Read-only access from web browser?

[Trianian]

I'm trying to set up read only access for Chrome OS Chromebooks? Currently, Chrome OS does not support any network files systems.

I found a brief discussion on the ChromeOS forums regarding FreeNAS that suggests a solution, but I haven't found anything here or elsewhere detailing an exact procedure for setting this up.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/chromebook-central/VrYwSNH9i1w/QgRWl79agZUJ

It suggests there's some way to modify the web server configuration to present a directory over HTTP. I'm aware that there are methods to do this by installing nginx within the plugin jail, but that would put me down the path of learning a lot of technologies I'll probably never need again.

Is there is a less complex method?

 

[pirateghost]

I would just set up Owncloud in a jail.

 

[Trianian]

I would just set up Owncloud in a jail.

Thanks, I'd never researched that. It looks nice and does far more than I'd envisioned would be possible through a Chromebook.

A quick look at the relevant thread suggests installation is rather. . complex, to say the least. I'm far from a BSD guru. http://forums.freenas.org/threads/php-applications-nginx-php-fpm-mysql-jail-install-and-setup.10802/
http://forums.freenas.org/threads/howto-owncloud-with-nginx-and-mysql-in-plugin-jail.9985/

It also seems that the relevant package links are down. I may look into it sometime in the future, especially if installation is simplified.

Until then, there's no quicker way to setup read-only web browser access?

 

[bp2626]

Probably late but -- I used read-only FTP to access my NAS share from my Chromebook. The Chrome browser can handle ftp://X.

I set proftpd to chroot to the storage mirror and limited all write commands. Don't forget to give your user account(s) the additional group ftp.

Cheers,

Code:

DefaultChdir /mnt/storage/
<Limit WRITE>
  DenyAll
</Limit>
<Limit READ DIRS>
  AllowGroup ftp
  DenyAll
</Limit>