+Get the lastest mercurial snapshot:
+
+Make sure you have the python-dev package available:
+# apt-get update ; apt-get install python-dev
+
+Get and build the source:
+% hg clone http://selenic.com/repo/hg mercurial
+% cd mercurial
+% make local
+% export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)
+% export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)
+
+now you should have the newest version of mercurial whenever you execute hg.
+
+To update to the lastest development snapshot, additionally use
+the following commands:
+% hg pull -u http://hg.intevation.org/mercurial/crew
+% make local
+--
+Configure timezone
+==================
+
+Available bootoptions relevant in live-cd mode:
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+* utc: set UTC, if your system clock is set to UTC (GMT)
+* gmt: set UTC, if your system clock is set to UTC (GMT) [like bootoption utc]
+* tz=$option: set timezone to corresponding $option, usage example:
+ tz=Europe/Vienna
+
+Configuration options relevant on harddisk installation:
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Use the tzconfig utility to set the local timezone:
+
+ # tzconfig
+
+ which adjusts /etc/timezone and /etc/localtime according
+ to the provided information. Running:
+
+ # dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
+
+ might be useful as well.
+
+* /etc/default/rcS: set variable UTC according to your needs,
+ whether your system clock is set to UTC (UTC='yes') or
+ not (UTC='no')
+
+* /etc/localtime: adjust zoneinfo according to your needs:
+
+ # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$WHATEVER_YOU_WANT /etc/localtime
+
+ The zoneinfo directory contains the time zone files that were
+ compiled by zic. The files contain information such as rules
+ about DST. They allow the kernel to convert UTC UNIX time into
+ appropriate local dates and times. Use the zdump utility to
+ print current time and date (in the specified time zone).
+
+* /etc/adjtime: This file is used e.g. by the adjtimex function,
+ which can smoothly adjust system time while the system runs
+
+* If you change the time (using 'date --set ...', ntpdate,...)
+ it is worth setting also the hardware clock to the correct time:
+
+ # hwclock --systohc [--utc]
+
+ Remember to add the --utc -option if the hardware clock is set
+ to UTC!
+
+Still problems?
+---------------
+
+Check your current settings via:
+
+ cat /etc/timezone
+ zdump /etc/localtime
+ echo $TZ
+ hwclock --show
+ grep hwclock /etc/runlevel.conf
+ grep '^UTC' /etc/default/rc
+
+Further information:
+--------------------
+
+ hwclock(8) tzselect(1) tzconfig(8)
+ http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/system-administrator/ch-sysadmin-time.html
+ http://wiki.debian.org/TimeZoneChanges
+
+Tags: timezone, rtc, configuration
+--
+Recorder shellscript session using script:
+
+% script -t 2>~/upgrade.time -a ~/upgrade.script
+% scriptreplay ~/upgrade.time ~/upgrade.script
+--
+Test UTF-8 capabilities of terminal:
+
+wget http://www.linux-cjk.net/Console/garabik/UTF-8-demo.txt.gz
+zcat UTF-8-demo.txt.gz
+
+or:
+
+wget http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/examples/UTF-8-test.txt
+cat UTF-8-test.txt
+--
+UTF-8 at grml / some general information regarding Unicde/UTF-8:
+
+ http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=utf8
+--
+
+This allows one ssh connection attepmt per minute per source ip, with a initial
+burst of 10. The available burst is like a counter which is initialised with
+10. Every connection attempt decrements the counter, and every minute where the
+connection limit of one per minute is not overstepped the counter is
+incremented by one. If the burst counter is exhausted the real rate limit
+comes into play. This gives you 11 connectionattepmts in the first minute
+before blocked for 10minutes. After 10 minutes block the game restarts.
+
+Hint: you could set the burst value to 5 and the block time to only 5 minutes
+to achive the same average connection rate but with halve the block time.
+
+iptables -A inet_in -p tcp --syn --dport 22 -m hashlimit --hashlimit-name ssh \
+ --hashlimit 1/minute \ --hashlimit-burst 10 --hashlimit-mode srcip \
+ --hashlimit-htable-expire 600000 -j ACCEPT
+iptables -A inet_in -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -j REJECT
+--
+Tunnel a specific connection via socat:
+
+On the client:
+% socat TCP4-LISTEN:8003 TCP4:gateway:500
+
+On the gateway:
+# socat TCP4-LISTEN:500,fork TCP4:target:$PORT
+
+Using localhost:8003 on the client uses the tunnel now.
+--
+Set date:
+
+# date --set=060916102007
+
+where the bits are month(2)/day(2)/hour(2)/minute(2)/year(4)
+
+Set date using a relative date:
+
+# date -s '+3 mins'
+
+or
+
+# date -s '+tomorrow'
+
+Display a specific relative date:
+
+# date -d '+5 days -2 hours'
+
+Don't forget to set hardware clock via:
+
+# hwlock -w
+--
+Booting grml via network / PXE:
+
+Start grml-terminalserver on a system with network access
+and where grml is running:
+
+# grml-terminalserver
+
+Then booting your client(s) via PXE should work without
+any further work.
+
+See: man grml-terminalserver + http://grml.org/terminalserver/
+
+Tags: howto, pxe, network, boot
+--
+Debugging SSL communications:
+
+% openssl s_client -connect server.adress:993 > output_file
+% openssl x509 -noout -text -in output_file
+
+or
+
+# ssldump -a -A -H -i eth0
+
+See http://prefetch.net/articles/debuggingssl.html for more details.
+
+Tags: debug, ssl, openssl
+--
+Remove bootmanager from MBR:
+
+# lilo -M /dev/hda -s /dev/null
+
+Tags: mbr, lilo
+--
+Rewrite grub to MBR:
+
+# mount /mnt/sda1
+# grub-install --recheck --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/sda1 /dev/sda
+
+Tags: mbr, grub
+--
+Rewrite lilo to MBR:
+
+# mount /mnt/hda1
+# lilo -r /mnt/hda1
+
+Tags: mbr, lilo
+--
+Create screenshot of plain/real console - tty1:
+
+# fbgrab -c 1 screeni.png
+--
+Create screenshot when running X:
+
+% scrot
+
+Tip: use the gkrellshoot plugin when using gkrellm
+
+Tags: screenshot, xorg
+--
+Redirect all connections to hostA:portA to hostB:portB, where hostA and hostB are
+different networks:
+
+Run the following commands on hostA:
+
+echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
+iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport portA -j DNAT --to hostB:portB
+iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth0 -d hostB -p tcp --dport portB -j ACCEPT
+iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth0 -s hostB -p tcp --sport portB -j ACCEPT
+iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -d hostB --dport portB -j SNAT --to-source hostA
+
+Tags: howto, network, redirect, port
+--
+Flash BIOS without DOS/Windows:
+
+Dump flash info and set the flash chip to writable:
+# flashrom
+
+Backup the original BIOS:
+# flashrom -r backup.bin
+
+Notice: the following step will overwrite your current BIOS!
+So make sure you really know what you are doing.
+
+Flash the BIOS image:
+# flashrom -wv newbios.bin
+
+Also check out LinuxBIOS: http://linuxbios.org/
+--
+Enable shadow passwords:
+
+# shadowconfig on
+--
+Set up an IPv6 tunnel on grml:
+
+# ipv6-tunnel start
+--
+Set up console newsreader slrn for use with Usenet:
+
+% grml-slrn
+--
+Calculate with IPv6 addresses:
+
+% ipv6calc
+
+For usage examples refer to manpage ipv6calc(8).
+
+Tags: ipv6
+--
+Common network debugging tools for use with IPv6:
+
+% ping6
+% tracepath6
+% traceroute6
+% tracert6
+% nc6
+% tcpspray6
+
+Tags: ipv6
+--
+Set up NFS (Network File System):
+
+Server-side
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+Make sure the relevant services are running on the server side:
+
+# /etc/init.d/portmap start
+# /etc/init.d/nfs-common start
+# /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start
+
+Export shares via /etc/exports:
+
+/backups 192.168.1.100/24(rw,wdelay,no_root_squash,async,subtree_check)
+
+... or manually export a directory running:
+
+# exportfs -o rw,wdelay,no_root_squash,async,subtree_check 192.168.1.100:/backups
+
+and unexport a share running:
+
+# exportfs -u 192.168.1.100:/backups
+
+and every time when you modify /etc/exports file run
+
+# exportfs -ra
+
+Display what NFS components are running:
+
+# rpcinfo -p
+
+Display list of exported shares:
+
+# exportfs -v
+or
+# showmount -e
+
+Client-side
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+Make sure the relevant services are running on the client side:
+
+# /etc/init.d/portmap start
+# /etc/init.d/nfs-common start
+
+Verify that the server allows you to access its RPC/NFS services:
+
+# rpcinfo -p server_name
+
+Check what directories the server exports:
+
+# showmount -e server_name
+
+On the client side you can use something like the following in /etc/fstab:
+
+192.168.1.101:/backups /mnt/nfs nfs defaults,users,wsize=8192,rsize=8192 0 0
+
+Tags: nfs, howto, network
+--
+Mount a cloop file:
+
+# aptitude install cloop-src
+# m-a a-i cloop-src
+
+# modprobe cloop file=/path/to/cloop/file
+# mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/cloop /mnt/test
+--
+Create a PS/PDF of a plaintext file:
+
+% a2ps --medium A4dj -E -o output.ps input_file
+% ps2pdf output.ps
+--
+Print two pages on one in a PDF file:
+
+% pdfnup --nup 2x1 input.pdf
+
+Concatenate, extract pages/parts, encrypt/decrypt,
+compress PDFs using 'pdftk'.
+--
+Read a PS/PDF file on console:
+
+% pstotext file.pdf
+
+or on plain framebuffer console in graphical mode:
+
+% pdf2ps file.pdf ; ps2png file.ps file.png ; fbi file.png
+
+or
+
+% fbgs file.pdf
+--
+Bypass the password of a PDF file:
+
+% gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf -c quit
+--
+Record sound:
+
+% rec test.aiff
+
+This will record a AIFF audio file.
+--
+Change passphrase / password of an existing SSH key:
+
+% ssh-keygen -p
+--
+Enable syntax highlighting in nano:
+
+Just uncomment the include directives for your respective
+language at the bottom of the file /etc/nanorc
+--
+Create netboot package for grml-terminalserver:
+
+# bash /usr/share/doc/grml-terminalserver/examples/create-netboot
+--
+To boot grml via network (PXE) check out grml-terminalserver:
+
+# grml-terminalserver
+
+See http://grml.org/terminalserver/ for more details.
+--
+Rotate pictures:
+
+Using the 'Orientation' tag of the Exif header, rotate
+the image so that it is upright:
+% jhead -autorot *.jpg
+
+Manually rotate a picture:
+% convert -rotate 270 input.jpg output.jpg
+--
+Rename files based on the information inside their exif header:
+
+% jhead -n%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%M_%f *.jpg
+
+This will rename a file named img_2071.jpg to something like:
+
+2007-08-17_10h38_img_2071.jpg
+
+if it was shot at 10:38 o'clock on 2007-08-17 (according to
+the information inside the exif header).
+--
+Calculate network / netmask:
+
+Usage examples:
+% ipcalc 10.0.0.28 255.255.255.0
+% ipcalc 10.0.0.0/24
+--
+Blacklist a kernel module:
+
+# blacklist <name_of_kernel_module>
+
+-> running 'blacklist hostap_cs' for example will generate an
+entry like this in /etc/modprobe.d/grml:
+
+blacklist hostap_cs
+alias hostap_cs off
+
+To remove the module from the blacklist again just invoke:
+
+# unblacklist <name_of_kernel_module>
+
+or manually remove the entry from /etc/modprobe.d/grml.
+--
+Create a Debian package of a perl module:
+
+% dh-make-perl --cpan Acme::Smirch --build
+--
+The Magic SysRq Keys (SysReq or Sys Req, short for System Request):
+
+To reboot your system using the SysRq keys just hold down the Alt and
+SysRq (Print Screen) key while pressing the keys REISUB ("Raising
+Elephants Is So Utterly Boring").
+
+R = take the keyboard out of raw mode
+E = terminates all processes (except init)
+I = kills all processes (except init)
+S = synchronizes the disk(s)
+U = remounts all filesystems read-only
+B = reboot the system
+
+Notice: use O instead of B for poweroff.
+
+Or write the sequence to /proc/sysrq-trigger instead:
+
+# for i in r e i s u b ; do echo $i > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; done
+
+To enable or disable SysRq calls:
+
+# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
+# echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
+
+See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key for more details.
+
+Tags: reboot, documentation, sysrq, magic
+--
+Memtest / memcheck:
+
+Just boot your grml Live-CD with "memtest" to execute a memcheck/memtest
+with Memtest86+.
+--
+Tunnel TCP-Traffic through DNS using dns2tcp:
+
+Server-side:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+1. Create necessary DNS-Records:
+dnstun.example.com. 3600 IN NS host.example.com.
+dnstun.example.com. 3600 IN A 192.168.1.1
+host.example.com. 3600 IN A 192.168.1.1
+
+2. Configure dns2tcpd on host.example.com.:
+# cat /etc/dns2tcpd.conf
+listen = 192.168.1.1 #the ip dns2tcpd should listen on
+port = 53 #" port " " " "
+user = nobody
+chroot = /tmp
+domain = dnstun.example.com. # the zone as specified inside dns
+ressources = ssh:127.0.0.1:22 # available resources
+
+3. Start the daemon:
+# cat > /etc/default/dns2tcp << EOF
+# Set ENABLED to 1 if you want the init script to start dns2tcpd.
+ENABLED=1
+USER=nobody
+EOF
+# /etc/init.d/dns2tcp start
+
+Client-side:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+You have two possibilities:
+- Use the DNS inside your network (DNS must allow resolving for external domains)
+# grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf
+nameserver 172.16.42.1
+# dns2tcpc -z dnstun.example.com 172.16.42.1
+Available connection(s) :
+ ssh
+# dns2tcpc -r ssh -l 2222 -z dnstun.example.com 172.16.42.1 &
+Listening on port : 2222
+# ssh localhost -p 2222
+user@host.example.com:~#
+
+- Directly contact the endpoint (port 53 UDP must be allowed outgoing)
+# dns2tcpc -z dnstun.example.com dnstun.example.com
+Available connection(s) :
+ ssh
+# dns2tcpc -r ssh -l 2222 -z dnstun.example.com dnstun.example.com &
+Listenning on port : 2222
+# ssh localhost -p 2222
+user@host.example.com:~#
+
+Notice: using 'ssh -D 8080 ..' you will get a socks5-proxy listening on
+localhost:8080 which you can use to tunnel everything through your "dns-uplink".
+
+Tags: howto, network, tunnel
+--
+Configure a MadWifi device for adhoc mode:
+
+Disable the autocreation of athX devices:
+# echo "options ath_pci autocreate=none" > /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi
+
+Remove the autocreated device for now:
+# wlanconfig ath0 destroy
+
+Configuration in /etc/network/interfaces:
+
+iface ath0 inet static
+ madwifi-base wifi0
+ madwifi-mode adhoc
+ ...
+
+Hints:
+ - Do not use interface names without ending 0 (otherwise startup fails).
+ - Only chooss unique names for interfaces.
+--
+Find dangling symlinks using zsh:
+
+% ls **/*(-@)
+--
+Use approx with runit supervision
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Install the packages:
+# apt-get install approx runit
+
+Add user approxlog for the logging daemon:
+# adduser --system --home /nonexistent --no-create-home approxlog
+
+Create config directory:
+# mkdir /etc/sv/approx
+
+Use /var/run/sv.approx as supervise directory:
+# ln -s /var/run/sv.approx /etc/sv/approx/supervise
+
+# cat > /etc/sv/approx/run << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+echo 'approx starting'
+exec approx -f 2>&1
+EOF
+
+You normally do not need a logging service for approx because it logs
+to syslog too. So just for completion:
+# mkdir -p /etc/sv/approx/log
+# ln -s /var/run/sv.approx.log /etc/sv/approx/log/supervise
+# cat > /etc/sv/approx/log/run << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+LOG="/var/log/approx"
+test -d "$LOG" || mkdir -p -m2750 "$LOG" && chown approxlog:adm "$LOG"
+exec chpst -uapproxlog svlogd -tt -v "$LOG"
+EOF
+
+Now activate the new approx service (will be started within 5s):
+# ln -s /etc/sv/approx/ /var/service/
+
+Make approx managed via runit available via init-script interface:
+# dpkg-divert --local --rename /etc/init.d/approx
+# ln -s /usr/bin/sv /etc/init.d/approx
+--
+Remote-reboot a grml system using SysRQ via /proc (execute as root):
+
+eject &>/dev/null
+umount -l /cdrom
+eject /dev/cdrom
+echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+
+Tags: reboot, howto, grml, network
+--
+Show what happens on /dev/sda0:
+
+# mount the debugfs to relay kernel info to userspace
+mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
+
+# is a convenient wrapper arround blktrace and blkparse
+btrace /dev/sda0
+
+Tags: debug, block, partition, trace
+--
+Convert Flash to Avi:
+
+% ffmpeg -i input.flv output.avi
+
+Extract MP3 from Flash file:
+
+% for i in *.flv; do ffmpeg -i $i -acodec copy ${i%.flv}.mp3 ; done
+--
+Usage example for cryptsetup / -luks encrypted partition on LVM:
+
+volume group name: x61
+logical volume name: home
+
+echo "grml-crypt_home /dev/mapper/x61-home none luks" >> /etc/crypttab
+Start cryptdisks
+mount /dev/mapper/grml-crypt_home /mnt/test
+--
+fdisk/parted/... complains with something like
+'unable to open /dev/sda - unrecognised disk label'?!
+
+See http://grml.org/faq/#fdisk =>
+
+* use /sbin/fdisk.distrib from util-linux
+* switch to sfdisk, cfdisk,...
+* use parted's mklabel command (but please read the
+ parted manual before executing this command)
+--
+dmraid - support for SW-RAID / FakeRAID controllers
+like Highpoint HPT and Promise FastTrack
+
+Activate all software RAID sets discovered:
+# dmraid -ay
+
+Deactivates all active software RAID sets:
+# dmraid -an
+
+Discover all software RAID devices supported on the system:
+# dmraid -r
+--
+Extract winmail.dat:
+
+List content:
+% ytnef winmail.dat
+
+Extract files to current directory:
+% ytnef -f . winmail.dat
+--
+Approx - Debian package proxy/cacher howto
+
+% apt-get install approx
+% echo 'debian http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian' >>/etc/approx/approx.conf
+% Restart approx
+
+Add your new approx to sources.list
+
+eg.
+deb http://localhost:9999/debian unstable main contrib non-free
+
+use approx in grml-debootstrap like:
+% grml-debootstrap -r squeeze -t /dev/sda1 -m http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian
+--
+Simple webserver with python:
+
+% python -m SimpleHTTPServer
+--
+Upgrade only packages from the grml-stable Debian repository:
+
+echo 'deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main' > /etc/apt/grml-stable.list
+apt-get -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=/etc/apt/grml-stable.list -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts=/doesnotexist update
+apt-get upgrade
+--
+Install Centos into a directory:
+
+% febootstrap centos-5 directory http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5.3/os/i386/
+--
+Install Fedora into a directory:
+
+% febootstrap fedora-11 target_directory
+--
+Use Nessus / OpenVAS (remote network security auditor):
+
+Install software packages:
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get install openvas-client openvas-server openvas-plugins-base openvas-plugins-dfsg
+
+Add a user:
+# openvas-adduser
+
+Start openvas server (takes a while):
+# Start openvas-server
+
+Invoke client as user:
+% OpenVAS-Client
+--
+Find packages not available from any active apt repository:
+
+% apt-show-versions | awk '/No available version in archive/{print $1}'
+--
+Simple mailserver with python:
+
+% python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:1025
+--
+finger via netcat:
+
+echo $USER | nc $HOST 79
+--
+Install Archlinux using Grml:
+
+https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_from_Existing_Linux
+or
+wget http://tokland.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/archlinux/arch-bootstrap.sh
+--
+Export blockdevices via AoE (ATA over Ethernet):
+
+% vblade -m 11:22:33:44:55:66 160 2 eth0 /dev/sdb1
+
+Allow the host with the mac address 11:22:33:44:55:66 to access /dev/sdb1
+via eth0, using the shelf and slot numbers 160 and 2. These numbers are
+arbitrary but should be unique within the network.
+
+A word of warning: AoE is prone to all kind of nasty ethernet attacks,
+especially arp spoofing. Do not use in hostile networks.
+
+Tags: aoe, blockdevice, export, server
+--
+Access blockdevices via AoE (ATA over Ethernet):
+
+% sudo aoe-discover
+
+and the device should show up under /dev/etherd/. If your shelf and
+slot numbers re 160 and 2 the device will be /dev/etherd/e160.2
+
+A word of warning: AoE is prone to all kind of nasty ethernet attacks,
+especially arp spoofing. Do not use in hostile networks.
+
+Tags: aoe, blockdevice, export, client
+--
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