Accessing files via the UI

[RoxaneGuðlaug]

I'm looking at a version of FreeNAS, it's 9.2.0, I do believe.

Anyway, in this instance, the server is at 192.168.1.20, I cannot access any files or folders from any machine when using the IP address at the RUN line in Windows. So I logged into the admin console to look at files from there and I cannot for the life of me seem to figure out how I can browse the files that are stored on this NAS.

Help, please!

 

[SweetAndLow]

Smb is usually the easiest. Did you create a share? What hardware are you using? Did you read the manual? Go read the manual!

 

[danb35]

So I logged into the admin console to look at files from there and I cannot for the life of me seem to figure out how I can browse the files that are stored on this NAS.

FreeNAS does not include a GUI file browser, so the reason you can't figure out how to do this is because there's no way to do this.

 

[Alecmascot]

You can browse your files from the GUI Shell.
The storage is mounted to /mnt and you can navigate from there.

 

[danb35]

You can browse your files from the GUI Shell.

Yes, good point. And you can use Midnight Commander to make it a little easier--type mc at the shell. Still not a GUI way to do it, but better than nothing.

Edit: Oops. mc is included with recent versions of FreeNAS (starting around 9.10, IIRC), but 9.2 is very old and doesn't include it.

 

[Chris Moore]

I'm looking at a version of FreeNAS, it's 9.2.0, I do believe.

Anyway, in this instance, the server is at 192.168.1.20, I cannot access any files or folders from any machine when using the IP address at the RUN line in Windows. So I logged into the admin console to look at files from there and I cannot for the life of me seem to figure out how I can browse the files that are stored on this NAS.

Help, please!

Is this a new build or a system that is malfunctioning?

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[SweetAndLow]

Is this a new build or a system that is malfunctioning?

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Well since it's 9.2.0 I would assume it's been running since 2013. Unless the OP doesn't know what version they are actually running.

How can you have a system up for 4 years and never access the data.

 

[Chris Moore]

How can you have a system up for 4 years and never access the data.

Indeed, that is what prompted my question. It is a situation description that doesn't make sense.

 

[Alecmascot]

How can you have a system up for 4 years and never access the data.

You inherit it