NASLite Network Attached Storage

I had been running a gigibyte subnet under a Linksys router. All was fine, then I tried to connect the Mini hardwired with Cat6 and when I try to connect to the Naslite-2 network instead of precenting me with a volume selection it goes right to the password window and fails with some sore of darn "alias" error. The gigabyte switch has one input lead from the router, one lead to a Simpletech Drive, one lead to theNAS server, one lead to the Mac Pro and a final lead to the Mac Mini.

The Mac Mini sees the server but can't identify the individual volumes. I've tried manual and DHCP settings. I'm using 192.168.x.x. I've tried everything; anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Rich

Did it ever work with the mini?

http://www.serverelements.com/phpBB2/vi ... 03ca0fb5e7

Yes! That was it. Thank you so much for the tip.

Although at age 64 I'm not really interested in learning UNIX I am curious what the issue was and what those obscure commands mean.

sudo pico /etc/
minauth=none
sudo chmod

Is there a fount of knowledge with a tiny spigot somewhere explaining that, or do I have to try and take a "sip" from the UNIX fire hydrant?



Rich

sudo, as I understand it:

http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo

Pico:

http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/software/pine/pico.html

minauth allows Samba to send plaintext passwords. Not a good idea on a enterprise lan or the internet, but OK for a nas box on your home lan using rfc1918 addresses.

CHMOD is changing permissions on the file.

Essentially you're using the sudo command to temporarily have superuser authority, then using the pico file editor to create or edit the smb configuration file (it's called nsmb.conf) to disable the security feature.

After the edit is done, you again use the sudo command to become superuser and then use the chgmod command to set the permissions of the file.