NS8 Samba File Server Previous Version

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

NS8 is completely new (container orchestrator application server instead of OS) and Samba changed too, for example we now are using samba registry (net conf) which brings more flexibility.
Things need to be tested and implemented and there are limited resources.

It’s already possible to use Recycle bin and auditing but you’re right, it should be available in the UI.

Recycle bin:

Password Policy Configuration and File Server Auditing in NethServer 8

To add auditing you could customize the samba app, see also Recycle Bin Samba NS8 - #31 by mrmarkuz I tried the options from NS7 but they don’t work anymore as vfs_full_audit has changed. I needed to set full_audit:syslog to false to get the audit logs on the log page. Enter samba app environment: (in my case samba1) runagent -m samba1 Open include.conf in nano podman unshare nano $(podman volume inspect config --format={{.Mountpoint}})/include.conf and add the following content: full_au…

Auditing:

Recycle Bin Samba NS8

I think it’s the best way (less work) to include all the options except the vfs objects in the global section. For example for the recycle bin I added the following to include.conf. To edit the include.conf enter the samba environment: runagent -m samba1 Edit the include.conf file using nano editor: podman unshare nano $(podman volume inspect config --format={{.Mountpoint}})/include.conf Add following content: [global] recycle:exclude_dir = /tmp,/temp,/cache recycle:repository = Recycle B…

@Denis_Pollini

Same things about synchronize folder with rsync time backup as could be done before with ns7, now i have to have additional machine to schedule a script with robocopy.

I didn’t know you meant the backup…you’re right, NS8 uses restic and there’s no time machine rsync backup anymore.
In the meanwhile it’s possible to restore single files/dirs: File server — NS8 documentation