Monday, September 22, 2014

Windows Explorer history - how to modify the Previous Locations pulldown

I've gotten frustrated that I can not control the list of entries in the "Previous Locations" pulldown in Windows Explorer.  Finally figured out how...

Using regedit, edit the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\TypedPaths

Modify the value of the entries in that folder accordingly.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

myCloud - configure ssh access for non-root users

From a post in a forum:

- Enable ssh:
http://<mybooklive>/UI/ssh


- Create shares, users, set passwords and permissions via dashboard

- Allow Users to SSH:
edit file /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change "AllowUsers" line by adding user names such as:
AllowUsers root user1 user2


- Optional: Set users home dir: edit file /etc/passwd
The following will set home dir to "Public"
Change from "/shares:/bin/sh" to "/shares/Public:/bin/sh"


- Restart ssh deamon or reboot:
/etc/init.d/ssh restart


Test ssh for your users within the home network. If all works, then proceed to:
- Set your router to forward port TCP 22
- Set DDNS on your router