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Best practices when using ssh
Dear community, are there any you would like to recommend? A primer perhaps. Which interface best to be used (eg telnet or app in browser), etc?
Any suggestion welcomed. Thanks in advance and kind ...
Marc_V wrote:
from there configure a user account that will be accessing SSH.
root can of course be used for this - and depending on what you are doing might be the only option.
Personally I use putty on a PC, and log in as root. I'm very careful on what I attempt - generally it is limited to monitoring. If you are doing something unusual, you can install the NAS VM, and try your steps on that before you do it on the real NAS. The VM is x86, so that won't completely model an ARM-based NAS.
My main advice here is to make sure your backup is up to date, as there is some risk then using the command line. Netgear support can deny support if they believe that your use of SSH has contributed to the problem. You'd need to do a factory reset to regain access to paid support.
Also, don't touch the flash memory.
Marc_V wrote:
from there configure a user account that will be accessing SSH.
root can of course be used for this - and depending on what you are doing might be the only option.
Personally I use putty on a PC, and log in as root. I'm very careful on what I attempt - generally it is limited to monitoring. If you are doing something unusual, you can install the NAS VM, and try your steps on that before you do it on the real NAS. The VM is x86, so that won't completely model an ARM-based NAS.
My main advice here is to make sure your backup is up to date, as there is some risk then using the command line. Netgear support can deny support if they believe that your use of SSH has contributed to the problem. You'd need to do a factory reset to regain access to paid support.
Also, don't touch the flash memory.
Thanks StephenB, very helpful. I do not intend to enable ssh on my relatively new nas to not loose warranty under any circumstances. However, I have other linux workstations (eg libreelec running kodi) where I can try things out just to get more familiar (again) with good old line mode.
Running the nas as a vm sounds also quite interesting and I will give it a try in my spare time.
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