[Kmon]

Hello,

I am trying to build a "home server" for backup purposes on my local network. Long story short, I've taken an old computer, installed ubuntu desktop, put a 1TB SSD in as a secondary drive (formatted as NTFS)

Goal:

• Access, Read, Write files/folder to the drive from other computers (windows, mac)
• Have different logins or passwords for each shared folder

e.g
The 1 TB SSD contains 3 folders "User1" , "User2", "User3" I dont want User2 to have access to the files of User1, each folder should password protected somehow

Problem
If I format the secondary drive as NTFS, I cant use ubuntu's user groups functionality, I can mount the folders on other computers but every folder is accessible by the same user
If I format it as ext4 I am able to use the user groups functionality but I can not mount the folders on other computers (win, mac)

I am looking for a GUI solution

Have you considered a samba server that has mutple shares such as user 1 user 2 and user 3 with different login

 

[IronAge]

"Backup" on a PC with one drive and no redundancy, SSD as a backup drive, Mkay.

 

[LazyGamer]

I am looking for a GUI solution

Look up TrueNAS Scale, which is based on Debian, same as Ubuntu.

Also look up ZFS.

 

[IronAge]

He is using an old pc, Quad-Core and 16GB RAM ?!

 

[ku4eto]

Hello,

I am trying to build a "home server" for backup purposes on my local network. Long story short, I've taken an old computer, installed ubuntu desktop, put a 1TB SSD in as a secondary drive (formatted as NTFS)

Goal:

• Access, Read, Write files/folder to the drive from other computers (windows, mac)
• Have different logins or passwords for each shared folder

e.g
The 1 TB SSD contains 3 folders "User1" , "User2", "User3" I dont want User2 to have access to the files of User1, each folder should password protected somehow

Problem
If I format the secondary drive as NTFS, I cant use ubuntu's user groups functionality, I can mount the folders on other computers but every folder is accessible by the same user
If I format it as ext4 I am able to use the user groups functionality but I can not mount the folders on other computers (win, mac)

I am looking for a GUI solution

For what reason are you trying to use NTFS as a file system?

Also, you said NAS, but did not mention the desired protocol - SMB or NFS.

Please clarify those first.

Also.... you are using "must have GUI" and "Linux" in 1 sentence...

 

[Paradigm Shifter]

Remote GUI or local GUI?

I've found OpenMediaVault to be pretty good.

 

[enorbet2]

It is probably a good idea, especially with a fairly simple system (ie - one drive), to familiarize yourself with NFS setup and configuration. A bit more to what OP has asked for, GUI, 2 decent solutions available in most repositories, are Cockpit and Synology