So you’ve got Symform all set up and running on your Synology NAS, and you’ve been contributing space, but now the volume that has your contribution folder is getting full, adn you’d like to move it without disrupting the data that other Symform users like yourself have trusted you with. How to do it? Easily. …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2013/01/01/how-to-move-the-symformcontribution-directory-from-one-volume-to-another-on-a-synology-nas/
So today I was going through my Synology NAS and noticed .DS_Store files all over the place. These are actually files containing extended attributes created by Finder in Mac OS X. But, since they get written out to network locations, they can cause backup and versionining issues. To disable them from being created on network …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2012/12/13/disable-and-remove-ds_store-files-stored-on-network-locations/
The @eaDir directories contain extended attributes and thumbnails that take up quite a bit of space, not unlike Windows Thumbs.db files. Here’s how to get rid of them easily from the command line. First, SSH into your Synology NAS box and log in as root, then type this to locate the @eaDir folders: If you’re …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2012/12/12/getting-rid-of-the-eadir-folders-on-synology-nas-dsm/
Various forums throughout the Internet have users stating that even though they’ve disabled media indexing the @eaDir folders are still being generated, and even outside the indexed folders. In order to completely stop the generation of @eaDir folders, it’s necessary to disable the services that are generating them. Note that after a DSM update, these …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2012/12/12/disable-indexing-and-generation-of-eadir-directories-on-synology-nas/
You can control the front LEDs (as well as triggering other hardware events) on a Synology NAS by sending certain values to /dev/ttyS1, either from a script of from the CLI via Telnet or SSH. These commands “force” the LED state, and therefore the LEDs can’t be used as status indicators after being forced. You …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2012/12/11/controlling-the-front-leds-of-a-synology-nas-via-ttys1/
Symform is a cloud-based backup solution which allows you to have 10 GB of backup space free, and get additional free space, as well as support, by contributing space. In order to contribute, you need to have a port forwarded to your Synology device. However, in my experience, I wasn’t able to choose the port …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2012/11/28/how-to-manually-change-the-symform-contribution-port-on-a-synology-nas/
In my quest for the perfect “in my dreams” backup solution for my Ubuntu VPS, I created this very simple script which can be run as a cron job and can be easily modified to backup any amount of data to any remote FTP or SFTP server. You could very easily include a database backup …
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So today I was using smbmount to mount a network share from my Synology DiskStation to my Linux PC when I noticed a rather annoying file permissions issue that I couldn’t seem to fix. Why am I using smbmount and not Gnome’s GUI to mount? Because I need root to have access to the file …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/05/20/synology-diskstation-and-samba-mount-permissions/
For the security-minded, or anyone who simply wants to be able to exchange secure, encrypted email quickly and easily, GNOME offers a really user-friendly way to generate and manage PGP/GPG keys. This program is located at System > Preferences > Passwords and Encryption Keys. [Natty/Unity: System Settings > Passwords and Encryption Keys] You can make …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/27/pgpgpg-keys-in-ubuntu-gnome-the-easy-way/
In my opinion, one of Ubuntu’s strongest tools is nautilus’ (the GNOME file manager’s) strong integration with remote files, such as those located on remote FTP, SFTP, WebDav, etc. While Windows has integration, it’s severely limited and really only supports drag-and-drop copying/pasting and open-in-place documents. Compared to nautilus’ ability to edit-in-place and supporting full file …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/21/easy-network-file-management-over-ssh-in-ubuntu/
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