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CPU hardware thread… text/html 2025-10-27T19:07:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=7zip_benchmark&rev=1761592053&do=diff 7zip Benchmark sudo apt install -y 7zip inxi # 7-Zip isn't in the repositories for default Rocky Linux, so; # cd /tmp ; wget "https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2301-linux-x64.tar.xz" # tar xzvf 7z2301-linux-x64.tar.xz ; sudo mv 7zz /usr/local/bin/7z inxi > 7z-$(hostname -s)-Benchmark.txt 7z b >> 7z-$(hostname -s)-Benchmark.txt cat 7z-$(hostname -s)-Benchmark.txt | nc termbin.com 9999 text/html 2024-03-08T17:20:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=1984_chapter_1&rev=1709918414&do=diff 1984, Chapter 1 It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. text/html 2024-03-08T17:11:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=1984&rev=1709917891&do=diff 1984 Project Gutenberg Australia Title: Nineteen eighty-four Author: George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Blair) (1903-1950) * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook * eBook No.: 0100021.txt Language: English Date first posted: August 2001 Date most recently updated: November 2008 text/html 2025-05-18T03:08:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=afraid.org_dns_info&rev=1747537691&do=diff Afraid.org DNS Information This is a copy of the info that I've been giving out since 2013 or maybe a little earlier. How to run a sub-domain of cyli.org Steve Jones 2013-10-30 Why? Because DNS is a great enabler! Let’s say you want to share some information with the world but you have a regular, dynamic xDSL Internet connection. You start up a web server, open port 80 on your router, find your IP address is 72.49.120.103, then call some friends to let them know that address. All is amazi… text/html 2025-02-04T18:38:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=afraid.org_update_script&rev=1738694318&do=diff This is the script I use to keep the dynamic DNS in sync. #!/bin/sh # /usr/local/bin/Afraid.org.update.sh # Run me to set the external address up # # SRJ 2011-03-12 Initial build # SRJ 2012-12-10 Modified first wget line for new router # SRJ 2017-05-03 Updated the IP test again, IP Chicken is being weird # SRJ 2025-02-04 Verified this still works as expected, and spell check. # # A note about Cincinnati Bell/AltaFiber - I have records of address changes # going back to 2017-04-30 and as o… text/html 2023-11-02T17:28:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=auto_logout_after_delay&rev=1698946085&do=diff Auto logout after delay This is all it takes to set up auto-logout for users regardless of ssh or console, but it's pretty easy to bypass or ignore. cat << 'EOT' > /etc/profile.d/log-out.sh #!/bin/bash # Log out in 30 minutes for root, 60 for # other users, if the session is idle if [ `id -nu` == "root" ];then export TMOUT=1800 readonly TMOUT else export TMOUT=3600 readonly TMOUT fi EOT chmod a+x /etc/profile.d/log-out.sh text/html 2026-02-12T02:02:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=auto_update_without_password&rev=1770861742&do=diff Auto update without a password Below is /etc/sudoers.d/Update, it allows installs of software via the cli without a password. ## Installation and management of software Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE_UPDATE = /bin/rpm, /usr/bin/up2date, /usr/bin/dnf, \ /usr/bin/rkhunter, /usr/bin/needs-restarting, /usr/bin/etckeeper, \ /usr/bin/tig, /usr/local/bin/apt, /usr/bin/apt-get %wheel ALL = NOPASSWD: SOFTWARE_UPDATE %sudo ALL = NOPASSWD: SOFTWARE_UPDATE text/html 2025-11-20T11:47:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=auto_update_zoom_in_linux&rev=1763639277&do=diff Auto Update Zoom in Linux This script sets up a local repository for the Zoom Video Client; #!/usr/bin/env bash # If you have Zoom installed, it might be safer to uninstall first. # This creates folders and downloads Zoom there, and uses apt-ftparchive # to get the release number and determine if a new version needs to be # downloaded again. url=https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb debdir=/usr/local/zoomdebs aptconf=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/100update_zoom sourcelist=/etc/apt/sources.lis… text/html 2023-12-19T16:27:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=back_up_the_voicemail_server&rev=1703003224&do=diff Back up the Voicemail Server DO NOT EVER POWER OFF THE VOICEMAIL SERVER * Insert the system rescue CD in the CD drive, close the tray. * Shutdown the applications on the Voicemail server, then restart it. * It should restart running the SystemRescueCD, press Enter to run the default session, after about two minutes, you'll be dropped to a root prompt. text/html 2026-02-11T15:51:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=backup_with_rsync&rev=1770825115&do=diff Backup with rsync So, this is what I've been doing to make backups of machines for years, it stores permissions, and you can export the /Backup folder via NFS, then remap it to another folder as read-only so users can do their own restores if you want (not going into that here). The reason that the *.conf files start with 00 and 01 is just to set the order that things are backed up, the text/html 2025-11-29T11:49:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=bash_profile&rev=1764416987&do=diff .bash_profile #~/.bash_profile # # # Set our time-zone, otherwise we get UTC and have to think; export TZ="America/New_York" # Set defaults for the history stuff big and per machine. # This is important because HOMEDIR is an nfs mount through # autofs across most machines. # Below doesn't change how the time is stored in the history # file, only what it looks like with the history command. HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %H:%M " HISTSIZE=11000 HISTDIR=${HOME}/.history mkdir -p ${HISTDIR} # Should ex… text/html 2026-03-30T00:47:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=bash_scripts&rev=1774831647&do=diff Bash Scripts * .bash_profile * Key add in .bashrc * Backup with rsync * Boggle * GenPass * Json query * KSHE Audio Stream * KSHE Klassics Audio Stream * ntfy-ssh-login * Pretty Nagios nrpe check with performance data * pwg Another Password Generator * Remote Assistance * Remote Desktop Connection to Tiny * RDP to Work with error checking * Sync KeePass database from Windows to home with a VM running NextCloud Sync DB-Sync * Update the software with one command text/html 2024-12-10T17:58:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=best_way_to_determine_time_between_two_dates&rev=1733853514&do=diff Best way to determine time between two dates This is from the imap-toolkit <https://sources.debian.org/src/uw-imap/8%3A2007f~dfsg-7/docs/calendar.txt/> /* ======================================================================== * Copyright 1988-2006 University of Washington * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses… text/html 2025-02-24T21:39:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=block_sign_in_with_google_prompts_in_chrome_and_chromium&rev=1740433164&do=diff Block "Sign in with Google" prompts in Chrome and Chromium If you use Google Chrome, you must block the setting from within Chrome itself. At the top right, select More (3 dots dropdown) Select "Settings". On the left, select "Privacy and security" Select "Site settings". Under "Content", select "Additional content settings". Select "Third-party sign-in". Select "Block sign-in prompts from identity services". text/html 2024-06-18T22:49:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=bluetooth_join_cli&rev=1718750964&do=diff Bluetooth Join CLI Put the keyboard into pair mode (k380 you would hold the bt key you want to assign the device too) At pi console, run; bluetoothctl power on agent on pair 0C:4D:12:11:01:E4 # Typethe pair code into the keyboard as prompted connect 0C:4D:12:11:01:E4 trust 0C:4D:12:11:01:E4 agent off quit text/html 2023-08-26T01:07:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=boggle&rev=1693012033&do=diff Bash Boggle I'm proud of this little script, it works well, is modeled after the real game (I read the dice myself), and, at the time I wrote this, I only had about an hour invested in it. I think if I were to re-write it today, I couldn't do much to improve on it. text/html 2024-03-08T16:58:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=books&rev=1709917115&do=diff Books * 1984 text/html 2023-07-05T15:38:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=build_an_alma-9_box_for_development&rev=1688571514&do=diff Build an Alma-9 box for Development This is, of course a VM, in this case under esxi. * Define a new machine with 8 CPU / 4 GB RAM / 100 GB drive space. * Initially, set up the network on the Management Network, use BIOS boot, add a few seconds delay. text/html 2024-07-25T13:56:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=build_dianne_skoll_s_remind&rev=1721915788&do=diff Build Dianne Skoll's Remind This software builds beautiful calendars, and it can do a lot more than that, things like send an e-mail two days before a full moon, or pop up a desktop alert to remind you about your meeting that happens on the fourth Saturday of the month except for November and December when it's on the third Saturday. text/html 2024-05-19T21:13:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=building_a_wiki_machine&rev=1716153203&do=diff Building a wiki machine # Starting from a fresh, not-yet-updated install of Ubuntu or Mint sudo apt install tig git etckeeper sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y sudo reboot cd /etc/ sudo etckeeper commit "Fresh build." sudo apt install -y screen mc catdvi gv imagemagick libaspell-dev openssh-server links \ w3m lynx arj iselect ncurses-term vim chromium-browser wamerican* \ vlc gnuplot remind # Nice, usable system at this point, let's build a wi… text/html 2024-02-20T14:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=cincinnati_dinner_train&rev=1708440932&do=diff Cincinnati Dinner Train Thank you for your ticket purchase with Cincinnati Dinner Train. PLEASE SHARE THESE DETAILS WITH EVERYONE IN YOUR PARTY. All guests within your party must arrive, check-in, and board the train at the same time. Boarding of passengers will be announced by our Passenger Conductor no earlier than 5:00 PM. Again, once ALL of your guests have arrived, you may all check-in together with the Passenger Conductor. Check-in door closes at 5:45 PM with no exceptions. text/html 2024-03-26T14:50:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=clug&rev=1711464600&do=diff Things related to CLUG * Dianne Skoll Remind Install * lcd4linux.conf text/html 2024-05-02T14:53:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=convert_to_nvme&rev=1714661636&do=diff Convert to NVME This starts after the Basic Setup and continues to use Jeff Geerlings version of rpi-clone. Make sure the 'Pi is up-to-date, run sudo apt update and sudo apt -y upgrade. 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Choose as many as you like Other position Opportunity for advancement Too demanding or stressful Other position Opportunity for advancement Too demanding or stressful Direction of the company Dissatisfaction with work Working conditions Supervision Other 2) If you selected "other" above, please specify. 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Words=~/bin/words # Minimum length of Pass Len=15 # If a number was passed as an argument, set length to it [[ ${1} == ?(-)+([0-9]) ]] && Len=${1} Count=1 # If two numbers are passed in, give a list of that many… text/html 2023-08-01T18:27:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=grep&rev=1690914472&do=diff Grep commands to do various things... * grep -v '^\s*$\|^\s*\#' Removes comments and blank lines text/html 2024-01-04T14:04:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=grow_md_raid1&rev=1704377057&do=diff Grow MD RAID-1 Array You can grow a RAID1... if you replace both disks. 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The program is written in Python and utilizes the popular MPV media player to stream audio. Curseradio features a simple, intuitive interface with a built-in directory of radio stations, making it easy for users to discover new music and radio cont… text/html 2024-05-24T17:53:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=install_fonts_on_linux&rev=1716573213&do=diff Install Fonts on Linux There are three font families that Google hosts that are simply perfect for coding; Anonymous_Pro, Roboto_Mono, and Reddit_Mono. To install them in Linux is pretty easy and straight forward; # Move to tmp so it gets cleaned up by default cd /tmp # Download each font in turn, and extract it for Font in anonymous_pro roboto_mono reddit_mono ; do # The version I have is current as of 2024-05-20 wget -O ${Font}.zip "https://wiki.cyli.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=othe… text/html 2023-10-18T15:03:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=john_the_ripper&rev=1697641430&do=diff John the Ripper So, I left this running for a little while - it didn't crack the two passwords I had in the hashes file, and it made the fans louder, I finally just killed it... I knew what one of the passwords was, still have no idea about the second. text/html 2024-02-06T15:44:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=join_a_windows_pc_to_cyli_ad&rev=1707234283&do=diff Join a Windows PC to Cyli AD Pretty straight forward, this is for Windows 10 or 11, others should be very similar Tap the trapezium, type sysdm.cpl and press 'Enter'. Give a computer description (it's just a label). Click the 'Change' button, in the new window that opens; Make sure the computer name is present. Click the 'Domain:' radio button and fill out the text box with 'ad.cyli.org'. Click the 'OK' button, a third window opens; Enter your username ('user@cyli.org') Enter your pass… text/html 2023-12-15T17:17:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=json_query&rev=1702660677&do=diff Json query This script converts a bunch of json queries into a single .csv file with headers #!/bin/bash # This script queries https://centralservices.com/corporate/companyaccounts # and pulls down a json array containing a list of company codes and the data # base that they're connected to at the time of running. # # The data is dumped to a .csv file to be imported into graylog; # https://go2docs.graylog.org/5-0/making_sense_of_your_log_data/lookup_tables.html # # This script requires that j… text/html 2025-02-04T19:00:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=kailh_switch_tester_3&rev=1738695611&do=diff Kailh Switch Tester 3 Just a thing I got, and lost the card that identified each switch. The Kailh Canary Tactile is amazing... text/html 2025-03-17T17:00:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=key_add_in_.bashrc&rev=1742230805&do=diff Key add in .bashrc This works perfectly in Mint, dunno about others; # User specific aliases and functions # Add a personal key to the keyring... SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/agent-environment" function start_agent { echo "Initialising new SSH agent..." /usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}" echo succeeded chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}" . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null /usr/bin/ssh-add; } # Source SSH settings, if applicable if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then . 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[K2HE] I need to add the [json] file so she can use via on her machine. text/html 2025-12-28T14:48:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=normal_keycap_sizes&rev=1766933287&do=diff Normal Keycap Sizes [Perfect TKL ] Cap Unit Length Stabilizer Esc 1u Tab 1.5u Caps Lock 1.75u Left Shift 2.25u Yes (2u) Left Control 1.25u Left GUI 1.25u Left Alt 1.25u Spacebar 6.25u Yes (6.25u) Right Alt 1.25u Right GUI 1.25u Right Menu text/html 2024-02-19T17:19:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=ntfy-ssh-login&rev=1708363188&do=diff ntfy-ssh-login (Notify on SSH login (or other event)) This little script is called by the PAM daemon whenever there is a successful event in SSH, it ignores my own personal events, because I log in and out frequently, and don't want to hear my phone that much, just get rid of the first check if that's an issue. text/html 2024-05-17T15:40:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=pages_without_links&rev=1715960426&do=diff These pages exist but have nothing linking to them, this list may be empty! ---------- text/html 2023-05-05T18:11:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=pretty_nagios_nrpe_check_with_performance_data&rev=1683310267&do=diff Pretty Nagios nrpe check with performance data This script gives a count of the number of open file handles for an RTP Proxy, plus one for the application itself. It exports performance data that gets graphed over time, spitting out a line like; OK - File Handle Use is low : 22% | Open_File_Handles=902;2730;3072;0;4096 text/html 2026-03-30T13:15:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=pwg&rev=1774876530&do=diff pwg (Yet Another Password Generator) This generates random passwords from an in-built list of words, in this case all the 3 to 5 letter words made only of standard letters in the default Debian/Mint/Ubuntu English dictionary. It defaults to a single 12 or more character PW, but you can specify longer or shorter, and multiples with two numbers. Running text/html 2024-04-26T14:23:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=quick_disk_add&rev=1714141428&do=diff parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt parted -a opt /dev/sdb mkpart xfs 0% 100% mkfs.xfs -L GitLabDB /dev/sdb1 lsblk -f echo 'UUID=0919163f-f373-4128-90d9-690e97a53304 /gitlabdb_volume xfs defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab systemctl daemon-reload mount /gitlabdb_volume lsblk -f df -h /gitlabdb_volume text/html 2024-12-12T15:36:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=raspberry_pi&rev=1734017801&do=diff Raspberry Pi * Basic Setup * Convert to NVME * Fight Fake Flash (f3) text/html 2023-08-08T13:59:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=rdp_to_work&rev=1691503152&do=diff RDP to Work with error checking This little script reports back any issues it has along the way. It assumes that the VPN connection is named Work-VPN, and that the credentials are in ~/.netrc #!/usr/bin/bash # SRJ 2017-02-16-12-30 # This script calls an rdp client from the command line, pulling credentials # from ~/.netrc # The line below reads credentials into the Creds array, useful # data is in the odd references, the keys are in the evens. Creds=($(grep -A 2 "machine Work" ~/.netrc)) if … text/html 2026-03-08T12:43:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=re-build_a_debian_based_machine&rev=1772973817&do=diff Re-Build a Debian based machine Things to do if you need to re-build a Debian based machine, assuming the older one can still be logged into. # As root, on the old machine, get there how you will... apt install debsums mount <BackupsLocation> /mnt # Get a list of changed files in /etc find /etc -type f | grep -vFf <(debsums -e | grep OK$ | sed 's/[[:space:]]*OK$//') > /mnt/FileList.txt # Copy those files over rsync -avz --files-from=/mnt/FileList.txt /mnt/ text/html 2023-08-11T14:38:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=rebuild_a_cent_alma_rocky7_iso_to_include_a_kickstart_file&rev=1691764693&do=diff Rebuild a Cent/Alma/Rocky7 iso to include a Kickstart file Before starting this, you need to have some extra software installed, run yum install -y genisoimage rsync vim syslinux ---------- Get the ISO file of CentOS 7.x onto an existing CentOS7 machine. text/html 2024-07-25T13:58:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=rem2ics&rev=1721915897&do=diff rem2ics This script takes the simple output of remind and generates an ics compatible calendar #!/usr/bin/awk -f # rem2ics by Anthony J. Chivetta <achivetta@gmail.com> # version 0.1 - 2006-06-09 # version 0.2 - 2010-10-27 (one-line patch by Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org>) # version 0.3 - 2023-12-02 (indent and simplify using the -b2 argument) # Converts output of remind -s to iCalendar # usage: remind -s -b2 | rem2ics # # THE FOLLOWING CODE IS RELEASED INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN # # This … text/html 2025-10-02T23:27:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=remote_assistance&rev=1759447628&do=diff Remote Assistance First, to assist someone, you need to have your server set up to provide assistance; have a dns entry pointing to your server, have ports forwarded to that server (hint: Port 12345), and be running an ssh server on that port. And, that port shouldn't be one of the default ones, it should be something that the script kiddies don't notice. In this example, I'm using port 12345, but it can be anything you want. I'm running my server at cyli.org, with a user of secretuser, it's an… text/html 2023-05-27T16:02:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=remote_desktop_connection&rev=1685203343&do=diff Remote Desktop Connection to Tiny This is how to connect home when you need a graphical connection... #!/usr/bin/bash # Above because it's how you should start all bash scripts # The line below reads credentials into the Creds array, useful # data is in the odd references, the keys are in the evens. Creds=($(grep -A 2 "machine tiny" ~/.netrc)) # Below; Start an ssh session, asking for the password to the rsa key (-i) before going # to the background (-f), and not executing (-N) anything on… text/html 2024-07-25T18:55:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=set_up_keychron_c3_pro_rgb_keyboard&rev=1721933741&do=diff Set up Keychron C3 Pro RGB Keyboard This is a short howto on setting up a Keychron C3 Pro RGB in Linux. You'll need sudo rights, but that's about all. Unfortunately, I needed to use a Windows machine to upgrade my firmware first, using the instructions at text/html 2023-09-25T16:13:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=shared_screen_session&rev=1695658391&do=diff Shared 'screen' session This assumes you have your machine set up and have screen installed; * Find out if Screen is installed 'setuid' or not, run; 'ls -l $(which screen)' and look for an 's' in the permissions field, like '-rwxr-sr-x'. * If you don't see that 's', run 'sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/screen' and 'sudo chmod 755 /var/run/screen'. text/html 2024-10-17T15:13:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=smartctl_test_of_drive&rev=1729178006&do=diff This is what I got running a short smartctl test on an SSD drive that was healthy, the most important line is; 177 Wear_Leveling_Count 0x0013 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 7 about halfway down the list. This shows my wear leveling at 7% which should be okay for now. text/html 2025-01-13T18:12:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=stack_cabling&rev=1736791942&do=diff Router (Mikrotik L009UIGS-2HAXD-IN) (1U) Eth-1 Cable 1A to ISP Eth-2 Cable 1B to Switch A Port 1 Eth-3 Cable 1C to Switch B Port 1 Eth-4 Cable 1D to Node 1 Eth-1 Eth-5 Cable 1E to Node 2 Eth-1 Eth-6 Cable 1F to Node 3 Eth-1 Eth-7 # Future expansion Eth-8 Cable 1J to Access Point Port 1 (POE) Eth-9 SFP Cable 1G to NAS Eth-1 Port Console Power Receptacle to PDU Socket 4 WW_24V Switch A (Netgear 8P/1G) (1/2U) Port 1 Cable 1B to Router Eth-2 Port 2 # Cable to Marla's machi… text/html 2025-09-25T13:31:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=start&rev=1758807104&do=diff This is just going to be my random collection of notes - enjoy! * Bash Scripts * Books * Building a wiki machine * CLUG * grep * How * Raspberry Pi * Stuff I should learn * What * When * Where * Why * Who has this file open? text/html 2025-09-25T13:32:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=stuff_i_should_learn&rev=1758807136&do=diff Stuff I should learn <https://dmccreary.github.io/learning-micropython/> text/html 2025-03-20T15:21:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=sysbench_testing&rev=1742484075&do=diff Sysbench Testing sudo apt install -y sysbench sysbench --time=30 --threads=$(nproc) memory run > SysbenchResults.txt sysbench --time=30 --threads=$(nproc) cpu run >> SysbenchResults.txt --- Steve Jones 2025/03/20 15:18 text/html 2025-11-25T19:11:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=testingstuff&rev=1764097865&do=diff text/html 2025-11-24T19:09:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=text-cli-editor&rev=1764011348&do=diff Text-CLI-Editor Sometimes you need to edit line-art text to make things easier to understand for someone, this does it nicely! sudo apt install aewan Keys Quick Reference Legend │ Colors ^ means the Ctrl key and % means │ TAB bring up color dialog the Alt key. Thus, ^A means │ %P pick color from cell Ctrl+A and %A means Alt-A. │ under the cursor │ %Z apply color to cell General… text/html 2025-12-28T20:43:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=tkl_keycap_size&rev=1766954602&do=diff TKL Keycap Size Cap Unit Length Stabilizer Esc 1u Tab 1.5u Caps Lock 1.75u Left Shift 2.25u Yes (2u) Left Control 1.25u Left GUI 1.25u Left Alt 1.25u Spacebar 6.25u Yes (6.25u) Right Alt 1.25u Right GUI 1.25u Right Menu text/html 2024-06-13T01:24:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=to_auto-login_in_centos&rev=1718241854&do=diff Following are the steps to enable automatic user login in RHEL7: Remove the original getty@tty1.service symlink: [root@host]# rm /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service Make a copy of the getty@.service file and name it getty@tty1.service: text/html 2026-02-20T19:46:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=update&rev=1771616813&do=diff Update the software with one command A big addition to this is to add an entry in /etc/sudoers.d/Update that lets the script below run without a password. #!/bin/bash # /usr/local/bin/Update # This allows updating software by a single common command on all my machines. Logs=~/.Logs/$(date +"%Y/%m/%d") mkdir -p ${Logs} LogFile=${Logs}/$(hostname -s)-$(date +"%T.txt") ############################################################################# ### SRJ 2015-03-27 This script allows a user… text/html 2026-03-16T15:17:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=using_linux&rev=1773674241&do=diff Using Linux (Mostly Linux Mint) This is from a response to a reddit post, not my own.Please dont tell average users its easy Learn How to Use Linux Mint Easily <https://youtu.be/FmW9v687rQg> Linux Mint Beginner's Guide 1 <https://youtu.be/PHIV0hw049M> Linux Mint Beginner's Guide 2 <https://youtu.be/BZqS9pVWbEc> Linux Mint Beginner's Guide 3 <https://youtu.be/cNt_D2GyApk> Linux Mint Beginner's Guide 4 text/html 2023-06-09T17:27:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=version_comparison_in_bash&rev=1686331622&do=diff Version comparison in bash $ [[ 8.0.1 > 7.1.9 ]] && echo "True" || echo "False" True # Good! $ [[ 8.0.1 > 9.1.9 ]] && echo "True" || echo "False" False # Good! $ [[ 8.0.1 > 8.0.1 ]] && echo "True" || echo "False" False # Good! $ [[ 8.0.1 > 8.0.0 ]] && echo "True" || echo "False" True # Good! $ [[ 8.0.1 > 9.10 ]] && echo "True" || echo "False" False # Good! $ [[ 9.10 > 8.0.1 ]] && echo "True" || echo "False" True # Good! $ [[ 14.14 > 8.0.1 ]] && echo "True" || echo "Fa… text/html 2023-06-30T13:48:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=what_happened_to_my_space&rev=1688132934&do=diff What happened to my space? Not to be confused with Myspace, it just kind of died on the vine, it couldn't keep up with the competition and then they deleted almost ten years worth of info. Also, see Expanding a Filesystem LVM2/XFS Got a pile of Nagios warnings about running out of space on a MySQL server at work, simplest to expand the space; text/html 2024-06-12T17:40:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=what_size_under-seat_bag_by_airline&rev=1718214032&do=diff What size under-seat bag, by airline Airline Dimensions in inches Capacity in Liters Alaska Airlines 14 x 12 x 9 24.7LAllegiant Air 16 x 15 x 7 27.5LAmerican Airlines 18 x 14 x 8 33.0LDelta Airlines 17 x 16 x 7.5 33.4LFrontier Airlines 18 x 14 x 8 text/html 2026-01-03T11:48:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=what&rev=1767440898&do=diff Odd What things that I find interesting... * 7zip benchmark * Best way to determine time between two dates * Build an Alma-9 box for Development * Cincinnati Dinner Train * Current Favorite Switches * Kailh Switch Tester 3 * Kickstart file example * Macro Keyboard * Microsoft WinGet * Mom's Keyboard * Normal Keycap Sizes * Rack Setup * Rebuild a Cent/Alma/Rocky7 iso to include a Kickstart file * smartctl test of drive * What happened to my space * Stack Cabling … text/html 2023-08-16T21:14:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=when&rev=1692220464&do=diff This little script helps with Remind Calendars ---------- #!/bin/bash # This script creates a file called SolarDataReminders that contains precise times and dates # for Perihelion, Equinox, Solstice, and Aphelion. It can be added to your ~/.reminders # file, or included in a other ways. # The list of sun positions below is from the Astronomical Applications # Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory # Widely speaking, it connects to their website over and over again, replacing ${Year} wit… text/html 2024-02-15T16:45:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=where&rev=1708015517&do=diff Stuff * First Seg * Messages text/html 2023-06-15T18:53:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=who_has_this_file_open&rev=1686855189&do=diff Who has this file open? So you're just be-boppin along, editing files to your heart's content when you get slapped with something like this; Found a swap file by the name "/etc/.hosts.swp" owned by: root dated: Thu May 25 11:41:46 2023 file name: /etc/hosts modified: no user name: root host name: nagios.cyli.org process ID: 1459752 (still running) While opening file "/etc/hosts" dated: Mon Jan 17 08:01:24 2022 (1) Another program… text/html 2025-11-25T19:08:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.cyli.org/doku.php?id=why&rev=1764097730&do=diff Why Just some things to wonder about... * Exit Interview * John the Ripper * Version comparison in bash * TestingStuff