https "certificate not trusted," daily emails questions

[EvanVanVan]

I've got FreeNAS setup to use https for it's GUI, but when using Chrome I get a "certificate not trusted" warning page before logging in. Because of that the https is crossed out in the url bar with the warning the identity of the website hasn't been verified. Is there a way to fix this?

Secondly, after having problems with the "Manage automatic daily email reports" I've decided to go back to as stock as possible for a few weeks. I did get a Security report email last night (I'm assuming that is setup/enabled by default), but no other emails. Following CyberJock's guide, under settings I've got my root email and smtp server setup. Under Services, I also have S.M.A.R.T. and UPS configured with my email.

CyberJock's guide also says to use JoeSchmuck's tutorial (http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/setup-smart-reporting-via-email.6211/) on setting up S.M.A.R.T. test report emails. I haven't yet configured this, but will today. I'm guessing the information is still valid with the latest FreeNas because it's in CyberJock's guide even though the original post is a couple years old. Those are all of the email settings I should have configured? or am I missing some?

Thanks

 

[dlavigne]

I've got FreeNAS setup to use https for it's GUI, but when using Chrome I get a "certificate not trusted" warning page before logging in. Because of that the https is crossed out in the url bar with the warning the identity of the website hasn't been verified. Is there a way to fix this?

As the docs indicate, this generates an unsigned RSA certificate. The only way to get rid of the error message is to get the certificate signed by a signing authority that the browser recognizes.

Secondly, after having problems with the "Manage automatic daily email reports" I've decided to go back to as stock as possible for a few weeks. I did get a Security report email last night (I'm assuming that is setup/enabled by default), but no other emails.

Newer versions of FreeNAS only send an email if there is a problem in the security report. In other words, you won't be getting an email every day unless there is a problem on the system.

 

[EvanVanVan]

Thanks for the help, I do remember now reading about the signed certificate in the manual.

Another question I have, is is it necessary/vital to unmount the root partion after writing to it? I mean is it going to corrupt anything if I don't follow a "mount -uw /" command by a "mount -r /" before finishing/restarting/shutting down/etc.?

I'm talking about in the process of setting up daily emailed smart reports. I know I'm not supposed to write much else to the Freenas USB.

 

[warri]

No, it shouldn't corrupt anything since nothing is trying to write to the root file system by default. On next boot it gets mounted as read only again.

Btw, FreeNAS ships with a mountrw alias, which can be used instead of mount -rw and additionally sets the attribute noatime, so that USB sticks do not experience unnecessary wear by updating access times:

mountrw:aliased to mount -o noatime -uw