Patrick Callahan
Dabbler
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2017
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I am a noob... Be warned!
My current self induced problem is that I somehow have managed to lose permission to see my data from everywhere, even it seems as root logged into the Web ui console. I can see that of the 16TB that I have only 3.5 are available but the system (or the idiot in the chair) seems to have no idea where the data is, who owns it, or if it still exists. I think it is a confluence of Unix permissions and ACL (which I just discovered earlier today), I hate permissions! At this point I just want to get back to the point where I can access my data, assuming I did not bork it.
What follows is the story of how I got to this point.
So I built a server a 3 years ago with zfs which I thought would be cool. Unfortunately I did not know about FreeNAS at the time and used Ubuntu as it was the only linux I had heard of (the other ones sounded scary...). Needless to say it was bad, I managed to get things working (if you didn't want any security (777) for everything) I also instituted snapshots every 5 minutes... which sounded like a awesome idea. Then I had the great idea of changing graphics cards (yes it was a server, I wanted it to be prettier, I'll go to the corner) and of course I went from nvidia to amd. This managed to break the sanity of the computer by time I bashed random commands into it for a while trying to solve the problem. Eventually I was left with a file server with ZFS. All my Sickbeard and other shiny baubles quit working, I could still access the zfs share (as could anyone else) but anything else would make the computer go in the corner and cry... I persisted. It was not to be.
Next I decided that Ubuntu had to be the problem with that crazy UI that looks meh and works about the same, at least it is united... My next move was to Mint (which i now know is shiny Ubuntu), I figured I needed a fresh system. It was love at first sight. Then I managed to get ZFS to run there too, I do not know how. My fallback when I run into trouble is to attack Google and steal other people's ideas on how to fix it, randomly applying it until something either breaks or... breaks less.
I'm not sure how it happened but I got it working. I credit Google. Then the permission trouble started, every time something got changed it would block access on my share. I wisely decided to set up a timed event to reset all files to 777 ( I told you I have no idea what I am doing). Needless to say I broke the Mint and was somehow back to my basic zfs file server.
Then I found out about FreeNAS! Simple, reliable, easy, GUI based. What could go wrong! In the middle of this I had to gut the server MB and accoutrements for a work computer. Going from an X10 to an X11 board. so I get things going and import the pool into FreeNAS and it works, Life is Good! I wanted More of the Good! so I set up all the toys: Sickbeard, Plex, Librarian, and many more! it was heaven!
Then the shiny new FreeNAS Corral came out and I was smitten! I could have these new Dockers instead of Jails. Who the hell would want Jails when I could have some new pants. Yes Please! I rushed to upgrade and rewarded myself with new headaches which I haven't the foggiest how to solve. I now realize that I really don't know what I'm doing
To any saint still reading, Thanks!
Be well,
:Patrick Callahan
My current self induced problem is that I somehow have managed to lose permission to see my data from everywhere, even it seems as root logged into the Web ui console. I can see that of the 16TB that I have only 3.5 are available but the system (or the idiot in the chair) seems to have no idea where the data is, who owns it, or if it still exists. I think it is a confluence of Unix permissions and ACL (which I just discovered earlier today), I hate permissions! At this point I just want to get back to the point where I can access my data, assuming I did not bork it.
What follows is the story of how I got to this point.
So I built a server a 3 years ago with zfs which I thought would be cool. Unfortunately I did not know about FreeNAS at the time and used Ubuntu as it was the only linux I had heard of (the other ones sounded scary...). Needless to say it was bad, I managed to get things working (if you didn't want any security (777) for everything) I also instituted snapshots every 5 minutes... which sounded like a awesome idea. Then I had the great idea of changing graphics cards (yes it was a server, I wanted it to be prettier, I'll go to the corner) and of course I went from nvidia to amd. This managed to break the sanity of the computer by time I bashed random commands into it for a while trying to solve the problem. Eventually I was left with a file server with ZFS. All my Sickbeard and other shiny baubles quit working, I could still access the zfs share (as could anyone else) but anything else would make the computer go in the corner and cry... I persisted. It was not to be.
Next I decided that Ubuntu had to be the problem with that crazy UI that looks meh and works about the same, at least it is united... My next move was to Mint (which i now know is shiny Ubuntu), I figured I needed a fresh system. It was love at first sight. Then I managed to get ZFS to run there too, I do not know how. My fallback when I run into trouble is to attack Google and steal other people's ideas on how to fix it, randomly applying it until something either breaks or... breaks less.
I'm not sure how it happened but I got it working. I credit Google. Then the permission trouble started, every time something got changed it would block access on my share. I wisely decided to set up a timed event to reset all files to 777 ( I told you I have no idea what I am doing). Needless to say I broke the Mint and was somehow back to my basic zfs file server.
Then I found out about FreeNAS! Simple, reliable, easy, GUI based. What could go wrong! In the middle of this I had to gut the server MB and accoutrements for a work computer. Going from an X10 to an X11 board. so I get things going and import the pool into FreeNAS and it works, Life is Good! I wanted More of the Good! so I set up all the toys: Sickbeard, Plex, Librarian, and many more! it was heaven!
Then the shiny new FreeNAS Corral came out and I was smitten! I could have these new Dockers instead of Jails. Who the hell would want Jails when I could have some new pants. Yes Please! I rushed to upgrade and rewarded myself with new headaches which I haven't the foggiest how to solve. I now realize that I really don't know what I'm doing
To any saint still reading, Thanks!
Be well,
:Patrick Callahan