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Buffalo has released a new version of the LinkStation^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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:

#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
#}

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

References

1. ↑ http://www.embedded.com/ - Marvell's Feroceon ARM-based CPU shifts to variable-length pipeline
2. ↑ Marvell: Media Vault Processors (Orion)
3. ↑ Yamasita:LS-GL Announcement translated
4. ↑ Buffalo Japan:NAS “LinkStation” LS-LGL series translated
5. ↑ Buffalo North America:NAS "LinkStation-EZ"