Re: [coLinux-users] Running a NAS Server with CoLinux

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bri...@gm...(Brian Weeden)  26.03.08 19:19


>Hi all.  New member here, hopefully with not a dumb question.  

Not html please, bcause it's palin for digst readers.

>I've done some searching around the mailing list archives and haven't seen
>anything about running a NAS server from within CoLinux.  

installin "samba" should work.
webmin, ladap, tinySQL for user management?



>I have a
>quad core system I just finished and was thinking of running the NAS
>server on it instead of having a whole extra box running.  

Typically a NAS is requred for "shared" data and for data reduncy.

>Do you
>think it would be possible?  I would love to be able to find a way to
>use the FreeNAS distro for this.  

FreeNAS is based ion FreeBSD, that's not yet another linux distro.
So a non linux geuast depened VM would be easier see vmware,virtual box, xen.

>I do have some experience with Linux
>(run Ubuntu on my laptop) but not much re-compiling kernels.

do 
aptitude install samba  pureftp

see Webmin,SysCP, AHCS, ISPConfig,ispCP,CpVES for User mangement