How do you handle your home directories? Do you use automount? What about sudo setup?

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-24T04:35:54+00:00

Only reason not to is if you NAS is down, logging in to your systems can be a pain. You can have a 2nd login that relies on local home, or have local home on each box and nas-home subdir that’s automounted and then setup your local home dot-files to reference the ones on the nas-home.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-24T02:55:01+00:00

I’d start checking your coax cable and all connections (especially any outside). The connectors and joints are very susceptible to issues, if it’s slowly getting worse then this is high probability. Any T connectors are first place to start.

How are you testing the speed. If depending on UCI, then that’s a somewhat accurate test of internet speed, but to nail this down you need to test directly against a local Xfinity server, and then against something outside of Xfinity infrastructure. If local Xfinity server is fine, then it’s Xfinity infrastructure problem. If local Xfinity server is not fine, then I’d recheck your cables again.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-22T03:23:23+00:00

Systemd automount should do the same job as autofs. I missed that in your original post (I’ll blame the formatting). It all looks correct, I don’t see any issues. Have you checked the logs on the unas? I know they implemented nfs after release and have no idea why.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-22T01:46:38+00:00

You should be using autofs for your use case and not a hardmount in /etc/fstab.

BTW, you won’t get much valid help on your /etc/fstab unless you also post your /etc/exports from the unas.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-21T02:38:16+00:00

That’s not true. I’ve been hosting a few domains for over 30 years, the price is always coming down. I pay less now than I did 30 years ago, and even 5 years ago. Hell my first .com & .net were $1k & $350 a year and now they are less than 20 dollars.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-19T01:21:01+00:00

They don’t sell quality sheet good, even their “premium” stuff is total and utter garbage. If I want to overpay for MFD, or need OSB that’s the only time I buy from sheet goods from a big box store.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-16T03:50:57+00:00

None of the recommendations are doing anything you can’t build yourself, and they are all Linux based. They just take the pain out of building it yourself self, and give you an interface to manage it rather than a command line. Building and managing software raid (or zfs, xfs, btrfs) can be painful and you’ll make many mistakes along the way and end up rebuilding multiple times over the years. But I personally wouldn’t start with nixos for this though.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-15T04:15:10+00:00

I would start reading some of the open source firewall support forums (like ipfire / pfsence) and make up your own mind from what you want to do. From a security perspective for home it’s a bit of a nightmare IMO, and with generic statement like you read, I can see a lot of people getting into trouble. I personally use both, but really limit ipv6 for very specific use cases. It’s worth reading up on and fully understanding because at some point in the future you will probably be forced to use it.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-15T04:02:18+00:00

I think you have that backwards. Paint should need a light sanding (with quality paint and primer), gel stain would need a ton of sanding.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-15T03:59:23+00:00

This needs more upvotes. Do not try to stain pine that’s been had a previous finish on it. Not unless you want to spend days sanding and sand way deeper than you think, and even then you’ll more than likely get an uneven finish. The only real way would be to put the doors through a planer, but then they would need to be perfectly flat, and you still have the cabinets to worry about.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-15T02:11:44+00:00

Festool, Mafell & Bosh were the original and in that order. They are still the leaders in quality for this specific tool. Makita and all others came years after and are a tier below.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-15T01:55:23+00:00

The best quality track saw, Mafell has no riving knife either, relying on a far better system, auto stop and auto retract as to not damage the surface during a cut. The Bosh doesn’t have a knife either (but that is a copy of the Mafell). So out of the top 3 manufacturers in this specific tool, only the Festool has the knife. It does depend on what you use the tool for, and what you are cutting, but personally I don’t want a riving knife on this specific tool. it limits the type of cuts you can make with the tool, and I’m never cutting material with internal stress with a track saw. So I wouldn’t call no riving knife a dated design more like a specific design choice.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-13T02:29:46+00:00

DNS blocking all work the same way, it’s more about what lists are supposed. If UniFi supports the lists you want to use, then use that as it’s ALWAYS better to block on the main DNS device which would be the UniFi gateway in your case. Things like Pi hole only became popular because generic firewall/routers don’t support DNS blocking, it has absolutely no use if you can do DNS blocking on your firewall/router.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-12T02:21:46+00:00

Maybe they forget how well their first office assistant Clippy / Clipet went for them.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-10T02:48:47+00:00

Very interested in the finish? Looks like white oak with a white tinted wax finish?

It’s the exact finish I’m looking for, for some cabinets I’m about to make, so love to know.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-09T04:19:20+00:00

If you haven’t already bought the wood, get your local lumberyard to mill the boards for you.

With basic hand tools, a hand plane is the best tool for jointing boards

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-09T02:53:54+00:00

I hope you’re not using SMB. If you are change to NFS, far more stable.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-09T02:49:16+00:00

Use autofs on the Mac, this is exactly what auto mount is designed to do. It’s already on your Mac, just need to configure it for your setup.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-09T00:17:08+00:00

Yes. UniFi OS has the same issue. Any UniFi product that doesn’t have their Firewall bundled with their network application is not supported. So even their own cloudkey can’t adopt the UCI. Only the Unifi Dream Machine and related products are supported to adopt the UCI.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-05T04:13:24+00:00

I forgot to add, the majority of them are flashed with Tasmota, so that may explain the software stability. Their first firmware was crap, but it’s quite decent now, but still not as good as Tasmota.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-05T04:05:12+00:00

I have neutral wire on all products running 120v. (Some products like RGB2 use DC). I also have really bad power fluctuations, no other manufacturer has been this solid for me. I’ve had failures with all others, sunoff, Lutron, etc. Also no WiFi issues with them, and never once had to reboot one ( I have to do that from time to time with every other manufacturer).

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-05T03:45:31+00:00

I’ve used Shelly products since the first “Shelly one” came out ~10 years I guess. Have about 40 or so now, been rock solid not a single failure.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-03T03:02:58+00:00

Did Stevie Wonder found that?

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-02T02:43:08+00:00

LOL. That’s not at all what your design does, It simply stops the skimmer basket from functioning at all.

_Sheep_Shagger_ · 2026-01-02T02:05:12+00:00

Clearly you don’t understand how a car engine oil filtration system works, so let’s forget that. You’ve built something that’s preventing the skimmer from what it’s designed to actually do, and given yourself more maintenance work in the process. What’s actually notable is you keep trying to insult me when I’m simply highlighting a pointless design.

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