Here’s a quick howto on installing FFP on Zyxel NSA325, which is a nice NAS.
- Create a text file called web_prefix and put this to the first line: ftp://ftp.zyxel-tech.de/2.new_mirror/
- Move the text file to the NAS, to directory /admin/zy-pkgs (zy-pkgs subdirectory in the admin share)
- Refresh the package list on the administrator web interface. FFP will show up, but you won’t be able to install it because the server only has FFP for the v4.40 firmware. Download that older FFP package from here. It’ll work nicely with newer firmwares too. Put this file to /admin/zy-pkgs also. Now you can install it on the web interface. It will create an install log file in /admin/zy-pkgs/ffp.
- Now you can telnet to the machine and add the other package sources using the guide here.
- Install zyxel_utils. After installing, run /ffp/start/zyxel_utils.sh start. It will fix admin and root users’ home directories automatically.
Other resources
Command for installing packages: slacker -i [part of package name]
http://zyxel.nas-central.org/wiki/FFP_as_zypkg
http://zyxel.nas-central.org/wiki/FFP-stick
SSH pubkey authentication
http://nas-tweaks.net/53/private-public-key-authentication-with-openssh-in-ffp/
OpenVPN
1. Install the package zyxel_modules, which has a working tun.ko in the directory /ffp/lib/modules/2.6.31.8/kernel/drivers/net. Warning: there’s a not working tun.ko in /ffp/lib/modules/2.6.31.8/drivers/net! Edit OpenVPN’s and the tun.ko’s path in /ffp/start/openvpn.sh.
2. Install the package module_utils, which automatically edits modules.dep, so the command modprobe tun will load the correct tun.ko.
Crontab
The original factory crontab stores the crontab file in a tmpfs partition (which is lost during reboots and poweroffs), so we have to save the crontab file to a permanent location during shutdown, and restore it during bootup. Here’s a script which does this, place it in /ffp/start/crontab.sh and make it executable (chmod +x /ffp/start/crontab.sh).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | #!/ffp/bin/sh # PROVIDE: cronjobs # REQUIRE: LOGIN . /tmp/.ffpstick/helper.inc . /ffp/etc/ffp.subr name="cronjobs" start_cmd="cronjobs_start" stop_cmd="cronjobs_stop" status_cmd="cronjobs_status" cronjobs_start() { if [ -f /ffp/var/spool/crontab ]; then crontab /ffp/var/spool/crontab fi } cronjobs_stop(){ mkdir -p /ffp/var/spool/ crontab -l > /ffp/var/spool/crontab } cronjobs_status() { echo "status not available" } run_rc_command "$1" |
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hi mate,
good article, btu i’ve updated to nsa325 4.61 and can’t install ffp 0.7 :( always stopping on 85% (installing via admin page) could you help?
Cannot see FFP in the package list.Add me on skype if you can help me please, wiken1991 is my skype.
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for /ffp/start folder you must use chmod a+x for proper rights to execute on startup.
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Salve non capisco come e dove poter scrivere quelle stringhe di comando. c’è un tool specifico? scusate la mia ignoranza ma vorrei installare jdownloader 2 sul nsa 325v2 dato che pyload non mi si apre più. Grazie
Ciao, non riesco a scaricare il pachetto ffp_0.7_arm_003.zpkg riesci ad inviamelo grazie
Could you send me ffp_0.7_arm_003.zpkg please.
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can you send me newest ffp to install with instruction on NSA 325 Zyxel ?
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