Category:LS-LGL

Buffalo has released a new version of the LinkStation

Wiki and Forum Articles for Linkstation LGL/EZ

 * Firmware for LS-LGL series


 * iscsi enabled firmware for LS-LGL series
 * Guide to streaming media to XBOX360/PS3 from LS-LGL hard disk through the uShare UPnP/DLNA Media Server

Features
The LS-LGL series is a very stripped down NAS compared to the other LinkStations.
 * 1Gb/s Ethernet Port.
 * No configuration through web browser.
 * Can only be configured with NASNavigator application on the CD.
 * Uses a fixed hostname "LS-LGL" and the last three digits of the MAC address.
 * Uses only workgroup "WORKGROUP".
 * Has only a single share for the whole drive.
 * Can be configured for a simple password protecting the share (no user administration).

DNS Issues

 * Edit the nsswitch.conf file, make it "dns hosts: files", this should resolve all dns issues.

Custom Samba Configuration
Some will notice that editing, /etc/samba/smb.conf will not save changes when you reboot, this is because Buffalo have embedded a reconfiguration script to prevent any issues, this script is launched on start up.

So first lets edit out the configuration script:

nano /etc/init.d/smb.sh

Comment out the configuration block, i.e.: configure {        ## configure files from Buffalo parameters. echo "configure samba" touch /etc/printcap /usr/local/sbin/nas_configgen -c samba if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "$0 configure fail" exit 1 fi }

Make it:

#{ #}
 * 1) configure
 * 1)         ## configure files from Buffalo parameters.
 * 2)        echo "configure samba"
 * 3)        touch /etc/printcap
 * 4)        /usr/local/sbin/nas_configgen -c samba
 * 5)        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 * 6)                echo "$0 configure fail"
 * 7)                exit 1
 * 8)        fi

Then also a few lines down in the start block edit this:

start {        configure

To this:

start {       #configure

So now at bootup when the samba script runs, it will not reconfigure it self.

Now lets add a simple share

mkdir /mnt/disk1/sharename chmod 777 /mnt/disk1/sharename And edit the smb.conf

nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

This is the current share:

[share] comment = LinkStation folder path = /mnt/disk1/share browsable = yes printable = no   writable = yes guest ok = yes force create mode = 666 force directory mode = 777 vfs objects = recycle recycle:repository = trashbox recycle:keeptree = 1 recycle:versions = 1 recycle:directory_mode = 777

So lets make our own:

[sharename] comment = Our new share path = /mnt/disk1/sharename browsable = yes printable = no   writable = yes guest ok = yes force create mode = 666 force directory mode = 777 vfs objects = recycle recycle:repository = trashbox recycle:keeptree = 1 recycle:versions = 1 recycle:directory_mode = 777

Now if you want to get rid of that annoying trashbox just remove these lines:

recycle:repository = trashbox recycle:keeptree = 1 recycle:versions = 1 recycle:directory_mode = 777

And to restart samba

/etc/init.d/smb.sh restart