Network Attached Storage

This page was written by Pluto and imported with their permission when LinuxMCE branched off in February, 2007. In general any information should apply to LinuxMCE. However, this page should be edited to reflect changes to LinuxMCE and remove old references to Pluto.

Include here a list of NAS that have been tested with Pluto.

NAS

Buffalo Terastation

Adding SMB Client to Pluto

As of this writing, the current version of Pluto needs the smbfs application before the core will be able to read and write to any Samba or SMB server. To do this, ssh into your Pluto core as root and type the following:

apt-get install smbfs

After pressing enter, the core will download and install the smbfs application.

Pluto Firewall Configuration

As of this writing, the current version of Pluto's firewall blocks any SMB mounts. To fix this????

Troubleshooting

1. I can see the files on the media directors, orbiters, and (while SSH'd) on /mnt/NAS_# and in the subdirectories of each user. But the files do not play. None of the music or video files play. All files stored on the core play fine.
   

• (This solution comes from bliss01 on the forum. Needs more detailed instructions please...)

Make sure you've mounted the device as the same name and dir and on the Core. Edit the /etc/exports file on the core, and the /etc/fstab on the MDs to fix this. But also to make the changes stay after reboot, edit the templates in /usr/pluto/templates/

Also make sure the SMB drive is on the same network ie the 192.168.80.x as the core has a firewall which stops smb mounts.