ll my accounts; or will it work with just the gmail ones; or just
the non-gmail ones?
Sorry if I'm being a bit thick about this, but I'd rather get it right
than make a mess that I have to unscramble later!
Thanks for your help
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Mac wrote:
> Adam Bagnall wrote:
>> I think mail-notification might be what you're after. It's in the
>> repositories. The only thing to watch out for is the repository version
>> doesn't have ssl support if you need it.
Rats! Just remembered my gma
Adam Bagnall wrote:
> Mac wrote:
>> Is there add on or applet to provide a persistent indicator in the
>> system tray when there's new mail waiting to be read?
> I think mail-notification might be what you're after. It's in the
> repositories. The only thin
il arrives.
So if you're been away from the computer, and want to check if there's
any waiting mail, you can't at a glance.
Any ideas?
TIA
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At last, some sense from a Government agency about IT in schools:
News report
http://www.cio.com/article/171450
"British schools should not upgrade to Microsoft's Vista operating
system and Office 2007 productivity suite, the British Educational
Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) said
Another low-cost GNU/Linux laptop. This is starting to look like it's
gathering momentum (I hope)...
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/10/ces_everex_battles_eee_pc/
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You may already have seen this. If you haven't, doesn't it sound neat?
And cheap...
http://tinyurl.com/2lp8wb
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ake it think it's there
with the map lines, which remap the drive numbers for windows.
NB: My "root" value - hd1,1 (not hd1,0) - is to jump over a small
partition that Dell puts at the start of its drives to get to the main
partition where Windows is.
Are you sure Windows is in the first partition of the drive it's on, and
you don't need to jump over something?
HTH
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Anyone seen any info about when Dell is going to pre-install Gutsy on
the Inspiron 6400 laptop in UK?
(Gutsy is already standard in USA, and on the desktop here; but the
laptop still gets Feisty here.)
TIA
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Mac wrote:
> Val Henderson's excellent HowTo
Oops! 'Val Henson', of course!
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I can't
put my finger on why. I suppose I expected more bright young things -
students, possibly - and fewer people like me! But it seems the
distribution is slightly skewed towards the 'higher' end, with a
surprising lot of us over-fifties: a silver fox GNU/Linux undergr
Kirrus wrote:
> - "Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Michael Holloway wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 12:01 +, Mac wrote:
>> >> Yeah, Eddie! Let's hear it for us seriously ancient,
>> technologically
>> >&g
Michael Holloway wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 12:01 +0000, Mac wrote:
>> Yeah, Eddie! Let's hear it for us seriously ancient, technologically
>> decrepit listees! (BTW, I wonder what the average age of the list
>> actually is???)
>
> We should set up a poll
repit listees! (BTW, I wonder what the average age of the list
actually is???)
;-)
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MailGroups wrote:
>...I'd guess that if 10% of them go back, Tesco
> won't be stocking any more of them in the future...
I see from the TESCO site that they are 'temporarily' out of stock.
Place your bets?
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Stuart Bird wrote:
> Another factor is (I could probably get this from Google but may as
> well ask now I am here) will the ogg files play on my iPod?
You'd have to convert the ogg's again (more losses!!). (Yep - lots on
Google.)
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Alan Pope wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 02:29:50PM +0000, Mac wrote:
>> Did you install from a USB CD ROM drive, or with this method:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/266w9u
>>
>
> http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu
>
> I used the method of putting a minimal inst
essed with the simple GUI and it's features I haven't
>> really had the desire to change it.
>>
>
> I was impressed too, but KDE apps started to annoy me so I wiped it and put
> Ubuntu on because that's what I'm used to.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
&g
s / NAS drives; but I've been very pleased with the
little WD800UE I put in my laptop - silent and reliable.
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Alan Pope wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:23:50AM +0000, Mac wrote:
>> alan c wrote:
>>
>> > The power saving system is the problem and although it can be
>> > disabled, (using something like
>> > sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I
alan c wrote:
> The power saving system is the problem and although it can be
> disabled, (using something like
> sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do
> not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of
> fomatting the (NTFS) drive. I certainly
Mac wrote:
> Tony Travis wrote:
>
>> Yes, In principle, but network manager configures the network on a
>> per-user basis and this requires admin authority. Personally, I use
>> "WiFi Radar", which is brilliant!
>
>
> Tony >>> I&#x
nervous because at least network manager at last got my wifi connected
(after much hassle and frustration), and I don't want to make matters
worse! Would it be wise to uninstall n-m first, before installing Wifi
Radar, or could I just add Radar and use it without removing n-m first?
'. Configuring WiFi is a system administration task.
>
> Tony.
But once it's configured on the system, shouldn't it be available to
other users, whether they're admins or not? (Otherwise, it feels a bit
like everyone having to bring their own router when they w
eagates in the past. I may
need to think again. What do you reckon? How about Maxtor instead?
(Yes, I know, Seagate owns them, too; but I don't think the redesign
has included Maxtors - yet???)
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Andrew Jenkins wrote:
> ...if I wanted to
> have an application run at startup which file should
> I edit and add the command to?
Could you add it to System/Preferences/Sessions/Startup Programs?
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with your perseverance!
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nd dropping between any two locations.
>
> You can do that in Nautilus too. Just choose "Tree" on the left hand pane.
Or just open two instances of Nautilus, and drag-and-drop between them
to your hearts content!
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I'm a bit of an old-timer (/pace/, Norman!),
and was used to setting jumpers on IDE drives for masters and slaves;
so I guess I just transferred this habit to SATA, and assumed it was a
hardware thing there, too. Never thought of checking for BIOS settings
when the drives were insta
t served?
Norman >>> IIRC it's not first come first served: they are an ordered
sequence, and the first one will be the master. At least, that's my
recollection from last time I installed a couple of SATAs in a Dell box.
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st works for me with a similar Firefox set-up running
in Feisty (though the connection at this time of the morning is not
wonderful, and the stream takes a while to buffer and get the sound and
video in sync properly.)
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Mac wrote:
> ...Aptitude seems to keep track of
> dependencies better than synaptic, so you can 'packagename'>, and, better yet, when things get bad purge 'packagename'>, ...
By 'packagename' I mean, of course, the name that you find listed in,
I wonder
how many of us use it, and whether there are any issues with it (though
can't say I've experienced any).
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you'd already done this. Clearly,
realplay is not installed properly, so I think your idea of uninstalling
all the RealPlayer stuff and starting again may be a good idea.
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buffer - say
10-15 sec). The film should then play.
If this sequence fails, can you post to tell us at what point it fails.
Mac
PS you don't need 'sudo realplay' in properties; just realplay
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lAudio, RealVideo 10, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and
Theora, H263, AAC and more. Get ready for accelerated video, full
screen playback, and a lot more to play."
That's why I assumed it was basically GNU/GPL.
The version I'm using is in Feisty-Commercial.
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called Ubuntu Linux For Non-Geeks
>
> This also comes from some websites about RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
> TIA,
>
>
AFIK RealPlayer10 uses the GNU/Linux module 'realplay'. So you need to
have that installed. In a terminal, type :
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitud
Tom Bamford wrote:
> Mac wrote:
>> Daniel >>> Thanks for your reassuring advice. I've now tried the
>> reconfig. Sad to say, I still get the 'Your session has been saved'
>> message when I click the log out button; the proper log out screen does
&
need to do a to get them
up. But mostly they do come up when the wireless network becomes available.
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tdown 0 command to
get to a point where I can turn the computer off.
I think a reinstall may be the only solution. :-(
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try to log out? I guess it's
Gnome? So can I disable it via preferences (where?) or a .conf file
(how?). Perhaps if I could stop the session save, the log out might
work properly. :-(
Mac
Pete Stean wrote:
> I'd also add that laptop support is reported to be much better in
> Guts
click
the log out button again, I just get returned to a fresh log on screen.
The only way I can quit is via the System menu, or the options menu on
the log on screen.
I'd be glad of suggestions about how to repair.
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.
> direct rendering: No (LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT set)
Taufan >>> Can't help with sound, but to get the cube and other fancy
effects you need compizconfig-settings-manager:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/04/compiz-fusion-on-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbin/
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Alan Pope wrote:
> So the line in sources.list would be:-
>
> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
Al >>> The 7.10 Release Notes say
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ gutsy partner
Which is right? Or are they both right, so it doesn't matter?
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mac,
>
> On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 08:01 +, Mac wrote:
>> feels more
>> like the relative level of laptop wifi use generally, if the content of
>> the forums is any guide to a guestimate (not that my track record with
>> guestimates is v
his is Eben Moglen!)
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail1897.html
(And he discusses Google - among other giants - specifically)
Enjoy!
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Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mac,
>
> On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:04 +, Mac wrote:
>> Twenty five. What proportion of the whole membership is that, Al?
>> About 20% (guessing)?
>>
>
> We have about 450 members right now.
>
> 5% response rate.
>
>
ops). And most people have their wifi encrypted - either WEP or WPA
- with pretty much everyone broadcasting the ESSID.
Twenty five. What proportion of the whole membership is that, Al?
About 20% (guessing)?
Anyway, thanks again, everyone, for bothering to reply!
Cheers
Mac
of action for a while if
something goes wrong, or you're upgrading for some specific reason
(fixing a problem is a good reason), then go for it!
HTH
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Gaurav Patel wrote:
> To all the Hindu, Sikh and Jain subscribers of the Ubuntu-UK mailing list!
Gaurav >>> Happy Diwali! (Everyone loves the light on these dark winter
nights! - hope you have fun!)
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ryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2
with ESSID broadcast / hidden?
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Martyn wrote:
> with the SSID hidden?
> it's not worth bothering with, its kind
> of like tipexing over the YALE name on your front door lock, and
> hoping it'll make it more difficult to pick...
Martyn >>> What a wonderful image!
Thanks for your
ng WPA, 'cos
it won't connect to the router when I set the router to 'WPA2 only',
rather than 'mixed WPA/WPA2'.)
I look forward to the sort of enlightenment you've variously provided
about dead hard stuff in the past!
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get a
terminal screen, reinstate the original xorg.conf file with
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and restart.
(Sorry if this is teaching grandma to suck eggs - it's just that I'm
relatively new to GNU/Linux, and like full details myself!)
HTH
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t about this, Al. The distinction you've
highlighted makes me realise I have never read the Ubuntu Team wiki
(wiki.ubuntu.com); but I do look things up on
, which the 'HowToGetHelp'
page describes as the 'Ubuntu community documentation wiki', though
'wiki' does n
Dave Walker wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:33 +0000, Mac wrote:
>> I've had to reinstall dapper on an old laptop, and tried to get the
>> w32codecs from
>>
>> deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free
>>
>> but I get a 'Not F
I've had to reinstall dapper on an old laptop, and tried to get the
w32codecs from
deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free
but I get a 'Not Found' error. Forgive me if I'm being stupid, but have
I missed something here? Are the packaged / repo no lo
Given that it worked fine before the upgrade, I'm a bit at a loss. Any
ideas about what I need to do about this?
TIA
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Tony Arnold wrote:
> Mac,
>
> On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 15:49 +0100, Mac wrote:
>
>> I wonder if Al's reading this. I'll remind him what he told me.
>> ;-)
>>
>> Alan Pope wrote:
>> > Hi Mac,
>> >
>> > On Sat, 2007-10-2
Interesting referral to OFT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7063716.stm
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sing
for the country's largest web hosting service; but they dealt with it
fast, honestly, and openly, contacting customers directly with detailed
advice and information.)
I've thought about moving to a cheaper ISP; but the rock-solid
reliability of the Fasthosts service compared wit
Matthew Larsen wrote:
>> In addition, it will also allow the data to go to open source software
>> developers.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7056288.stm
The text is a bit non-specific. Does it just mean Novell, possibly? :-(
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Gutsy already?
>> (And thanks for the timely warning about RAlink!)
>
> You are welcome. See my comment above though! If you do try the Edimax
> card, can you post your experience here?
I'm going to have to bite the bullet and have a go. I'll let you know
how I get on.
gt; Regards,
> Tony.
I wonder if Al's reading this. I'll remind him what he told me.
;-)
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mac,
>
> On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 09:56 +0100, Mac wrote:
>> For example, linuxemporium recommends Edimax. I bought one some time
>> ago, but it
Mac wrote:
> You're advice would be most welcome!
Ooops! Or 'your advice' even!
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s) to make the connection to the wireless
network; but I don't know what.
You're advice would be most welcome!
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y authorisation). I guess I'm right in
thinking that to remove admin privileges from all the named users would
mean that you had to log on as root to do any admin, with the inherent
risk of leaving the system exposed should you forget to log out (or not
care to).
I'll go and check this
hink not, having set up a
second user without admin rights on another system, and noticing that a
number of 'administrative' menu options did not then appear in the menus.)
(Not a big issue - just interested in learning more about GNU/linux from
you guys who know!)
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t tone.
One small point - speaking as one who has had contact with Tesco, the
correct name for the company is 'Tesco' rather than 'Tescos' (though the
possessive would, of course, be "Tesco's").
HTH
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Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mac,
>
> On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 09:56 +0100, Mac wrote:
>> For example, linuxemporium recommends Edimax. I bought one some time
>> ago, but it didn't work 'out of the box' with Feisty. It doesn't work
>> 'out of the bo
SP 100 headset. It's usb -
just plug it in and it works (though you may of course have to select it
in the options settings of the app).
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d, but
I wasn't sure whether the drivers were already available in Gutsy or
had to be manually installed. Sounds like your saying 'already in Gutsy
- it just works'?
Perhaps I'll have this as a fall back should Al's suggestion turn out
not to work - heave
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mac,
>
> On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 09:56 +0100, Mac wrote:
>> For example, linuxemporium recommends Edimax. I bought one some time
>> ago, but it didn't work 'out of the box' with Feisty. It doesn't work
>> 'out of the bo
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mac,
>
> On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 08:16 +0100, Mac wrote:
>> # can do WPA encryption
>> # you actually have seen working out of the box with Gutsy (!)
>> # I can buy currently from a UK vendor.
>>
>
> http://linuxemporium.co.uk/prod
y
do work would be very welcome :-)
TIA
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Matthew Wild wrote:
> On 10/16/07, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> (It would be nice
>> to delete any directories that have become empty because they only had
>> .m4a files in them - but that would be a bonus!)
>
>
> Going for the bonus!
>
>
Tom Bamford wrote:
> Try this:
>
> find /path/to/music -name "*.m4a" -exec rm {} \;
Perfect! Cheers, Tom - that's great.
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Alec Wright wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 18:48 +0100, Mac wrote:
>> I've got a mixture of .flac and .m4a files of the same music scattered
>> through the multiple sub directories in ~/music. I want to delete all
>> the .m4a files from which ever subdirectory they ha
I can't see how to do it.
TIA
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This is up this morning:
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10rc
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Neil Greenwood wrote:
> On 11/10/2007, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Neil >>> Which TravelMate model?
>
> It's a TM2701LC, if that makes sense.
Google only turns up Eastern European / Greek sources for that model -
no UK ones at all. Is i
Neil Greenwood wrote:
> I can report that the laptop (Acer TravelMate) worked perfectly out of
> the box with Feisty
Neil >>> Which TravelMate model?
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Sean Miller wrote:
> Ah, nostalgia... I still remember the RML 380-Z that we had at school...
Oh, yes! Cutting edge stuff, that. And at the time brilliant - a
revelation!
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; version of Xandros).
But how functional is 4Gb flash drive? (I suppose with 3 USB 2.0 ports,
you could always cart round a 100Gb Seagate portable drive to run
seriously big apps! ;-) )
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What do you reckon to this:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/09/rm_asus_launches_minibook/
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ix due in Gutsy, I think)
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modules on x86/x86_64
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on x86/x86_64
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules helper script
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels
but it didn't find Skype!!!
Long way to go yet, eh?
Ma
ches are due to bad practice by
users regarding updates and patches.
But I also now appreciate the distinction between compromised machines
that generate the spam and compromised web servers. As Tony points out,
the article conflates the two types (though whether the conflation is
on't know enough about rootkits to have any idea why
this might be). Or it could be that Linux boxes are more susceptible to
this kind of attack than we assumed (although, again, I don't know
enough to guess why). There may be other explanations.
I hope we can just assume this is FUD. Does anyone more familiar with
server security have anything consoling thoughts?
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I'm not sure what to make of comments about phishing sites I came across
here
http://www.theregister.com/2007/10/03/ebay_paypal_online_banking/
as follows:
"These things are incredibly sophisticated, and when they take over a
computer, most [users] don't know it," he said. "With every single
Thanks for the info/advice. I'll do as you suggest. (I guess there
might need to be some chown-ing and chgrp-ing of files and directories
if I ever did need to restore from the FAT32 drive?).
Mac
Robert McWilliam wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:18:17 +0100, "Mac"
> <
ut it's less less than wonderful for Ubuntu backups. As I
say, if you just want backup storage, I'd recommend sticking to USB drives.
FWIW, that's my two-pen'orth. HTH
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at’s critical to the economic viability of the offering.
Full article:
http://dailydiy.com/2007/08/30/ubuntu-founder-mark-shuttleworth-on-productivity-and-linux/
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A couple of further thoughts in addition to my last e-mail.
1) Check the settings in the Volume Applet (the 'speakers' icon on the
panel - right click on it for the pull-down)
2) Check the settings in System/Preferences/Sound
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Ian Pascoe wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> My Ub
sound card
Open a console and type 'alsamixer'. Use the left/right arrow keys to
move between the columns; tap the 'm' key to activate (00) - or mute
(MM), but you don't want them to be muted!! - the selected channel.
Adjust the 'volume' of the selected channel
Mac wrote:
> James Dalley wrote:
>> I saw a similar setup the other
>> day but the fileMode and DirMOde hade no 0 at the start just
>> 777.May help, may not!
> So 777 worth a try - at least it has powerful magical connotations!
Sadly, magic or no magic, the adjustment ma
James Dalley wrote:
Mac> I saw a similar setup the other
>> day but the fileMode and DirMOde hade no 0 at the start just
>> 777.May help, may not! (1 , 99 % betting)Jay
Yes, that's similar to the format for smbfs: dmask=777,fmask=777. The
use of dmask and fmask is deprecat
Mac wrote:
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> I guess I'm right in
> thinking I should edit the line in /etc/fstab to
>
> //serverIP/public /media/nas cifs
> credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
>
> 0 0
>
> Sadly, this doesn
g is a bit out of the
question! I'll do some more searches. But if you - or anyone - have
any more suggestions, I'd be grateful.
Is it worth asking about this on Launchpad, or is that not the right
place?
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