Dec
15
CIFS VFS Shutdown Error When Using SMBFS
December 15, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How To
I recently installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) and set up access to (DNS-321) my network shares using smbfs; as in the post “Sharing the Same Files Between Two PC’s”. Shortly afterwards, when rebooting, shutting down, etc. I received this error message: ACPID: Exiting NM_SYSTEM_SETTING: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: Devices removed (UDI: /org/freedesktop/hal/devices/net_00_30_1B_BE_38_3D) [601.136038] CIFS VFS: [...]
Nov
30
Sharing the Same Files Between Two PC’s
November 30, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How To
Here’s the scenario: Box #1: Ubuntu Linux 8.04LTS Box #2: Windows XP SP3 Box #3: Remote storage (NAS) DLink DNS-321 Linux and Windows both need read and write access to the remote files stored on the DNS-321 backup unit. This way there is only one set of files and directories to manage, that both computers [...]
May
15
How to Use the Second Network Port on Your Computer
May 15, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Hands On, How To
The PC I use has two network (ethernet) ports in the back. For years I’ve always had one cable plugged into it, leaving the second (RJ45) port unused. Recently however there’s been a second ISP provider added. It got me thinking about the old days – When I was on dial-up and we used to [...]
Mar
9
Getting Started with Firewall Builder
March 9, 2009 | By: Vadim Kurland | 4 Comments
Posted in Hands On, How To
This guide presents an introduction to Firewall Builder. Firewall Builder (also known as fwbuilder), is a GUI firewall configuration and management tool that supports iptables (netfilter), ipfilter, pf, ipfw, Cisco PIX (FWSM, ASA) and Cisco routers extended access lists. Both professional network administrators and hobbyists managing firewalls with policies more complex that is allowed by [...]
Jun
20
Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – Hardware Installation.
June 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Hands On, How To
As mentioned in the introduction (where I listed the hardware and software I used for this hands-on project), we need to ensure that our hardware is set-up and working before moving on. To recap, here is the list of hardware used: Shuttle SN68SG2 Socket AM2 Barebone – NVIDIA 7025, Audio, Video, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, [...]
