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So, you have downloaded a file that is supposed to be a JSON. Before processing the file, it might be wise to check if that file is actually a valid JSON file.
Here is how to check if a file is indeed a valid JSON file:
if jq empty $File 2>/dev/null; then
ThisFileIsAValidJSONFile="true"
else
ThisFileIsAValidJSONFile="false"
fi Sometimes, one wants to check if Apache2 is running. This is one way how to do it in BASH:
if [ "$(systemctl is-active apache2)" = "active" ]; then
echo "Apache2 is active"
ApacheIsRunning=1
else
echo "Apache2 is not active"
ApacheIsRunning=0
fiSometimes, one wants to put a nextcloud installation into “Maintenance mode” from the command line. Assuming your nextcloud is installed in /var/www/nextcloud/, the following command will put it in maintenance mode:
sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:mode --onThe following command will deactivate maintenance mode:
sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:mode --offIf you want to check the state of maintenance mode:
if [ "$(sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ status | grep -c "maintenance: true")" != "0" ]; then
echo "Nextcloud is in maintenance mode"
else
echo "Nextcloud is not in maintenance mode"
fi
Sometimes, one wants to put a yourls installation into “Maintenance mode” from the command line. Assuming your yourls is installed in /var/www/example.com/x/, the following command will put it in maintenance mode:
touch /var/www/example.com/x/.maintenanceThe following command will deactivate maintenance mode:
rm -f /var/www/example.com/x/.maintenanceSometimes, one wants to put a wordpress installation into “Maintenance mode” from the command line. Assuming your wordpress blog is installed in /var/www/myblog.example.com/, the following command will put it in maintenance mode:
echo '<?php $upgrading = '"$(date +%s)"'; ?>' > /var/www/myblog.example.com/.maintenanceThe following command will deactivate maintenance mode:
rm -f /var/www/myblog.example.com/.maintenanceOnce in a while, a Bash script needs to query its own name and directory. Here is an example on how to do that:
#!/usr/bin/bash
ThisScriptsName="$(basename -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
ThisScriptsDirectoryAndName="$(readlink -f -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
ThisScriptsDirectory="$(dirname -- "$ThisScriptsDirectoryAndName")"
TheCurrentDirectory="$(pwd)"
printf 'ThisScriptsName: %s\n' "$ThisScriptsName"
printf 'ThisScriptsDirectoryAndName: %s\n' "$ThisScriptsDirectoryAndName"
printf 'ThisScriptsDirectory: %s\n' "$ThisScriptsDirectory"
printf 'TheCurrentDirectory: %s\n' "$TheCurrentDirectory"
#EOFLet’s assume the name of the file is WhatsMyNameAndLocation, and it is located in /usr/scripts and executed from / with /usr/WhatsMyNameAndLocation:
ThisScriptsName: WhatsMyNameAndLocation
ThisScriptsDirectoryAndName: /usr/scripts/WhatsMyNameAndLocation
ThisScriptsDirectory: /usr/scripts
TheCurrentDirectory: /If you want to set up some kind of routing (of IP packets) on Debian 13, you first have to ensure that “Forwarding” is activated. By default it isn’t. Activation of Forwarding means that packets coming in at one interface might be transferred to another interface.
The following two commands will show you if forwarding is activated (“1”) or not (“0”):
sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward
sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.forwardingif forwarding is not activated, the following two lines will activate it temporarily (until reboot of the system):
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1To make this persistent (“Survive a boot”), create a file /etc/sysctl.d/99-ip-forward.conf with the following two lines as content:
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1Finally activate this file with
sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-ip-forward.confTo verify that it is working check it (after a reboot) with the following two commands:
sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward
sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.forwardingBoth commands should deliver “1”.
timedatectl list-timezones to find a zone, then timedatectl set-timezone [timezone]
What is Rustdesk?
RustDesk is an open-source remote desktop software that allows you to access another PC’s desktop, for example to help friends and family when they have problems, or let them help you.
It is a free alternative to TeamViewer, AnyDesk, and similar programs.
A client application is needed on both PCs. A remote desktop access is only possible when the client is started, access is impossible without the Client being started, so the user is always in control.
How to install:
Download the latest Rustdesk client from here: https://rustdesk.com
Once downloaded, start the file:
In the lower left corner, click on “Install”.
Adapt to your needs and click on “Accept and install”.
Afterwards, you should have an Icon for Rustdesk on your desktop, and Rustdesk should be running:
Click on the “three dots” (as marked in the picture), select “Network” and click on “Unlock network settings”, the select “ID/Relay server”:
Fill the fields with the following data:rustdesk.landrocks.world
rustdesk.landrocks.world
https://rustdesk.landrocks.world
C4LDY6WziONSwEzlIiBz1x3ZFn3iR8L4kjd6ZFJZPTE=
It should look like this:
Press OK, and click on “Home” in the upper left corner.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed a Rustdesk client on your system.
How to use Rustdesk:
On the left side you see your ID and your password. If you give this to somebody else, he or she can access your desktop.
If somebody else gives you his/her ID from their left side of the window, you can access his/her desktop by entering that ID in the “Control Remote Desktop” field and clicking “connect”.
The behaviour of the Context menu on Windows 11 has changed compared to Windows 10.
This is how it used to be on Windows 10 (in this example, after a Right click on the recycle bin):
And this is how it looks now:
Especially the Show more options in the last line is annoying.
Thankfully one can revert to the old behaviour of Windows 10. All you have to do is to add a key to the registry.
To do so, Right click on the four blue tiles and select Terminal (Admin):
Then, run the command
reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
After rebooting the Computer or restarting Explorer via Task Manager, you will have the “old” behaviour back.
That’s lovely. However, you sometimes have junk in the right-click context menu that is unwanted.
For example, I use the Image Viewer “IrfanView” but I do not like the fact that it added an entry to the context menu:
Here is how to edit/remove unwanted items from the context menu:
Right click on the four blue tiles and select Terminal (Admin), then type regedit and press <Enter>:
Select “Edit/Find” and look for “IrfanView”:
Now keep pressing <F3> until this…
and this…
… showed up. I deleted them both and the annoying entries were gone (after a Restart of Explorer).