I’ve answered a question on StackOverflow (actually on SuperUser) regarding Finder and Samba shares on Ubuntu Linux. It’s only Ubuntu which has this problem, Finder works perfect with Samba when that Samba is installed on Debian, CentOS, … http://superuser.com/questions/283863/force-finder-to-log-in-as-guest-to-a-smb-share/300382#300382
Introduction OpenVPN is an opensource Virtual Private Networking (VPN) solution which can be downloaded freely on the Internet. It also included in almost every Linux distro to-date, so it can be easily installed using your distro’s favourite package manager tools. It uses the SSL/TLS VPN stacks, which makes it different from almost every other VPN […]
This weekend I had to install an Apple update, which seems to have updated the Mail.app. This new update caused the WideMail plugin not to work anymore (and so it got disabled). Normally this shouldn’t cause any problems, unless the software the poorly written. So the next time I’ve started the Mail.app, the Subject column […]
Beauty and the Beast When working in a UNIX/Linux/MacOSX environment, the command is often used to execute some tasks. The default shell in the Terminal.app (MacOSX) and in most other terminals, is the Bourne Again Shell aka bash. Bash is intended to be a conformant implementation of the Shell and Utilities portion of the IEEE […]
MacOSX can install and upgrade your favourite UNIX and Linux packages. The Darwin Ports project (http://darwinports.com/) was created to help in these tasks. First we need to update the list of updates available on the internet: $ sudo su – # /opt/local/bin/port -d selfupdate Secondly, we update the already installed Darwin ports: # /opt/local/bin/port upgrade […]