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WordPress: I will professionally configure your.htaccess file on your Synology NAS for the best WordPress security settings. WordPress: I will professionally set up Hyper Backup to backup your WordPress files and databases. WordPress: I will install Let’s encrypt certificate on your WordPress domain hosted on a Synology NAS. How to Install Packages from the Package Manager. Using the package manager with the default repository is the simplest and safest approach to installing new packages as the repository is directly overseen by Synology. AnyDesk provides the option to run as administrator (elevated), which enables the user to control applications that are limited to administrators. AnyDesk automatically runs as administrator when installed. A session to such remote client cannot request elevation since it's already granted and displays this option as disabled in the actions menu. Reply from synology ticket: Dear Customer, this is a known issue. I have forwarded the request to our developers. However i am not sure when and if the issue will be fixed. Meanwhile you can use teamviewer,anydesk or even vnc e.g tightvnc to connect to your Linux VMs. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

This article shows how to deploy Nano on a Synology DiskStation for editing in the Synology Shell via SSH. For users who are not empowered by the VIM Editor, there is a remedy by installing the often preferred editor Nano, since Nano is easier to use than VIM. Fortunately, you can easily add additional software repositories to the Synology NAS to install Nano and many other tools.

Nano is not provided or managed by Synology itself, but can be get from the SynoCommunity repository. The SynoCommunity offers free packages for Synology NAS devices.

How to add the SynoCommunity repository

From DSM you open the main menu with the icon at the top left, there you will find the Package Center.

By clicking on the icon Package Center to open this, then click the Settings button.

In the now open General under Trust Level, enable the Synology Inc. and trusted publishers option.

Then go to the Package Sources section.

Click the Add button and add the package source, enter SynoCommunity as the name, and insert the URL https://packages.synocommunity.com/ at location and click OK.

Packages can now be installed. The SynoCli File Tools package provides the following command-line utilities: less, tree, ncdu, jdupes, rhash, mc (midnight-commander), nano, file, detox, rmlint, rnm, pcre2, zstd. Nano used to be a separate package, but is now only available through the SynoCli File Tools package.

Now you can connect to diskstation with use a terminal like PuTTY and editing in the shell using nano, for example the SSH server configuration file.

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Enable Synology DSM SSH service

In order for the terminal to be accessible via SSH, the SSH service must be activated in the DSM Control Panel, under Terminal & SNMP, in order to make the Icon Terminal & SNMP visible, Advanced Mode is selected at the top right.

In the Terminal window, enable the SSH service option.

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This post shows how to deploy Midnight Commander on a Synology DiskStation, the file manager for the file system in the Synology Shell via SSH. Midnight Commander, short mc is one of the most well-known console programs on Linux. Fortunately, you can easily add additional software repositories to the Synology NAS to install additional tools.

The Midnight Commander is not provided or managed by Synology itself, but can be retrieved from the SynoCommunity repository. The SynoCommunity offers free packages for Synology NAS devices.

How to add the SynoCommunity repository

From DSM you open the main menu with the icon at the top left, there you will find the Package Center.

By clicking on the icon Package Center to open this, then click the Settings button.

In the now opened General window under Trust Level, enable the Synology Inc. and trusted publishers option.

Then go to the Package Sources section.

Click the Add button and insert the package source, enter SynoCommunity as the name, and insert the URL https://packages.synocommunity.com/ at location and click OK.

Now you can connect with a terminal like PuTTY to diskstation and run mc in the shell.

sudo mc