jonathan777
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I have been playing around with FreeNAS at work for sometime, and I just can't seem to fathom how to create shares that can be accessed by a Mac.
I'm a Windows guy, but found installing FreeNAS simple, set IP address and build a mirrored set of disks in RAID-5 was simple.
I have been studying the documentation and searching for answers,
At work:-
Pentium 4 2.8 box, 1Gb with 3x 250Gb drives in RAID-5
FreeNAS 8.3.0 on 4Gb stick
share made using AFP
mostly imac 2006 and 2008 models, I think they running OS X 10.5 but I know they are quite old now.
using the logins I have created I cannot mount the share. I admit I don't have much background with Macs. The passwords are definitely correct. The Macs are not on a domain, although we have our Windows boxes on a domain. The Macs have fixed IP addresses, as if they are dynamic they keep changing and it messes up our Spiceworks IT management system.
At home:-
Windows 7 laptop running Virtualbox
FreeNAS 8.3.0. running under virtualbox with 1Gb memory, 2Gb boot, and 8Gb data, all configured ok as far as I can see.
I have a Hackintosh running under Virualbox running OS X 10.5 which works fine, but can't read shares.
The shares seem all correct, I don't know if I need to make groups, use the 'default' ones like wheel, www, etc?
If I create a guest account in both cases, I can see the disk but its read only it seems??
If can get this running reliably and demonstrate to the bosses, I'm looking to build 2 boxes each with about 6Tb of storage each.
I am sysadmin for a charity in Israel
any help appreciated!
I'm a Windows guy, but found installing FreeNAS simple, set IP address and build a mirrored set of disks in RAID-5 was simple.
I have been studying the documentation and searching for answers,
At work:-
Pentium 4 2.8 box, 1Gb with 3x 250Gb drives in RAID-5
FreeNAS 8.3.0 on 4Gb stick
share made using AFP
mostly imac 2006 and 2008 models, I think they running OS X 10.5 but I know they are quite old now.
using the logins I have created I cannot mount the share. I admit I don't have much background with Macs. The passwords are definitely correct. The Macs are not on a domain, although we have our Windows boxes on a domain. The Macs have fixed IP addresses, as if they are dynamic they keep changing and it messes up our Spiceworks IT management system.
At home:-
Windows 7 laptop running Virtualbox
FreeNAS 8.3.0. running under virtualbox with 1Gb memory, 2Gb boot, and 8Gb data, all configured ok as far as I can see.
I have a Hackintosh running under Virualbox running OS X 10.5 which works fine, but can't read shares.
The shares seem all correct, I don't know if I need to make groups, use the 'default' ones like wheel, www, etc?
If I create a guest account in both cases, I can see the disk but its read only it seems??
If can get this running reliably and demonstrate to the bosses, I'm looking to build 2 boxes each with about 6Tb of storage each.
I am sysadmin for a charity in Israel
any help appreciated!