On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 22:54:58 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote:
> Right now the other computer (my desktop) basically does that - it > accesses the files via the Synology. It works fine, but sometimes I > want to view a file with the desktop and the file is new and hasn't > been backed up yet. So I can't access it unless I first run a manual > backup to the Synology, and then refresh the desktop's GUI file > manager. > > I want to think of the Synology as nothing more than backup of the > 31TB Thunderbolt 3 RAID0 array. The TB3 RAID0 array is what I should > be accessing, not its backup. At least, that's what seems logical to > me. _______________________________________________ Perhaps in your search for a GUI you are over-complicating things. It's really not that hard to add a single line entry into the text file /etc/exports ounce you have the helper rpc daemons setup. Now you've got an entire web stack to worry about, graphics toolkit and a modern web browser. -- ______________________________________ < "Elvis is my copilot." -- Cal Keegan > -------------------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug