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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications Linux NAS HowTo suggestions? Post 302447221 by kettlewell on Saturday 21st of August 2010 10:21:36 PM
Old 08-21-2010
Linux NAS HowTo suggestions?

Hello -

I'm looking for a VPN/NAS howto guide or solution that you can recommend. I've looked at FreeNAS, and am considering it, but not sure it does everything I need.

Scenario: We are looking to build a NAS in our office from a linux machine on a limited budget.
Our office is behind a router with NAT from a single IP that is also a NAT address.
ie - public IP is 2 routers away, one I control, the other I don't.

These are our primary requirements.

1) VPN from home(anywhere) into office to access office folders.
2) SSH from home(anywhere) to access the machine.
3) Allow SSH/RSYNC backups from other servers (remote webserver backups)
4) RAID with mirroring at a minimum (RAID 1 or RAID 1+0 or RAID 5+1)
5) Firewalled to allow only SFTP, RSYNC, SSH, VPN and SAMBA access


Is this just a matter of installing my favorite linux distro, and installing/configuring the proper software (SSH, RAID, SAMBA, IPTABLES, etc)?

Or is a complete solution like FreeNAS the way to go?

Thanks,

Matt

PS my Linux admin skills are intermediate level, so I can figure out most things if I have a good direction of what to do.
 

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RADWHO(1)							 FreeRADIUS Daemon							 RADWHO(1)

NAME
radwho - show online users SYNOPSIS
radwho [-c] [-d raddb_directory] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-N nas_ip_address] [-p] [-P nas_port] [-r] [-R] [-s] [-S] [-u user] [-U user] [-Z] DESCRIPTION
The FreeRADIUS server can be configured to maintain an active session database in a file called radutmp. This utility shows the content of that session database. OPTIONS
-c Shows caller ID (if available) instead of the full name. -d raddb_directory The directory that contains the RADIUS configuration files. Defaults to /etc/raddb. -f Behave as the 'fingerd' daemon - waits for one line of input, then prints the output with lines terminated. -i Shows the session ID instead of the full name. -n Normally radwho looks up the username in the systems password file, and shows the full username as well. The -n flags prevents this. -N nas_ip_address Show only those entries which match the given NAS IP address. -p Adds an extra column for the port type - I for ISDN, A for Analog. -P nas_port Show only those entries which match the given NAS port. -r Outputs all data in raw format - no headers, no formatting, fields are comma-separated. -R Output all data in RADIUS attribute format. All fields are printed. -s Show full name. -S Hide shell users. Doesn't show the entries for users that do not have a SLIP or PPP session. -u user Show only those entries which match the given username (case insensitive). -U user Show only those entries which match the given username (case sensitive). -Z When combined with -R, prints out the contents of an Accounting-Request packet which can be passed to radclient, in order to "zap" that users session from radutmp. For example, $ radwho -ZRN 10.0.0.1 | radclient -f - radius.example.net acct testing123 will result in all an Accounting-Request packet being sent to the RADIUS server, which tells the server that the NAS rebooted. i.e. It "zaps" all of the users on that NAS. To "zap" one user, specifiy NAS, username, and NAS port: $ radwho -ZRN 10.0.0.1 -u user -P 10 | radclient -f - radius.example.net acct testing123 Other combinations are also possible. SEE ALSO
radiusd(8), radclient(1), radiusd.conf(5). AUTHOR
Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl. 7 April 2005 RADWHO(1)
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