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WARNING - Firmware Update 6.9.0
So, my NAS promted me to tell me that a firmware update was available and, upkeeping with the latest versions, I decided to go ahead and do the update via the web browser. Seems painless ... Aft...
You didn't told us which is the ReadyNAS OS software version that your NAS was running before the upgrade request to download and install latest ReadyNAS OS 6.9.0...also doing preliminary checking - through SSH - of most important log files would be helpful to understand what happened during/after the update (and Yes...knowing where to look for is important to have a smooth start...ranting isn't helpful).
Here is an extract of the fwbroker.log:
Oct 31 2017 17:23:06 INFO:AAGET_REMOTE_INFO(STEP 1 URL:) https://update.readynas.com/download/ReadyNASOS-arm/index?key=d4cd51e5cc36bb0736f67eb9123ae453&model=ReadyNAS&model_num=104¤t_version=6.8.1
Oct 31 2017 17:23:08 answer=info::name=ReadyNASOS,version=6.9.0,time=1507942835,size=68184064,md5sum=3ec076c7638efe8c6db2086fd44109cf,arch=arm,descr=ReadyNASOS Update,release_notes=https://kb.netgear.com/000049516/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Software-Version-6-9-0
From the timestamps, the NAS was running 6.8.1 and prompted an update to 6.9.0.
As for what happened next, who knows. What I can say is, the NAS worked fine before, and after the update doesn't!
But hey, here's the question: why woud the /var, /sys, /etc directories need to be owned by guest? They wouldn't. If the config files for these services isn't owned by root (or at least admin) then none of the services will work.
Apology for the rant, but yeah, after what should be a simple a update, needing to spend a week on data recovery does tend put you in a bad mood :-)
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