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aurelieng

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Registered: 2010-02-02

Posts: 104

Synology NAS: no NFS support for encrypted folders / alternatives ?

Dear all,

I recently bought a Synology DS710+ NAS. It comes with DSM2.3, and I am a bit disappointed to notice that encrypted shared folders cannot be exported using NFS. This is a problem since I need uid/gid and file permissions to be fully preserved, and that it's not the case with CIFS or AFP.

Why such a limitation ? Can you think about reliable alternatives ?

Cheers,

Aurélien.

anthonyclark

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From: WA,USA

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 48

Re: Synology NAS: no NFS support for encrypted folders / alternatives ?

Might not be helpful since I know NOTHING about synology devices...

A friend of mine managed to make his setup with synology sweet and i believe he customized NFS/network shares.

http://befreely.blogspot.com/2010/04/nas-setup.html
https://sites.google.com/a/befreely.dyn … x/synology

Let me know if it helps!

Last edited by anthonyclark (2010-09-24 01:11:17)

aurelieng

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Registered: 2010-02-02

Posts: 104

Re: Synology NAS: no NFS support for encrypted folders / alternatives ?

Hi,

Thank you for the two links. Unfortunately, the export of encrypted shares with NFS is not addressed. Good links though

Arélien.

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: Synology NAS: no NFS support for encrypted folders / alternatives ?

I read somewhere that Synology has released DSM 3.0 with a new interface, but maybe also with new features... Worth checking out?

DStein

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From: Buffalo, NY USA

Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 60

Re: Synology NAS: no NFS support for encrypted folders / alternatives ?

Prepare to spend quite some time with the new 3.0 interface.  It's "pretty" but I found the 2.x series to be much more intuitive and easy to navigate.

Looking at the options available in the interface and reading the included help system, it makes no mention of new NFS features, encryption, etc.