NAS box

s0ck · 22 May 2008 at 14:55

Need one to integrate with Active Directory. Found 'Freenas' but it's based on BSD and I need it to be Linux really.
Know of anything that just 'works' ?

tntcoder · 22 May 2008 at 15:05

Freenas is a really good choice, any reason why it must be linux? Im not sure there is a dedicated linux NAS distro, but it wouldn't be too hard to install something like Ubuntu server and configure some simple samba shares and any additional services you might require, but it would be harder than using something out of the box designed for the purpose like Freenas.

s0ck · 22 May 2008 at 15:19

I need to run a Firebird server on it too; can't see an installer for BSD on the 'site.

tntcoder · 22 May 2008 at 15:24

s0ck said:
I need to run a Firebird server on it too; can't see an installer for BSD on the 'site.

Ok in that case, i would recommend looking at either CentOS or Ubuntu Server, they should not be too hard to configure for what you need. Set up Samba for the network file sharing, configure SSH so you can use SFTP if you need to, and install firebird and any thing else you need.

This approach has the advantage over going with a dedicated NAS OS because generally speaking you cant install your own 'extras' onto them and are locked down the the designed purpose of the distro.

dave-lew99 · 22 May 2008 at 23:22

There are numerous tutorials for locking samba (and other *nix) auth to an AD server (it's basically LDAP at the end of the day....)

Don't forget to get the latest OpenSSL update

s0ck · 22 May 2008 at 23:44

dave-lew99 said:
There are numerous tutorials for locking samba (and other *nix) auth to an AD server (it's basically LDAP at the end of the day....)

Don't forget to get the latest OpenSSL update

I'm lazy, sue me

eXor · 23 May 2008 at 08:10

dave-lew99 said:
Don't forget to get the latest OpenSSL update

Yes, it has a nasty bug.

Code:

int getRandomNumber()
{
    return 4;  // chosen by fair dice roll
               // guaranteed to be random
}

rick827 · 23 May 2008 at 08:14

tntcoder · 23 May 2008 at 08:25

rick827 said:

brilliant

dave-lew99 · 23 May 2008 at 11:55

hehe, i haven't seen that dilbert, brilliant.

I thought the XKCD on the subject was amusing though...

http://www.xkcd.com/424/

rick827 · 23 May 2008 at 12:09

Yeah I saw that one too

just a few I saw on the Daily Dave list

s0ck · 24 May 2008 at 20:28

FYI I got this working with SLES10; seems to be a much better package since I tried it last. Can log into the shell with AD accounts too, winnar!