The general SMB/CIFS service frontend and backend has been finished. Currently no Active Directory support has been implemented because i do not have enough knowledge about this feature, also i do not have a Windows Server installation for testing. But the backend has been designed that way to allow users with more knowledge to implement it via community plugin.

The S.M.A.R.T. management has been finished now. It is possible to view and configure various S.M.A.R.T. parameters like the scan interval, temperature monitoring and scheduled tests. If the email notification is enabled the user will be notified in case of a S.M.A.R.T. error.

This week the progress slows down again a little bit due another backend refactoring. While implementing the WebGUI user administration i realized that the current implementation was lacking. Due this i began to refactor the PHP/bash script backend and also improved the Debian package postinst script which manages the initial configuration after installing the package.

Now it is possible to modify the password for the WebGUI administrator account ‘admin’ via the default user management.

Also it is possible to enable/disable/force SSL/TLS for the WebGUI.

Maybe you’ve also noticed that the navigation panel has been redesigned. The plugins are now able to define the order of appearance in the list.

I’ve commited the Debian package sources to SVN and the jsl_0.3.0_i386.deb package to the files archive in hope that others might find it as useful as myself. The jsl tool is great to find common mistakes in javascript without actually running the script or opening the web page. I will use it to ‘lint’ the WebGUI javascript sources during the package build process.

Please note this a quick and dirty hack, so if you’re a Debian package expert you’re welcome to improve it.