https://dev.impactclub.ro/ 2026-04-27T16:57:02+0200 https://dev.impactclub.ro/ https://dev.impactclub.ro/ttps://dev.impactclub.ro/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-05-04T02:33:12+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:firmware?rev=1209861192&do=diff Firmware Update Knowing the very slow speeds of their external hard drives, WD decided to release a new firmware in order to increase the speed of the devices with only a few percents. This article is meant to help with the upgrade process providing a set of required information and steps. text/html 2008-05-21T02:47:26+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:home?rev=1211330846&do=diff WD MyBook World Edition II .. is an external storage device produced by Western Digital. You can use this product to: <blockquote> * Securely access and edit your files on any computer. * Get files from home while at the office. * Listen to the music on your My Book World Edition drive while you’re on vacation. text/html 2008-04-29T12:05:12+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:lighttpd?rev=1209463512&do=diff Configure Lighttpd <note>First consider fallowing all the previous steps the WD MyBook World Edition Hacks tutorial</note> <note tip>Please read the official Lighttpd documentation before proceeding. Lighttpd Configuration Options</note> This chapter is based on Martin Hinner's hack: Using built-in lighttpd to serve webpages * Create soft-link in /usr/www/lib text/html 2008-04-29T12:00:44+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:mysql?rev=1209463244&do=diff Install MySQL <note>First consider fallowing all the previous steps the WD MyBook World Edition Hacks tutorial</note> <note tip>Please read the official MySQL documentation before proceeding. MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution</note> * Add a login user and group for mysqld. # groupadd mysql # useradd -g mysql mysql text/html 2008-05-04T06:39:48+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:optimize?rev=1209875988&do=diff Performance Optimization The default installation of the WD MyBook devices provides very slow speeds on file transfers because of the high memory usage and a lot of noise produced by the hard drive frequent spins up. In order to reduce the memory usage and to reduce the fan and drive noises some patches may be applied. text/html 2008-04-29T11:49:50+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:optware?rev=1209462590&do=diff Configure Optware <note>First consider fallowing all the previous steps the WD MyBook World Edition Hacks tutorial</note> This chapter is based on MyBook WE Wiki * Connect to the device using a ssh client (Putty) and log as a normal user. * Change the user in root. $ su - * Install the package manager. text/html 2008-04-29T12:00:26+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:php?rev=1209463226&do=diff Install PHP <note>First consider fallowing all the previous steps the WD MyBook World Edition Hacks tutorial</note> <note tip>Please read the official PHP documentation before proceeding. PHP Installation and Configuration</note> * Choose a directory to unpack the distribution. # cd /tmp * Download distribution file ( text/html 2008-05-04T09:03:46+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:public?rev=1209884626&do=diff Secure PUBLIC folder BUG: Security settings for PUBLIC folder reset with every reboot This fix tries to solve this PUBLIC folder security issue: all files and folders existing inside this folder are accessible (read/write) to anyone in the network without asking to login. Thus, anyone may read/create/update/save/delete any file in this folder even if he/she does not have any rights to access the WDMB machine. text/html 2008-05-04T08:44:58+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:shell?rev=1209883498&do=diff Shell Tips and Tricks Requirements To apply the fallowing patches you need to access the device throw SSH and to have root privileges * Start SSH server -- Access the Admin web interface to enable the SSH support. * Connect to the device using a ssh client (Putty) and log as a normal user. text/html 2008-04-29T11:45:38+0200 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://dev.impactclub.ro/devices:mybookworld:ssh?rev=1209462338&do=diff Start SSH server This tutorial is based on Martin Hinner's hack Enabling ssh access on MyBook World Edition * Access the device web interface and create a user. * Open in web browser: <http://DEVICE_NAME/> (where DEVICE_NAME may by the IP or the NAME of your MYBOOK). * Select General Setup tab in the Shared Storage Manager page.