NAS or Network-Attached Storage is file-level computer data storage connected to a computer network providing data access to clients. It mainly operates as a file server and is specialized for this by its hardware, software or a mix of those. Most NASes offer many accessing algorithms (like Samba, FTP, SSH and many more) and can host a website, stream multimedia and do many more tasks.
Questions tagged [nas]
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Cannot push from user repository to master repository located on NAS
I am having some trouble with git. Hopefully someone has some advice.
I have a master repository that is located on a NAS drive. Then I have user repositories on linux (ubuntu 12.04 server). The NAS drive is mounted on the linux server using CIFS…

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python download file from Synology FileStation API
I'm trying to write a python script to download files from Synology NAS API
url used:
http://IP_ADDRESS:PORT/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.FileStation.Download&version=2&method=download&path=%2FPATH%2FTO%2FFILE&mode=download&sid=SID
Downloading files…

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Why can't I acces my NAS drive with rclone?
I am trying to access my NAS drive with rclone:
rclone check C:\Some_local_folder "N:\"
where N:\ is my NAS drive. However, I can't seem to access my NAS in this way:
2020-06-18 20:24:25 ERROR : file.jpg: File not in Local file system at…
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Elixir Phoenix and Symlinks on Windows SMB Drive
So I have an interesting issue that I just can't figure out why I'm getting this and what to do.
So basically I store all my development projects on my Synology NAS for local access between my various devices. There has never been a problem with…
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Publish Net Core Web API in NAS Synology
I have a requirement to publish a Net Core Web API on a Synology NAS server. I do not have the faintest idea how to do this. Any help you can give me in this regard?

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Synology NAS Default IP Address
My work recently purchased a Synology DS3617xs NAS. How do I find the default IP of the NAS so I can do the initial setup?
For security, we're running on a closed system - no internet
Running RHEL 7.4, so the Synology Assistant won't work (Win /Mac…

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Backup Android to NAS with Rsync
How to backup an Android device (Not Rooted) to a NAS with Rsync over SSH ?
Here is a little Howto that can help :
Configure Keys
Either use dropbear both side or create Open ssh keys and convert the private key to dropbear :
ssh-keygen -t rsa…

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How to builld OS/ABI for SystemV using crosstool-ng
I am trying to build a kernel module for my DNS-320L NAS.
I have built crosstool-ng in a Debian lenny chroot environment but after I have compiled my kernel module and try and install it, I get:
insmod: error inserting 'kernel/net/ip4/ipip.ko': -1…

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Always asking for password mapped Synology drive? How is it possible to save creds?
I have a mapped drive on my Windows
For the first time it asks for the username and password which I've created on my NAS.
No problem, I log in, and can see my files on the server.
My problem is that if I open an Excel, or a Word file, then the…

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ODBC access over network to *.mdb
I have a general question of how ODBC with *.mdb works.
In my understanding, and please correct me if I'm wrong, no matter if I use odbc or not, when accessing an MS Access database (*.mdb) that is stored on another computer, i.e. a NAS, my…

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Is there an API for SMART?
Developing a NAS system at the moment and I want to use SMART to monitor the state of the harddrive in the NAS. I have looked at tools like smartmontools smartctl and smartd however I want to have more control over the what I tell the NAS to react…

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Missing pyconfig.h while installing a package
I'm using Python3 (v3.4) add-on on my Synology NAS.
When I try to install package (via ssh using python3 setup.py install) it returns error:
invalid Python installation: unable to open /volume1/@appstore/py3k/usr/local/include/python3.4m/pyconfig.h…

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Home-automation x10 with a Linux based NAS (synology)
I have automated my home with the x10 protocol and use the cm15pro interface on my computer to program the switches.
Now I want to connect the cm15pro interface to my synology NAS and run commands with PHP on the NAS to the interface
Are there…

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Synology DS213j how to install Hamachi or LogMeIn service?
I would like to ask, i have a non-public IP, behind NAT. I would like to access to my home synology server from internet, but i cannot use ssh tunnel.
Is any working "how-to" tutorial about installing service like Hamachi or LogMeIn on Synology NAS…

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Meteor.js on Synology NAS
Is it possible to deploy a meteor-app to a Synology NAS and run it from there? If so, how?
I guess I need a node.js server to run on my NAS, but I do not know what to do when it is up and running.

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