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Beginner server applications for *nix

I'm trying to get into the world of home file servers (or an NAS, I'm not really sure what the difference is) and there's a lot of information on how to start. There are a few things that I would like to see, get a feel for, and hear other peoples' opinions on.

What are some of the best applications for this type of activity??

I hear a lot about Samba, but one of the things that I'm hoping to eventually find is something that actually is not compatible with Windows. Security is a need, and since I own no Windows computers, I do not need someone else "stumbling in". My line of thinking may not be entirely correct or warranted because this is not a topic that I'm familiar with whatsoever, so please try and bear with me.

Another big thing for me is something that can handle a relatively large amount of data. Since the smallest HDD I have that's being used is 1 terabyte and I have over 700GB of data, being able to move large amounts of data is pretty important to me.

Another thing that is important is obviously the ability to access this data from a non local network. So if I have a file server at home, but need to access certain files from a separate computer in a different city, that this is possible but remains secure, in a manner that only the person/people that I deem fit can have access to this.

Any information or general thoughts and ideas regarding anything on starting a home file server would be appreciated, including past experiences and do's and don'ts.

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checkrad

CHECKRAD(5)							File Formats Manual						       CHECKRAD(5)

NAME

       checkrad -- See if a user is (still) logged in on a certain port.

SYNOPSIS

       checkrad [-d] nas-type nas-ip nas-port login session-id

DESCRIPTION

       Checkrad  is  used  by  the  radius  server  to check if its idea of a user logged in on a certain port/NAS is correct if a double login is
       detected.

       Returns: 0 = no duplicate, 1 = duplicate, >1 = error.

OPTIONS

       -d     Enable printing of debugging informations.

       nas-type
	      Type of port/NAS. Can be one of:

	      o      ascend

	      o      bay

	      o      cisco

	      o      cisco_l2tp

	      o      computone

	      o      cvx

	      o      digitro

	      o      dot1x

	      o      livingston

	      o      max40xx

	      o      mikrotik

	      o      mikrotik_snmp

	      o      multitech

	      o      netserver

	      o      other

	      o      pathras

	      o      patton

	      o      portslave

	      o      pr3000

	      o      pr4000

	      o      redback

	      o      tc

	      o      usrhiper

	      o      versanet

	      The "other" type cause checkrad to skip any check and always returns 1.

       nas-ip IP address of the NAS to check.

       nas-port
	      The NAS port to check (may be ignored by some nas-type).

       login  The login name to check.

       session-id
	      Session to check. (actually ignored by all nas-type)

SEE ALSO

       radiusd(8)

AUTHOR

       Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl.

       This manual page was written by Marco Nenciarini <mnencia@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								  13 January 2006						       CHECKRAD(5)