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Fixing SMB issue with Mac OSX 10.6.3 update

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:31:24 +0000

You may have noticed problems when trying to save/write/create/delete stuff on a SMB share after updating your Mac to update 10.6.3. The quick turn around is to edit the smb.conf file (usually find in /etc/samba/smb.conf) and add this line in the [GLOBAL] section:

unix extensions = no

restart samba and it will work again!

to restart SAMBA: /etc/init.d/samba restart

Building a HD Linux based multimedia streaming server PART 1 – (dvd and bluray and more)

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:50:39 +0000

I started a new article to show how to build a HD home entertainment streaming server. If you ever wanted to watch Bluray/DVD from anywhere in your house, this is for you.

You will learn:

how to setup your network
setup a server
stream music
stream pictures
stream DVD movies
stream Bluray movies
access files and documents across any machines

You can see the first part of the article here :

http://lucraymond.net/linux/building-a-hd-linux-based-multimedia-streaming-server-part-1-dvd-and-bluray-and-more/

New linux hard disk performance article

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:03:20 +0000

This article talks about how to measure hard disk performance and give a few tips on how to improve it.

You can read the article by clicking here