Linux

Samba hide dot files

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Setting up a Samba server at work using local users I found that when logging via windows the following files were displayed in the shared folder

.bash_history
.bash_logout
.bashrc
.profile
 Now there there is a possibility that these files can be deleted via the share which would impact the local ssh user. After searching I found that there is a variable that can be set in smb.conf by putting
hide dot files = yes
 in the [homes] section, however as I found out if you have windows set to ‘view hidden files’ this takes priority and the files are still shown.
 After much more searching I found the veto function, so adding
veto files = /.*/
to [homes] section results in the . (dot) files not being displayed. So my smb.conf [homes] looks like this
[homes]
comment = Home
Directories browseable = no
writable = yes
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
veto files = /.*/
Don’t forget to restart Samba after making the change.
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Linux

bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

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I came across this error when trying to delete lots of files on Debian Squeeze. This error apparently occurs due to the reason that the system commands show limitations when a large number of arguments are fed into a single command.
 
so I created a bash script called bulkrm containing
 
for i in *; do
rm -f $i;
done
chmod +x bulkrm
../bulkrm
 
(WARNING THIS WILL DELETE ALL FILES IN THE FOLDER IT'S EXECUTED FROM SO USE
AT YOUR PERIL)
 
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Techy

NAS down! NAS down!

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My home nas has decided to die for the second time, good job I keep a cold spare. I've swapped the drives over and the raid is currently rebuilding. I am now on my third shuttle so thinking I will replace it with a HP N54L Microserver and be done with it, just need to wait for one of their cashback offers to crop up then I'll buy one.
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