Here’s a neat thing I managed to sort out the other day.
If you have read any of the “Untangle, Asterisk and File Server; All-in-One” series of posts before, then you will know that I’ve got a neat little VIA CN700 server for our home that is running all sorts of good stuff.
One of the things I have wanted to do for a while was to create a shared directory on the server so any family member can put stuff in there (like music files etc) but not be able to delete anything so as to prevent accidentally removing thousands of MP3s or irreplaceable digital pictures for example. This facility is apparently called a “drop-box”.
Hmmmm. Now let me think… Linux file permissions are rwx: Read Write eXecute. So, if you have write access, you can delete too. How can I fix this?
After some Googling and reading the Samba documentation it is actually pretty straightforward. Here’s how to make a drop-box on a Linux file server using Sa...
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Pet ProjectFrom: theopensourcerer.com
Post Date: 2008-03-14 04:20:00
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now. But what with the flu, Microshaft’s ongoing corruption of the ISO and some other stuff cropping up, I just kept finding reasons to put it off. Finally however, after jotting some notes and so forth for a few days I’ve managed to get my act together.
A Pet [Open Source] Project I want to give some airtime to, and get some assistance for, is Linux From Scratch .
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Going back into the dark ages, I had been R...
more OOXML: Join in the Bug huntFrom: theopensourcerer.com
Post Date: 2008-03-19 02:21:26
Let’s join in the bug hunt [Updated: See below]
Rob Weir has produced another little gem of an analysis: to do a reasonably scientific search for errors and bugs in the OOXML specification. The idea is to see just how many errors were really caught in the original 5 month review process for the 6045 page specification, and how effective the BRM, held in Geneva a couple of weeks ago, was at fixing them.
His initial findings do not make very comforting reading…
… I...
more OOXML is REALLY BAD (But then we already knew that didn’t we?)From: theopensourcerer.com
Post Date: 2008-03-18 07:48:45
I know there has been a great deal of written commentary about why OOXML should or should not become an ISO standard. Just look back though this blog for many of them
Recently however, Rob Weir has documented an incredibly simple, telling and fascinatingly descriptive demonstration of exactly why OOXML is such utter crap and should never become a standard in its current format. He shows how a simple formatting rule looks when saved using OOXML or ODF* based applications. See Rob̵...
more Trussst in MicrossssoftFrom: theopensourcerer.com
Post Date: 2008-03-25 03:27:16
I am a man of many business cards like many small entrepreneurs. I have cards with my name on for The Open Learning Centre , Fondoo.net , Dominux Consulting and my personal favorite card lists me as ‘Chief Story Teller’ for A Story For Bedtime . One thing in common with all of these cards is that you can trust that I actually own or work for all of these ventures.
I have not got any cards which portray me as a Vice President of IASA Malaysia though. Doug Mahugh of Microsoft...
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