Enjoy!

Source: Synology.com

Change log:
DSM 2.1-0839 fixed a security issue by disallowing general users to access other users’ home folders through Samba. Users who are using the User Home Folder feature are encouraged to upgrade to the current version.

For File Station 2, DSM 2.1-0839 enhanced progress display when copying files and download handling for Internet Explorer 8, and fixed the failure of setting group privileges for sub-folders.

For Download Station 2, DSM 2.1-0839 improved special character handling for eMule service and fixed error download progress when download is finished.

DSM 2.1-0839 applies to the following models: DS209+, RS408, RS408-RP, DS508, DS408, DS108j, RS407, CS407, CS407e, DS207+, DS207, DS107+, DS107, DS107e, and DS-106j.

Synology: http://www.synology.com/download
Synology Mirror: http://ukdl.synology.com/download/ds/

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Putty

To install IPKG you have to follow the following steps:
1. Create a folder with mkdir /volume1/public and go to that folder cd /volume1/public
2. To download the bootstrap type wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/syno-e500/cross/unstable/syno-e500-bootstrap_1.2-5_powerpc.xsh
3. Type sh syno-e500-bootstrap_1.2-5_powerpc.xsh to run it.
4. You’ll see “Setup complete” on the command line.
5. Optional: rm syno-e500-bootstrap_1.2-5_powerpc.xsh to remove the file.
6. Update the ipkg list of installed products using the command ipkg update
7. Update the ipkg installed packages to the latest versions using the command ipkg upgrade
8. Type reboot and press Enter. This will reboot the NAS. (Optional)
9. Done!

After rebooting and connecting again you can list all ipkg packages with ipkg list | grep SearchString or ipkg list. The last command can take a while.

Note: This is only for those models with a PowerPC Freescale 8543 (PPC) CPU. (DS209+, RS408, RS408-RP, DS408, DS508)

Because I also have a NMT (HDX-1000) I created a Multimedia folder which I shared. Reason for this is that I only had to create one mapping via NFS and not for every folder (music / video / etc.).

Currently I have the following structure
Multimedia
Multimedia/Music
Multimedia/Video

1. Synology DSM

1. Login as Administrator.
2. Go to network services, Web services
3. Enable Audiostation and press OK. (DSM automatically creates a /volume1/music folder)

2. Putty

I assume that you have Putty installed, otherwise you can download it here.

1. Open Putty and login with username “root” and your administrator password.
2. Type cd /volume1 and press Enter
3. When you type dir and press Enter you will see a folder “music”.
4. Type rm -r /volume1/music and press Enter to remove the “music” folder.
5. Type ln -s /volume1/Multimedia/Music /volume1/music and press Enter to create a symbolic link. (Note: uppercase/lowercase)
6. Type dir and press enter and you will see a music folder with “-> /volume1/Multimedia/Music” behind it.

Symbolic link

3. Audio Station

Copy some MP3 files to the /volume1/Multimedia/Music folder. When you’re done login to audio station and go to the library. Now you don’t see any files yet. This is because the files are not indexed yet.

4. Synology DSM

1. Go to network services, iTunes.
2. Press re-index (will take some time)
3. When finished go to the Audio station again and you’ll see your files.

Note: You don’t need to have iTunes activated. iTunes uses also the /volume1/music folder, so this will do.

5. File Station

When you click on the music folder in File Station I get a message “System is busy”. I think File Station can’t handle symbolic links but I am not sure.

6. Revert

1. Remove the Symbolic link by typing rm /volume1/music and press Enter. This doesn’t remove the /volume1/Multimedia/Music folder!
2. Typ mkdir /volume1/music and press Enter to create a music folder.

7. Problems

When you can’t connect with Putty, make sure you have enabled SSH service. (Network services, Terminal)

Tip

Tip: Create also .m3u playlist files for your albums. Those will picked up automatically.

 Synology Firmware: DSM 2.0-0731

On the NAS

1. Go to the admin page of the NAS, look for Network services, NFS and enable NFS.
2. Go to Privileges, Shared Folder and create a folder e.g music. Maybe you already did this.
3. Via Privileges setup you can grant users read/write permissions etc.
4. Go to NFS Privileges, Press create and fill the ip number of whom can access this folder e.g. 192.168.1.*, set Privilege on e.g. Read Only and Root Squash on Map to guest. (I am not sure what this exactly does, maybe someone can explain.)
5. When you created it, you’ll see at the bottom a Mount path. You’ll need this when setting up the HDX.

On the HDX

1. Go to Settings
2. Go to Shared Folders
3. Create a new share and give it a name. This will be shown on the frontpage of the HDX.
4. The URL should look like this: nfs://192.168.1.21:/volume1/music or nfs://DiskStation:/volume1/music (Note the “:” after the ip address or hostname.). Here I also used the mount path. This is case sensitive.
5. Fill in the username/password if required
6. Done!

Note: This will also work for other versions of the Synology and other NMT like the popcorn hour etc.

NAS firmware: DSM 2.0-0731