Ok, I'm having more trouble now.
I installed an empty 160GB in the CC box. It's hdb, and I edited fstab:
I then did
I want to share /mnt/2C with my Windows machine.
CC comes with a bunch of default shares like /home/shared, /var/www, and all of these share fine with my Windows box. I can copy files to them, read files to them, delete files on them, etc. The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a way to just share a custome directory like /mnt/2C. I have to use something called a 'flexshare'
The flexshare directory is uneditable, and if I create a 2C flexshare, its directory is /var/flexshare/shares/2c. So I go back and remount the drive and edit fstab to /var/flexshare/shares/2c. I have no idea how to edit this flexshare properties thing, and this is what I have so far:
Enabled: yes
Share Name: flex-2c
Server URL: \\gateway.clarkconnect.lan\flex-2c
Comment: none
Public Access: yes
Group Owner: what the heck is this??? There's root, bin, daemon, adm, tty, the list goes on and on. Documentation does not specify what this means.
Permissions: Read/Write
File Write Attributes: rwx, rwx, rwx
Whenever I try to copy a file to my 2c flexshare, Windows gives an error saying the disk is full or write protected. Any idea what's going on?
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I am so frustrated I am about to cry.
I ordered an 8 port unmanaged gigabit switch. I finally have some free time to install Clark Connect. I've been *trying* to get a frickin' file server up for the past three months, but I've been bogged down by countless hardware issues and lack of free time.
I plug the Cat5 from my modem to my onboard LAN in the linux box and guess what? The onboard LAN is blown. Wow. It was working fine with Ubuntu a week or two ago, apt-getting stuff, etc. And now, after sitting in my room not even turned on, it's dead. No lights. No link. Changed wires. Nothing.
Here is my setup:
http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/gallery/1650588/2/115234663/Large
I booted into ClarkConnect and eth0 is the onboard LAN and designated as External, the card that connects to the modem. Of course, this is non-working. I can't figure out how the heck to set one of my other NICs to External.
Here's the settings that I do for the other NIC (eth1):
External - ok
DHCP - ok
HostName - what in God's name is this?
automatic DNS servers - check ok
I enter in this information, and the settings NEVER stick. It keeps on kicking me back to the HostName box to re-enter a hostname. I have no idea what a Hostname is. I've tried 'server,' 'gateway.clarkconnect.lan,' 'server.lan,' and nothing works.
When I try to edit eth0 to have it NOT be external, the same thing happens.
The thing that frustrates me to absolutely no end is that these quick startup guides NEVER work. There's always something that goes wrong, and I have absolutely no idea how to fix it because, guess what, the guide gives no contingiency plans. And more likely than not, my main machine has no internet because the internet's hooked up to the linux box.
I installed an empty 160GB in the CC box. It's hdb, and I edited fstab:
I then did
I want to share /mnt/2C with my Windows machine.
CC comes with a bunch of default shares like /home/shared, /var/www, and all of these share fine with my Windows box. I can copy files to them, read files to them, delete files on them, etc. The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a way to just share a custome directory like /mnt/2C. I have to use something called a 'flexshare'
The flexshare directory is uneditable, and if I create a 2C flexshare, its directory is /var/flexshare/shares/2c. So I go back and remount the drive and edit fstab to /var/flexshare/shares/2c. I have no idea how to edit this flexshare properties thing, and this is what I have so far:
Enabled: yes
Share Name: flex-2c
Server URL: \\gateway.clarkconnect.lan\flex-2c
Comment: none
Public Access: yes
Group Owner: what the heck is this??? There's root, bin, daemon, adm, tty, the list goes on and on. Documentation does not specify what this means.
Permissions: Read/Write
File Write Attributes: rwx, rwx, rwx
Whenever I try to copy a file to my 2c flexshare, Windows gives an error saying the disk is full or write protected. Any idea what's going on?
*******old post**********
I am so frustrated I am about to cry.
I ordered an 8 port unmanaged gigabit switch. I finally have some free time to install Clark Connect. I've been *trying* to get a frickin' file server up for the past three months, but I've been bogged down by countless hardware issues and lack of free time.
I plug the Cat5 from my modem to my onboard LAN in the linux box and guess what? The onboard LAN is blown. Wow. It was working fine with Ubuntu a week or two ago, apt-getting stuff, etc. And now, after sitting in my room not even turned on, it's dead. No lights. No link. Changed wires. Nothing.
Here is my setup:
http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/gallery/1650588/2/115234663/Large
I booted into ClarkConnect and eth0 is the onboard LAN and designated as External, the card that connects to the modem. Of course, this is non-working. I can't figure out how the heck to set one of my other NICs to External.
Here's the settings that I do for the other NIC (eth1):
External - ok
DHCP - ok
HostName - what in God's name is this?
automatic DNS servers - check ok
I enter in this information, and the settings NEVER stick. It keeps on kicking me back to the HostName box to re-enter a hostname. I have no idea what a Hostname is. I've tried 'server,' 'gateway.clarkconnect.lan,' 'server.lan,' and nothing works.
When I try to edit eth0 to have it NOT be external, the same thing happens.
The thing that frustrates me to absolutely no end is that these quick startup guides NEVER work. There's always something that goes wrong, and I have absolutely no idea how to fix it because, guess what, the guide gives no contingiency plans. And more likely than not, my main machine has no internet because the internet's hooked up to the linux box.
