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

On 4/28/22 12:42, Tom Browder wrote: All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that? For several years I used NETGEAR ReadyDATA 516 (RDD516) as both, desktop and NAS. It's equipped with HDMI port, so connecting mo

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 05:42:38AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant > storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that? > > Thanks. > > -Tom Tom, Things like the Synology / Buffalo or similar are designed as

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

On 2022-04-28 12:42 UTC+0200, Tom Browder wrote: > All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant > storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that? As suggested by me and others before, I would look for a cheap device like the Raspberry Pi for home use. Y

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

I would prefer a system with x86 CPU. But be aware that GPU is not the best. I have a x86 QNAP NAS running Debian, I use it a file server. So I can't say much about Desktop computing. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 06:08 Dan Ritter wrote: ... Debian can run on some NAS boxes directly, with more or less > effort. > > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/QNAP > > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Synology > > Some Synology models support runnin

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 06:03 Jonathan Dowland wrote: ... I believe popular NAS appliances by manufacturers such as Synology can > either be "rooted" so you can run your own stuff on them, or support > running applications via containers on top. Thanks, Jonathan.

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

Tom Browder wrote: > All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant > storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that? There's no such thing as typical, here. If the *only* thing you want is a networked filesystem, most NAS boxes are adequate for that

Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 05:42:38AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that? I believe popular NAS appliances by manufacturers such as Synology can either be "rooted" so you ca

Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that? Thanks. -Tom

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

Andrei POPESCU writes: > Are you sure you're actually using NFSv4? (check 'mount | grep nfs'). Yes I'm sure. It's all host on path type nfs4 and in options also vers=4.2. Also the bog standard auto.net these days has code to mount using NFSv4. > In my experience in order to make NFSv4 work it'

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On Jo, 03 feb 22, 06:35:40, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > > On 3/2/22 5:42 am, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > > I'd suggest a Raspberry Pi 4B. The requirements you listed elsewhere > > > would make this a cheap and workable alternative. The only issue is > > > that any SATA disks would have to be run t

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

On Mi, 02 feb 22, 13:49:38, Anssi Saari wrote: > Greg Wooledge writes: > > > I'm unclear on how NFS v4 works. Everything I've read about it in the > > past says that you have to set up a user mapping, which is shared by > > the client and the server. And that this is *not* optional, and *is* >

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

The list doesn't seem to like attachments, so please see a picture of my new server here :-) http://amiga5000.ddns.net/raspi.jpeg On 2022-02-05 19:35 UTC+0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > > On 2022-02-02 20:24 UTC+0100, Christian Britz wrote: >> >> >> On 2022-02-02 17:55 UTC+0100, Jonathan Dowla

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

ith user being optional if you want the current > user. You can add bookmarks in your filemanager for the paths you use > frequently. > > I use this for quick access for copying and editing files on other > machines. For proper automated backup and bulk storage I use NFS o

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

the paths you use frequently. I use this for quick access for copying and editing files on other machines. For proper automated backup and bulk storage I use NFS on a NAS/router box (an ARM based computer running Debian). -- Tixy

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On 2/2/22 06:11, Christian Britz wrote: Inspired by my previous attempts to implent NFS on my Synology NAS, I am thinking about buying a mini server where I install Debian to serve as file share (SMB and NFS) and DLNA server. It should fully support Debian Stable, have a low price but be

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:42:14 -0500 Henning Follmann wrote: > > And we can do one better: > the raspi compute module and the cm IO board. > here you will get a PCIe socket which then can take up > a SATA controller. > Can you recommend a tiny PCIe SATA controller to go in there, and possibly a c

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

sshfs, although I have used it on other occasions in the past. It works perfectly and I have disabled the other file share options on the NAS. The performance feels even better compared to SMB and NFS. In the long term, I will setup my own Debian based home server, there are many usefull suggestions in the other thread.

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On 3/2/22 5:42 am, Henning Follmann wrote: I'd suggest a Raspberry Pi 4B. The requirements you listed elsewhere would make this a cheap and workable alternative. The only issue is that any SATA disks would have to be run through a USB 3 port. Using an SSD might mitigate any lag. I use one of t

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

y are created without a password sshfs won't ask for one when it is mounted (I need this for my backup system Backuppc).  I even use sshfs to access a Digital Ocean droplet I have over the internet. The current NAS you have might work with sshfs if their ssh server supports SFTP. -- *...Bob*

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 11:23:01AM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:11:57 +0100 > Christian Britz wrote: > > > Inspired by my previous attempts to implent NFS on my Synology NAS, I > > am thinking about buying a mini server where I install Debian

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

Jonathan Dowland writes: On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 03:11:57PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: Do you have any recommendations for me? I have much the requirements and my current solution is documented here: I am using an Intel NUC with Celeron J3455 with 8 Gi

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On 2022-02-02 17:55 UTC+0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 03:11:57PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: >> Do you have any recommendations for me? > > I have much the requirements and my current solution is documented here: > ...bookmarked!

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 03:11:57PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: Do you have any recommendations for me? I have much the requirements and my current solution is documented here: -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland ✎j...@d

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:11:57 +0100 Christian Britz wrote: > Inspired by my previous attempts to implent NFS on my Synology NAS, I > am thinking about buying a mini server where I install Debian to > serve as file share (SMB and NFS) and DLNA server. > > It should fully suppor

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On 02/02/2022 14:38, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-02-02 15:30 UTC+0100, Grzesiek wrote: I used Zyxel NSA310 some time ago, Debian howto: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,29970,30036 More devices are supported The successor Zyxel NAS326 sounds interesting, but I am looking more for some

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On 2022-02-02 15:25 UTC+0100, Dan Ritter wrote: > How small is small for you? A small box which fits under my desk. > And do you need RAID, or just storage, and if so, how much? RAID is overkill and I need approximately 500G of storage. > For example, an ASRock 4X4 BOX-R1000V will run Debia

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

Christian Britz wrote: > Inspired by my previous attempts to implent NFS on my Synology NAS, I am > thinking about buying a mini server where I install Debian to serve as > file share (SMB and NFS) and DLNA server. > > It should fully support Debian Stable, have a low price but

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On 2022-02-02 15:30 UTC+0100, Grzesiek wrote: > I used Zyxel NSA310 some time ago, Debian howto: > https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,29970,30036 > More devices are supported The successor Zyxel NAS326 sounds interesting, but I am looking more for something which I do not have to hack before

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

On 2/2/22 15:11, Christian Britz wrote: Inspired by my previous attempts to implent NFS on my Synology NAS, I am thinking about buying a mini server where I install Debian to serve as file share (SMB and NFS) and DLNA server. It should fully support Debian Stable, have a low price but be

Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

Inspired by my previous attempts to implent NFS on my Synology NAS, I am thinking about buying a mini server where I install Debian to serve as file share (SMB and NFS) and DLNA server. It should fully support Debian Stable, have a low price but be capable of performing the tasks well, ideally

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

curity? I am thinking about going the Kerberos path indeed. Sometimes there are guests on my LAN and I think it is a good opportunity to broaden my knowledge. Unfortunately Synology does not ship a Kerberos server and my DS115j model is not capable of running docker. In the long term, I might repl

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 6:49:38 AM EST Anssi Saari wrote: > Greg Wooledge writes: > > I'm unclear on how NFS v4 works. Everything I've read about it in > > the > > past says that you have to set up a user mapping, which is shared by > > the client and the server. And that this is *not* op

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

Greg Wooledge writes: > I'm unclear on how NFS v4 works. Everything I've read about it in the > past says that you have to set up a user mapping, which is shared by > the client and the server. And that this is *not* optional, and *is* > exactly as much of a pain as it sounds. I've never done

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

On 2022-02-01 17:28 UTC+0100, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 04:32:57PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: >> 2. Accessing the mounted share with my personal user: The access rights >> for /Daten look right, the user on the NAS has the same name as the user >&g

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

On 2022-02-01 17:36 UTC+0100, Bob Weber wrote: > On 2/1/22 10:32, Christian Britz wrote: >> This is my entry in /etc/fstab: >> diskstation:/volume1/Medien /Daten nfs >> nfsvers=4,rw,x-systemd.automount,noauto 0 0 >> > Have you tried the user option in fstab?  > > user - Permit any user to mount

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 11:43 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > I'm unclear on how NFS v4 works. Everything I've read about it in the > past says that you have to set up a user mapping, which is shared by > the client and the server. And that this is *not* optional, and *is* > exactly as much of

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

Accessing the mounted share with my personal user: The access rights > > for /Daten look right, the user on the NAS has the same name as the user > > on my machine. But: > > And how about the userId? > The username does not mean anything. The access control is > based on I

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

On 2/1/22 10:32, Christian Britz wrote: This is my entry in /etc/fstab: diskstation:/volume1/Medien /Daten nfs nfsvers=4,rw,x-systemd.automount,noauto 0 0 Have you tried the user option in fstab? user - Permit any user to mount the filesystem. nouser - Only permit root to mount the filesyste

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 04:32:57PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > Hello, > > I am playing with NFS on my home network for the first time and I have > some difficulties/questions. > > The server is a Synology NAS, it is based on Linux, supports NFS4 and > gets configur

Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

Hello, I am playing with NFS on my home network for the first time and I have some difficulties/questions. The server is a Synology NAS, it is based on Linux, supports NFS4 and gets configured by a web interface. The NAS offers a Kerberos authentification for NFS but I did not configure this

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:39:29PM +, mick crane wrote: > Appears that to retain permissions need root at both ends of rsync. Not necessarily. If the server filesystem supports xattrs, you can use the --fake-super option with the rsync server, running as a non-root user that can write to the s

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 05:06:33PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:24:43 +0100 > wrote: > > > Care to name some of those limitations? > > > > (of course, rsync /is not/ a backup program in itself, but lets you > > build one with 10-30 lines around it). > > Why build one (w

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:24:43 +0100 wrote: > Care to name some of those limitations? > > (of course, rsync /is not/ a backup program in itself, but lets you > build one with 10-30 lines around it). Why build one (which I have done) when you can get a perfectly good one from the Debian repos? E.g

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On 2021-02-18 12:22, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 06:59:03PM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: * 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've deleted them

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On 2021-02-18 10:57, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-15 12:39, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-13 19:20, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 07:21:01PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] > In my opinion the point still stands, rsync (by itself) has significant > limitations as a backup program, which is probably also the reason why > several backup programs using rsync exist. Care to name some of those limit

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 06:59:03PM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: > > > rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. > > > > 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've deleted > > them from your main computer becau

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Jo, 18 feb 21, 18:59:03, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: > > > rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. > > > > 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've deleted > > them from your main computer because you don't n

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

* 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: > rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. > > 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've deleted > them from your main computer because you don't need them. > > 2) you only have one copy of a file and that on

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On 2021-02-18 16:13, Gary Dale wrote: On 2021-02-18 10:57, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-15 12:39, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-13 19:20, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling t

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On 2021-02-15 12:39, mick crane wrote: On 2021-02-13 19:20, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On 2021-02-13 19:20, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to me/users which is probably no

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On 2021-02-13 01:27, mick crane wrote: I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to me/users which is probably no good for backing up. There's that pr

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:27:54 + mick crane wrote: > I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. > I'm struggling to get to grips with it. > If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to > me/users which is probably no good for bac

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

on > your PC might equate to Alice_user:John_group on your NAS. Upon > restoration that would be reversed to Bob_user:Bob_group. > That would be typical without something like a LDAP server. > > - SSH root login seems to be discouraged for security reasons. Sinology > pr

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

files might be different, even if you try to maintain ownership and rights. What really counts here are owner:group identifiers (UID:GID). Bob_user:Bob_group on your PC might equate to Alice_user:John_group on your NAS. Upon restoration that would be reversed to Bob_user:Bob_group. That would be

rsync to NAS for backup

I made a mistake and instead of getting a PC for backup I got a NAS. I'm struggling to get to grips with it. If rsync from PC to NAS NAS changes the owner/group of files to me/users which is probably no good for backing up. There's that problem then another that it won't let me l

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

ve suggested to remount / read-only, but since my plan is not to have a separate /home partition, that would cause problems. Probably will cause problems even if I do. However, the NAS software I plan to use (OpenMediaVault) has a specific plugin if you're using solid state devices for the

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Lu, 24 aug 20, 09:26:57, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Since F2FS is not supported directly for an install, one would have to > convert to it after or configure the flash drive with another computer > before the install. I don't know if it is worth the time to do so. > EXT4 without journaling would

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