Smb

SMB shares using OmniOS, zones and ZFS

       2414 words, 12 minutes

OmniOS / Illumos provides a native way to expose data stored on ZFS using the SMB / CIFS protocol. Furthemore, using zones limits the attack surface of a server ; or a least, the impact of a compromised service. Long story short: I replaced my UFS+Samba shares with ZFS+Solarish.

Continue reading...


Access CIFS share on ASUS EeePad Transformer

       725 words, 4 minutes

I have bought an Asus EeePad Transformer to see what Android was (compared to all the iOS I had :). One of the thing I found missing (on 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2) was the ability to access CIFS (AKA SMB ou Windows) share. It’s quite a shame since you know Android and no more than a tweaked Linux kernel… Anyway, after reading a whole pack of doc, I decided to go “rooting” my tablet. I don’t want to install a fully customized ROM (yet). For now, I will keep the stock Asus firmware but will add CIFS capabilities.

Continue reading...


Prevent .DS_Store on remote filesystems

       58 words, 1 minutes

Just a quick link to an Apple’s article which explains how to disable .DS_Store creation on remote filesystems.

Continue reading...