Sunday 24th May
Tip 192 - FreeNAS [5] - Initial setting up of your NAS
Login to your NAS using your normal computer (as per Tip 191).
System
"Time Zone" = "
Europe/London"
"Enable NTP" =
TICKED
"NTP time server" = "
time.euro.apple.com"
click [
SAVE]
Disks :: Management
click [
+] (near the right hand side of the window)
The top field is "DISK", select each disk in turn and activate it by changing the following fields:
Description =
< enter a name >
Hard disk standby time = "
10 minutes" (or set your own value)
Advanced Power Management = "
Minimum power usage with Standby" (or set your own value)
click [
Add]
{you will be returned to the Disk Management menu with your new drive in the list, under status it will show "Initializing". This will take some time but the system is formatting the drive and creating the structures etc...
click [
Apply Changes]
Disks :: Mount Point
Disk = "ad2" (or what you wrote down during Tip 190)
Partition type = "MBR partition"
Partition number = "2" (or what you wrote down during Tip 190)
Mount point name = "datadrive"
Click [
Add]
click [
Apply Changes]
Access
Click [
+] (near the right hand side of the window)
You can now create each individual user of the NAS. If you use then MacOS / Windows user names then the respective OSes will save the details with the users account and automatically log in once that user has logged in correctly.
Login =
<enter your short name>
Full name =
<enter full name>
Password =
<password>
Primary Group = "
staff" (for yourself also click admin group)
Additional groups =
<BLANK>
Groups are a collection of users referred to by one name such as "Parents" or "Kids", that group is set up seperately after you have created the users.
Home directory =
/mnt/datadrive/USERS/XXX/ (replace XXX with user short name is lower case) (basically /mnt/datadrive/USERS/ is the location we will use for the user's home directories)
Click [
Add]
Repeat this for all the users you wish to add and then click [
Apply changes]
Services :: Settings
Under "
Common Internet File System"
Click [
Enable]
Change the following entries
Authentication = "
Local User"
Netbios name = "
freenas" (or server or whatever you like)
Workgroup = "
HOME" (or whatever your workgroup is called)
Description = "
Home file server" (or whatever is appropriate)
Large read/write =
TICKED
click [
Save and Restart]
We now need to create the directories to use as Shares
Click [
ADVANCED::FILE MANAGER]
A new window will now open
We are going to place the shared directories with the user directories under "
mnt/datadrive/"
Click [
mnt]
Click [
datadrive]
Near the top right you will see a field "
File", click on this and change it to "
Directory"
Type the name of your first share in the window box, we will create "
Programs" first so type that in the box
Click [
Create]
Click on the entry under "Perm's" and select tick everything.
Repeat the above to create the directory "
Pictures"
Service :: Shares (click Shares near the top of the screen)
This is where you create any standard shares for use by more than one person. Each person gets their own HOME directory but this is for directories such as "
PROGRAMS" or "
MUSIC" that you might want to be used by several people.
Click [
+] (near the right hand side of the window)
We will now create a shared pictures directory that everyone can read and write.
Name = "
Pictures"
Comment = "
Shared pictures directory"
Path = "
/mnt/datadrive/Pictures/" (click on [
...] then "
datadrive then "
Pictures then "
OK (above)")
Click [
Add]
We will now create a shared directory call programs that everyone can read but not write to other than you because we gave you admin rights earlier.
Name = "
Programs"
Comment = "
Installable programs"
Path = "
/mnt/datadrive/Programs/" (click on [
...] then "
datadrive then "
Programs then "
OK (above)")
Read only =
TICKED
Click [
Add]
Once you have finished adding shares click [
Apply changes]