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Good day to all. We are trying out a new NAS box (QNAP TS-119P II)to serve as the file server in our small peer-to-peer network. Its looking good so far but I need to make some internal configuration changes to allow the unit to support Windows 98. The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit a configuration file. I had a peek at it last night and was able to log into the box but I'd be flailing if I actually tried to edit anything. I'm hoping that some kind soul can talk me through this process. Although I am comfortable working with the command-line (shows my MS-DOS heritage), I'm not even vaguely competent with anything relating to Linux and don't know any of the commands. All I know is that they are all different compared to MS-DOS. It would be even better if that person was in or near Edmonton, AB, Canada and we could talk by phone. I need to do this fairly quickly - I have the box on a 7-day trial and would need to return it Thursday or Friday if it doesn't work out. Many thanks! dwayne -- Dwayne Reid <spam_OUTdwaynerTakeThisOuTplanet.eon.net> Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax http://www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing

Perhaps post the config file here and someone can guide you or edit for you? That is, of course if there is not confidential data in it. On 5/15/2012 11:49 AM, Dwayne Reid wrote: {Quote hidden}> Good day to all. > > We are trying out a new NAS box (QNAP TS-119P II)to serve as the file > server in our small peer-to-peer network. Its looking good so far > but I need to make some internal configuration changes to allow the > unit to support Windows 98. > > The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit > a configuration file. I had a peek at it last night and was able to > log into the box but I'd be flailing if I actually tried to edit anything.. > > I'm hoping that some kind soul can talk me through this > process. Although I am comfortable working with the command-line > (shows my MS-DOS heritage), I'm not even vaguely competent with > anything relating to Linux and don't know any of the commands. All I > know is that they are all different compared to MS-DOS. > > It would be even better if that person was in or near Edmonton, AB, > Canada and we could talk by phone. > > I need to do this fairly quickly - I have the box on a 7-day trial > and would need to return it Thursday or Friday if it doesn't work out. > > Many thanks! > > dwayne >

That's a good idea. cat /path/to/file and we can probably reply with the appropriate sed commands to do a search and replace. On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Neil <picdude3KILLspamnarwani.org> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Perhaps post the config file here and someone can guide you or edit for > you? That is, of course if there is not confidential data in it. > > > On 5/15/2012 11:49 AM, Dwayne Reid wrote: >> Good day to all. >> >> We are trying out a new NAS box (QNAP TS-119P II)to serve as the file >> server in our small peer-to-peer network. Its looking good so far >> but I need to make some internal configuration changes to allow the >> unit to support Windows 98. >> >> The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit >> a configuration file. I had a peek at it last night and was able to >> log into the box but I'd be flailing if I actually tried to edit anything. >> >> I'm hoping that some kind soul can talk me through this >> process. Although I am comfortable working with the command-line >> (shows my MS-DOS heritage), I'm not even vaguely competent with >> anything relating to Linux and don't know any of the commands. All I >> know is that they are all different compared to MS-DOS. >> >> It would be even better if that person was in or near Edmonton, AB, >> Canada and we could talk by phone. >> >> I need to do this fairly quickly - I have the box on a 7-day trial >> and would need to return it Thursday or Friday if it doesn't work out. >> >> Many thanks! >> >> dwayne >> > >

What about the obvious place to get support? The manufacturer of the drive? They should be able to tell you exactly what to change to get Win98 compatibility. (I assume this is probably about win98 not encrypting passwords on shares). On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Neil <.....picdude3KILLspam.....narwani.org> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Perhaps post the config file here and someone can guide you or edit for > you? That is, of course if there is not confidential data in it. > > > On 5/15/2012 11:49 AM, Dwayne Reid wrote: > > Good day to all. > > > > We are trying out a new NAS box (QNAP TS-119P II)to serve as the file > > server in our small peer-to-peer network. Its looking good so far > > but I need to make some internal configuration changes to allow the > > unit to support Windows 98. > > > > The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit > > a configuration file. I had a peek at it last night and was able to > > log into the box but I'd be flailing if I actually tried to edit > anything. > > > > I'm hoping that some kind soul can talk me through this > > process. Although I am comfortable working with the command-line > > (shows my MS-DOS heritage), I'm not even vaguely competent with > > anything relating to Linux and don't know any of the commands. All I > > know is that they are all different compared to MS-DOS. > > > > It would be even better if that person was in or near Edmonton, AB, > > Canada and we could talk by phone. > > > > I need to do this fairly quickly - I have the box on a 7-day trial > > and would need to return it Thursday or Friday if it doesn't work out. > > > > Many thanks! > > > > dwayne > > > >

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Robert Rolf <EraseMERobert.Rolfspam_OUTTakeThisOuTualberta.ca>wrote: > What about the obvious place to get support? The manufacturer of the drive? > They should be able to tell you exactly what to change to get Win98 > compatibility. > (I assume this is probably about win98 not encrypting passwords on shares). > > In which case you can edit the win98 registry to turn on PW encryption. http://oreilly.com/openbook/samba/book/ch06_04.html This is probably what you want to do to the box www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/linux-server/samba/index.html "Don't forget to add the *encrypt passwords = yes* or windows won't be able to log in and give cryptic responses.

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:36 -0700, Bob Blick wrote: > > On Tue, May 15, 2012, at 09:49 AM, Dwayne Reid wrote: > > > > > The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit > > a configuration file. > > Whenever I use VI I make sure the VI cheat sheet is at hand before I > start. I am spoiled by the user-friendliness of Nano. Although not asked for, here are my two cents... :) Try using vi more regularly. I use it (in various forms) as my primary editor (I prefer vile, if you want something more graphical use gvim). Vi is available for almost any platform you can think of. The most common for windows users would be gvim. Once you learn vi in even a most basic way you will find it's insane power VERY useful. Using an editor like nano afterwards will seem like a LARGE step backward. Of course, the biggest benefit is when you're in a situation like the OP is in. VI is pretty much available on EVERY *nix system, from the biggest, to the smallest. TTYL

On 15 May 2012 16:49, Dwayne Reid <dwaynerspam_OUTplanet.eon.net> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Good day to all. > > We are trying out a new NAS box (QNAP TS-119P II)to serve as the file > server in our small peer-to-peer network. Its looking good so far > but I need to make some internal configuration changes to allow the > unit to support Windows 98. > > The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit > a configuration file. I had a peek at it last night and was able to > log into the box but I'd be flailing if I actually tried to edit anything.. > > I'm hoping that some kind soul can talk me through this > process. Although I am comfortable working with the command-line > (shows my MS-DOS heritage), I'm not even vaguely competent with > anything relating to Linux and don't know any of the commands. All I > know is that they are all different compared to MS-DOS. > > It would be even better if that person was in or near Edmonton, AB, > Canada and we could talk by phone. > > I need to do this fairly quickly - I have the box on a 7-day trial > and would need to return it Thursday or Friday if it doesn't work out. If it's vi you're having trouble with try nano. It's installed by default on most linux distributions (but perhaps not a nas). Learning to use vi well will probably take a bit longer than a week! All the best, Brendan -- Brendan Gillatt http://www.brendangillatt.co.uk

Hello Dwayne, What was the problem like? VI could not open the file, or could not save it, or need a crash course on vi? If could not open or save the file, what did it say? Do you need super user (root) privileges for editing these files? With an "ls -l path/filename" you can check that... VI crash course: The basic concept of VI is that you can use it on very very old terminals with no modern keys on it like arrows and insert key etc. It has several modes, but the default is the navigation mode, so using h,j,k,l keys you can place the cursor pretty much anywhere. 'w' and 'b' are jumping words and there are many many more for this. To enter edit mode you typically type 'i' or 'a' and from that point you can type. When finished press <ESC>. 'a' is for Append, 'i' is for Insert... With 'o' you can create a new line and start typing a text. If you would like to replace a word, type cw you are replacing a word (change word). Do not forget the <ESC> key after editing, that changes back to the navigation mode. 'x' is deleting a char, 'd' is for delete but it deletes different things depending on what you type after that. Like 'dd' deletes a line, 'dw' a word, {shift} D deletes everything from the cursor to the end of the line... I think with these you can do most of the basic editing, then if you type {shift} ZZ it should save the file and quit. You may can also type ':qw' for this (colon, then qw and {enter}). If it does not save, you may can try :w! (colon, then w! {enter}) first. The exclamation mark is for 'force'. For example if you want to quit without saving you need to force the :q command by putting the exclamation mark after it like :q! Hope it helps. Tamas On 15 May 2012 08:49, Dwayne Reid <KILLspamdwaynerKILLspamplanet.eon.net> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Good day to all. > > We are trying out a new NAS box (QNAP TS-119P II)to serve as the file > server in our small peer-to-peer network. Its looking good so far > but I need to make some internal configuration changes to allow the > unit to support Windows 98. > > The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit > a configuration file. I had a peek at it last night and was able to > log into the box but I'd be flailing if I actually tried to edit anything.. > > I'm hoping that some kind soul can talk me through this > process. Although I am comfortable working with the command-line > (shows my MS-DOS heritage), I'm not even vaguely competent with > anything relating to Linux and don't know any of the commands. All I > know is that they are all different compared to MS-DOS. > > It would be even better if that person was in or near Edmonton, AB, > Canada and we could talk by phone. > > I need to do this fairly quickly - I have the box on a 7-day trial > and would need to return it Thursday or Friday if it doesn't work out. > > Many thanks! > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid <RemoveMEdwaynerTakeThisOuTplanet.eon.net> > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > http://www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing > >

On 05/15/2012 04:35 PM, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > >> On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:36 -0700, Bob Blick wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, May 15, 2012, at 09:49 AM, Dwayne Reid wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The changes require logging into the box via SSH and using VI to edit >>>> a configuration file. >>> >>> Whenever I use VI I make sure the VI cheat sheet is at hand before I >>> start. I am spoiled by the user-friendliness of Nano. > > > Then, you need this! > http://store.xkcd.com/xkcd/#LinuxCheatShirt I *Like* that a lot. It's also properly positioned for when you really need it! -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry spamBeGonencherryspamBeGonelinuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummie