Tag Archives: samba

Fixing write permissions for NFS Windows client

So after a recent Arch upgrade, Samba mysteriously stopped working, and I really wasn’t in the mood to troubleshoot what broke it. I have always disliked Samba (and CIFS as a whole), so was pleasantly surprised to learn an NFS client has been shipping with Windows for like, ever, now. After installing and configuring NFS in Arch [...]

Arch on coLinux

I’ve recently gotten tired of working in Cygwin‘s slow environment and was looking for something faster and more faithful to a true Unix system. I knew virtualization was an option, but didn’t want to sacrifice the accessibility and speed of working with a native application (yes, even in seamless mode). Enter coLinux: essentially a port [...]