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OwnCloud external storage -- problem and work-around
Running OS 6.1.1 on ReadyNAS Pro2 with OwnCloud app owncloud_9.1.3-rnx2_all.deb from RNXtras.
I decided I wanted to mount a directory on another NAS as an external source, I enabled the External Sources module in OwnCloud and set everything up for SMB access to the other NAS. Got a "Green Light" on the settings and thought all was OK, but it failed to show any files when I accessed the directory. There was a horribly long error message in the log that basically came down to "Can't access external share". Googling told me that I might need php5-libsmbclient_0.7.0-10.2_amd64.deb, so i installed that. Still no-go. So I tried FTP. Didn't even get the green light on that. Yes the user name I was using has both SMB and FTP access, both verified outside of OwnCloud.
I remember seeing where the ReadyNAS does not support Active Mode FTP, and figured that could be the problem. But I can't find a solution to use SMB or a good reason why it won't work. The php5-libsmbclient (or it's equivalent for other distros) seemed to be the solution for everyone with non-NAS installations. It may have something to do with the somewhat non-traditional install that keeps OwnCloud from filling the system partition.
But, I did find a work-around. I created a symbolic link in /mnt and added an NFS mount of the link in fstab so it mounts at boot. Then I created the external storage link in OwnCloud using "Local" mode to that symlink. Voila, it worked! I just wanted it to be read-only, so used the ro option in the NFS mount and admin credentials in OwnCloud, so I don't know what permissions might be needed if you want it read/write. One time I rebooted and the directory was empty. I suspect that the other NAS was in spin-down mode at the time and something timed out. It would be nice if it all worked as it should directly from the OwnCloud GUI, but this is a work-around others can try if they need it until somebody figures out how to fix the problem with external SMB storage.
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Until I do some more investigating, label this "Use with extreme caution". All of the files in the directory I shared suddently had their ownership changed (to 65534, whihc I believe to be unassigned), and I could not access them normally via SMB. I'm assuming for now that this was the cause.
I changed the ownership to guest:guest and all is working via SMB to the host NAS and OwnCloud from the NAS where I mounted it, but that could change again (maybe on re-boot). I also changed the ownership of the link target to guest:guest and maybe that will fix it.
Hi Sandshark,
Thank you for sharing your resolution and/or workaround. We appreciate your contribution to the community.
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