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Skriven 2013-11-26 11:04:05 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.71)
  Kommentar till text 16877 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38.9)
Ärende: small linux
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2013, Maurice Kinal wrote to mark lewis:

 ml> hey, i didn't create the thing

 MK> I got the impression that Seagate is behind it in some meaningful
 MK> way.  Please don't quote me on that though.

i won't because i see no way for anyone to come up with that...

 ml> it is a rule that they decided on for security reasons

 MK> Perhaps.  The little I discovered about it is that it has a
 MK> javascript httpd admin interface but noticed on one screenshot the
 MK> ability to connect via a serial port.  Beats me what is provided
 MK> there of any consequence.  However I also noticed on a different
 MK> screenshot of a web based user account dealie that the default
 MK> codepage for DOS/Windows users was set to CP437 and Unix users to
 MK> UTF-8.

you need to be more specific as to exactly what configuration page you were
looking at...

 MK> It got me to wonder if that is the cause of your issue with
 MK> dropbear on Windows connecting via mc?

dropbear? i think you have me confused with someone else... i have no idea what
dropbear is...

 MK> Perhaps CP437 is the wrong
 MK> choice for Windows based clients?  I'd try CP1250 although I don't
 MK> think it has the line/box drawing characters which is what you were
 MK> reporting issues with ... if I remember correctly.  Just a guess on
 MK> my part though.  On linux mc works fine with UTF-8 and the unicode
 MK> console fonts (kbd package). 

this is one thing and has nothing to do with freenas at all... the problem i
was having that yuo are trying to remember was using putty to access one of my
debian based boxen via ssh...

 MK> However I lack a javascript web
 MK> browser so their javascript based admin tool won't work here, not
 MK> that it really matters any.

ummm... the main GUI pages of freenas are php... yes, there may be some
javascript items used but it is not all javascript... one can also access th
enas via html and not be trying to use the admin interface... some users prefer
to use a web GUI for uploading and downloading their files... if the nas is not
located on their network, this may be their only option... especially if FTP is
restricted or denied on their systems by corporate or network policy...

 MK> Anyhow dropbear can be configured to run on a private network if
 MK> security is an issue.  I see no good reason for a web based
 MK> administration tool but then again I am a real commandline freak. 
 MK> ;-)

i still don't know what dropbear is or what i would want it for... sorry...

 ml> GPT is what they use

 MK> Understood.  I don't use GPT.  ext2 for flash disks.

evidently you don't know what GPT is, either... you can use ext2 on GPT or MBR
based disks ;)

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table

[quote]
GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of the partition table
on a physical hard disk, using globally unique identifiers (GUID). Although it
forms a part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard
(Unified EFI Forum proposed replacement for the PC BIOS), it is also used on
some BIOS systems because of the limitations of MBR partition tables, which use
32 bits for storing logical block addresses and size information.

As of 2010, most current operating systems support GPT. Some, including OS X
and Microsoft Windows, only support booting from GPT partitions on systems with
EFI firmware, but FreeBSD and most Linux distributions can boot from GPT
partitions on systems with either legacy BIOS firmware interface or EFI.
[/quote]

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