Download FreeNAS 0.65

Version 0.65 of FreeNAS was released yesterday. With this package, a computer in the network can be used purely for data storage, which is called Network Attached Storage in proper English. The whole is based on a stripped-down FreeBSD installation and provided with a clear web interface. It has onboard support for CIFS (Samba), FTP, NFS, RSYNC, SSH, local user authentication and Software RAID 0, 1 and 5. FreeNAS is not large and can be easily stored on a Compact Flash, the hard drive or a USB stick to be installed. The release notes of this version can be read as follows:

News features:

• MS Windows Domain authentication
• Apple File Protocol (AFP)
• Announce FreeNAS services with Zeroconf (howl)
• iSCSI initiator (NOT TESTED)

Warning for creating a software RAID volume (there is a bug somewhere):

• Hard drive must have the same size
• Create and format your RAID volume
• Put a small file on this volume
• Reboot the PC
• Check that the volume is correctly mounted and working.
• If not: re-format the volume,reboot and re-check.

Changes:

• Adding MS Windows Domain authentication (tested with a 2K server and 2003 server)
• New protocol: AFP (AppleShare file server)
• Adding Zeroconf (howl) for announcing services
• adding iSCSI initiator (NOT TESTED)
• New Install script (use the same method as the WebGUI: dd the image file directly on the hard drive) and made a more clear code
• Gvinum (Software RAID): Use ‘sd lenght 0’ parameter in the place of the disk size.
• Smartd have this own log file
• Local user with ‘full shell’ option can became root (with su command)
• The Web Admin admin password match the root password.
• Add option for forcing UDMA mode (to be used when there is the UDMA_ERROR…. LBA error message).
• Adding a link to the exec page on the diagnostic menu.
• Adding option for formating disk in UFS without soft Updates and reserved space to 0 (save 8% of space disk).
• Mount the UFS disk with ACLS enabled
• Permit to change the user used by rsync daemon
• Adding ‘aaccli’ tools (usable from command line only)
• Little fix for AFP configuration (WebGUI, mount point, etc..)
• Changing the classical syslogd by a patched circular log syslogd (adapted to FreeBSD by the pfsense project)….
• Improved rsync client code: thanks to Mat Murdock and Bmutz
• Add top information on the status page: thanks to Stefan Hendricks
• Adding changing MTU size…
• Add option for enabling/disabling tuning kernel variables
• changing Samba mask for file/directory:
  • If ‘anonymous’ mode: use 0666 for file and 0777 for directory
  • If ‘user’ mode: use 0744 for file and 0755 for directory
• Add FTP daemon option: min/max port and public IP address
• add drivers: ath –
• Atheros IEEE 802.11 wireless network driver (thanks to Foxglove for the lines to be added)
• add drivers: HighPoint HPT374 ATA RAID Controller
• add drivers: ipw –
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver
• add drivers: iwi –
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver
• Upgrading to samba-3.0.21c
• Upgrading rsync to 2.6.7
• Upgrading to FreeBSD 6.1 PRERELEASE #10

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