8.0.4-p1 and the samba vulnerability

[Simon00]

I've also had some trouble upgrading as well, may possibly due to my hardware combo or a buggy upgrade process. But I simply export my ZFS volume, and swap the bootable SD card with the new version. Re-import volume and I usually just re-enter the settings manually just to be sure. I have low spec. hardware so leave AIO off.

[bman]

FreeNAS newbie here. I successfully built a unit using an old PC. I completed the original installation with a monitor and keyboard attached. I have since removed and run the system headless. I just burned the CD with 8.04p1. My question is, do I need to re-attach a monitor and keyboard to upgrade? OR can you tell me how I would complete this with a headless system. Any help is appreciated.

[warri]

That depends on your current version. If you are upgrading from pre-8.0.1-BETA3 you need to upgrade via CD due to the increased image size.
Newer versions should be upgradable via the HTTP GUI, just grab the correct image (FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-p1-x86.GUI_Upgrade.xz or x64 depending on your architecture), go to Settings - Advanced - Firmware Update and follow the instructions.

[nepenthe]

Apparently after this upgrade from 8.04 I was unable to su to root when logging in via SSH. After further research I found there were no members of the wheel group. I re-added my user account into the group and all was well. Just thought I should bring this up, anyone else experience anything like that? Should I submit a bug report perhaps?

[William Grzybowski]

Apparently after this upgrade from 8.04 I was unable to su to root when logging in via SSH. After further research I found there were no members of the wheel group. I re-added my user account into the group and all was well. Just thought I should bring this up, anyone else experience anything like that? Should I submit a bug report perhaps?

No, it is a bugix, it is in release notes.
Users should not be allowed to su if not in wheel group.

[nepenthe]

No, it is a bugix, it is in release notes.
Users should not be allowed to su if not in wheel group.

My bad. I just quickly read that and figured users were previously being automatically added to the Wheel group upon creation, instead of the Wheel group not mattering.

[bman]

Thanks warri. I updated from the GUI. Very easy.

[TECK]

No, it is a bugix, it is in release notes.
Users should not be allowed to su if not in wheel group.

I never heard that before and I use UNIX for a long time. Is this specific to FreeBSD?
Adding a regular user to wheel group presents security risks, as this group has special permissions. I would rather have an option assigned to a specific group. For example, you tick an option that says "Members of this group are superusers", that would be more appropriate.

I'm connecting through SSH, but I see this note:
"Remove failsafe from the PAM group file, this prevents a situation where the wheel group being empty allowed any user to su to root."
The normal behavior in every Unix OS I know is to allow any user to su, isn't it?

[TECK]

I have nearly the same setup as TECK.
After the upgrade to 8.0.4-RELEASE-p1 I have the same performance as before.
Write : ~76MB/s
Read : ~110MB/s

cheers
tom

You upgraded from 8.0.3, right? Myself and protosd both upgraded from 8.0.2 and saw an important loss of data speed transfers.

[sumsum]

You upgraded from 8.0.3, right? Myself and protosd both upgraded from 8.0.2 and saw an important loss of data speed transfers.

I upgraded from 8.0.4 Release to p1