NetGear Stora Network Attached Storage (NAS)

SSH Access:

username is:
user_hipserv2_netgear_XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

Where:

user is the lower case version of the actual user name.
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX is the Product Key for the unit as printed on the bottom, and shown in the "About Stora" dialog on the web interface.

e.g.:
ssh james_hipserv2_netgear_NGUH-QXXU-RXNF-XTJJ@192.168.1.16

or use PuTTY or some other SSH client to SSH to the IP address and enter the username when prompted.

There may be a long delay before it asks for the password.

Root user access

sudo -E -s

and enter the password again. You will get an "audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused" error message, but root access is granted.

PATH

Most programs in the sbin directories are NOT automatically in the PATH. You can update the path with e.g.:

echo "PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" > /etc/environment

and then restart the stora. Or you can just remember to add /sbin/ before the commands you want (most are in that folder).

Version

cat /etc/*release
Version     2.0.0.377
DistName    hipserv2_netgear
VersionName 2.5.1
CentralServer mystora.com
Serial NGUH-QXXU-RXNF-XTJJ
Subdomain storaname
HipServ

To find the drive:

dmesg | grep sd

it's probably sdb1

/sbin/fsck -N /dev/sdb1

if this returns anything about xfs then use:

/sbin/xfs_repair -n /dev/sdb1

# -n option prevents any actual repair and makes it a scan for errors only.

# https://linux.die.net/man/8/xfs_repair