Technical Stuff

I came across this little tidbit today, I wish I hadn't closed my browser so I could give adequate credit but here is how to select a random port out of an array of ports in bash: DEST_PORTS=(22229 31457 42853) function pickDestPort () {   RANDOM=$$$(date +%s)   selectedport=${DEST_PORTS[$RANDOM % ${#DEST_PORTS[@]} ]}   echo $selectedport }

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It isn't generating the key so the xauth merge fails This link fixes paths, and I think might be relevant for my problem https://github.com/chenxiaolong/Fedora-SRPMS/blob/master/VirtualGL/fix-paths-in-vglgenkey.patch diff -Nru VirtualGL-2.3.orig/server/vglgenkey VirtualGL-2.3/server/vglgenkey --- VirtualGL-2.3.orig/server/vglgenkey 2012-02-25 00:12:07.913553458 -0500 +++ VirtualGL-2.3/server/vglgenkey 2012-02-25 00:23:01.450462350 -0500 @@ -1,17 +1,14 @@ #!/bin/sh XAUTH=xauth -if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth ]; then - XAUTH=/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth +if [ -x /usr/bin/xauth ]; then + XAUTH=/usr/bin/xauth fi -if [ -x /usr/openwin/bin/xauth ]; then - XAUTH=/usr/openwin/bin/xauth +if [ ! -d /etc/VirtualGL ]; then + mkdir -p /etc/VirtualGL fi -if [ ! -d /etc/opt/VirtualGL ]; then - mkdir -p /etc/opt/VirtualGL +if [ -f /etc/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key ]; then + rm /etc/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key fi -if [ -f /etc/opt/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key ]; then - rm /etc/opt/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key -fi -...

# vi /usr/local/bin/vpntohome.sh     #!/bin/bash     su - vpntohome -c "screen -D -m /home/vpntohome/vpntohome" # chmod 700 /usr/local/bin/vpntohome.sh # vi /lib/systemd/system/vpntohome.service     [Unit]     Description=Start SSH tunnel to applesauce     After=syslog.target network.target sshd.service     [Service]     Type=simple     ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/vpntohome.sh     RestartSec=120     [Install]     WantedBy=multi-user.target # cd /etc/systemd/system/ # ln -s /lib/systemd/system/vpntohome.service vpntohome.service # systemctl daemon-reload # systemctl start vpntohome.service # systemctl enable vpntohome.service

# As root gpg --gen-key gpg --export-secret-keys --armor root@host.example.com > root-privkey.asc # copy root-privkey.asc to a safe place non-online place # export the public key for encrypting and signing gpg --export --armor root@host.example.com > /tmp/root-pubkey.asc # import the key into the backup creator's key ring gpg --import  /tmp/root-pubkey.asc gpg --edit-key root@host.example.com ## sign it ## trust it ultimately # modify the backup script to pipe through gpg gtar --totals --bzip2 --create --exclude=Favicons ..... | gpg --encrypt --recipient root@host.example.com > real.backup.filename.here.bz2.gpg

Create a new script: mkdir -p ~/bin/generic/run-rubymine-as-a-tool.sh vim ~/bin/generic/run-rubymine-as-a-tool.sh #!/bin/bash if echo "${1}" | grep -q '...$'; then   DIR="`dirname ${1}`" else   DIR=${1} fi exec ${HOME}/bin/RubyMine/bin/rubymine.sh "${DIR}" chmod 0754  ~/bin/generic/run-rubymine-as-a-tool.sh Under p4v: Tools -> Manage Custom Tools -> New Tool Name: Rubymine Select: Add to application context menus Application: ~/bin/generic/run-rubymine-as-a-tool.sh Arguments: %d

This seems to finally have got it working across boots sudoedit /usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service [Unit] Description=Network Time Service After=syslog.target ntpdate.service sntp.service multi-user.target network.target sshd.service Conflicts=systemd-timesyncd.service [Service] Type=forking EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ntpd ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ntpd -u ntp:ntp $OPTIONS PrivateTmp=true [Install] #WantedBy=multi-user.target WantedBy=default.target sudoedit /etc/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/restart.conf [Service] Restart=always RestartSec=17 sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl restart ntpd.service Update: still a problem finally googled right, it is %#(%^&(#^ service called chrony.