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RN314 - OS partition full?
Hi I went to log into my NAS admin page and it didn't work, just went into a loop asking again for my credentials. I tried to SSH in via putty, and also windows: ssh root@ip-address. Access ...
Sandshark wrote:
(and I believe StephenB as well) don't even enable SMB on the backup shares as an added level of protection against PC-based malware. The malware can't touch what it can't see.
Correct. I also have the backup NAS on power schedule, so it is completely inaccessible when the backups aren't running.
Another NAS probably isn't something I wish to do at this stage, too many $$$$.
I'll probably keep rolling with the USB HDDs plugged into my PC to avoid this in future.
On the topic of backups - I also have the Snapshots enabled daily, and today I needed to roll back to a previous version of a file, but it appears that the snapshots for two of my important shares have stopped running and are empty for some reason.
Two other shares have 2 years worth of snapshots.
Would anyone be able to suggest how I'd figure out what's going on with them? They're still enabled but they're most definitely not working. I can manually create snapshots on these shares.
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