Yes, yet another FreeNAS 'newbie' asking for help...
Out of 'virtual desperation', we installed FreeNAS 9.10 (just 'cuz one of the guys already had it on a flash drive..) on one of our 'spare' PCs so we could have a manner to continue 'sharing' a large folder of client data while our Windows Server (2102 Essentials) undergoes some 'emergency repairs' ... (and in truth, FreeNAS is working so very well I'm thinking we will no doubt want to keep this around even longer than these repairs will require..). And what I find really amazing is that FreeNAS is faster in accommodating us on this very new (< 2 months old) AMD hex-core @3.4 GHz with just 16 GB of DDR4 RAM and a simple RAID-1 SATA-3 disk setup, as it would compare to this 'damaged' Dell server with 48 GB of RAM, 16b TB of SATA-3 disks, and two hex-core 2.4 GHz XEON processors.... (hmmm.... one has to wonder...). But unlike the three shares that everyone has full access to, today I was asked to create a 'shared folder' that only three people can access from the FreeNAS 'box'... And frankly, I'm running out of time and patience trying to determine how to do this 'easily' so I can just get on to the next 'emergency'.
There are currently 14 PCs and users accessing the FreeNAS, just as were accessing the Dell server, and as I said, all users have 'full access' (read,write, edit, delete, yada-yada-yada..) to the three existing 'shares' we had no problems implementing. But 'management' wants a shared folder that only these three individuals and their PCs can access or even 'read'. Well, I've tried what makes sense to me (as a Microshaft Trained Mushroom), but the folder is either inaccessible to everyone, or 'visible' and 'open' to everyone, which is not what they want, of course. So I am throwing myself at the mercies of the FreeNAS forum 'gurus' to puh-leese give me some hints on how to quickly accomplish this task for allowing three existing users, that already use the other folders in FreeNAS, but to curtail all others from (potentially) even 'seeing' this folder via the gigabit network we all use...
So far all I've been able to successfully accomplish is a massive throbbing headache in making the attempt...
Out of 'virtual desperation', we installed FreeNAS 9.10 (just 'cuz one of the guys already had it on a flash drive..) on one of our 'spare' PCs so we could have a manner to continue 'sharing' a large folder of client data while our Windows Server (2102 Essentials) undergoes some 'emergency repairs' ... (and in truth, FreeNAS is working so very well I'm thinking we will no doubt want to keep this around even longer than these repairs will require..). And what I find really amazing is that FreeNAS is faster in accommodating us on this very new (< 2 months old) AMD hex-core @3.4 GHz with just 16 GB of DDR4 RAM and a simple RAID-1 SATA-3 disk setup, as it would compare to this 'damaged' Dell server with 48 GB of RAM, 16b TB of SATA-3 disks, and two hex-core 2.4 GHz XEON processors.... (hmmm.... one has to wonder...). But unlike the three shares that everyone has full access to, today I was asked to create a 'shared folder' that only three people can access from the FreeNAS 'box'... And frankly, I'm running out of time and patience trying to determine how to do this 'easily' so I can just get on to the next 'emergency'.
There are currently 14 PCs and users accessing the FreeNAS, just as were accessing the Dell server, and as I said, all users have 'full access' (read,write, edit, delete, yada-yada-yada..) to the three existing 'shares' we had no problems implementing. But 'management' wants a shared folder that only these three individuals and their PCs can access or even 'read'. Well, I've tried what makes sense to me (as a Microshaft Trained Mushroom), but the folder is either inaccessible to everyone, or 'visible' and 'open' to everyone, which is not what they want, of course. So I am throwing myself at the mercies of the FreeNAS forum 'gurus' to puh-leese give me some hints on how to quickly accomplish this task for allowing three existing users, that already use the other folders in FreeNAS, but to curtail all others from (potentially) even 'seeing' this folder via the gigabit network we all use...
So far all I've been able to successfully accomplish is a massive throbbing headache in making the attempt...