The steps below show how to configure OpenVPN connections to a MikroTik router. Note that at the time of writing MikroTik’s RouterOS only supports TCP connections to OpenVPN, not UDP. Before proceeding, a Certificate Authority should be available to manage certificates – see our previous post for using the MikroTik for this. Configure the IP … Continue reading OpenVPN on MikroTik Router
Managing Certificates on Mikrotik Router with Winbox
Certificates on Mikrotik’s RouterOS can be managed through the web interface or the Winbox software. Below are basic guidelines for configuring a CA to get you started. Configure the CA Firstly, create a certificate to be used for the CA (Certificate Authority) signing, then self sign it: System -> Certificates -> Add New -> Name … Continue reading Managing Certificates on Mikrotik Router with Winbox
Linux Shell Menu (TUI)
Linux shell menu (TUI – Text User Interface), using pdmenu samples and examples available here:https://gitlab.com/majorbob/sys-menu Start by installing pdmenu (apt install pdmenu, or dpkg -i pdmenu.deb).Then download and expand the zip file, copy folders to appropriate locations (as expanded).Make /usr/bin/menu executable. Type menu to start the menu.
The Windows 10 Backup Mess
Windows 10, in 2018, has a variety of built-in backup mechanisms. Unfortunately these are mostly incongruent with each other and each offers different points of protection. 1) File History This is the native Windows 10 backup component. It requires a second disk or SMB network share, to which data located in the User folders are … Continue reading The Windows 10 Backup Mess
Read bkf files in Linux
mtftar is a utility that can read data stored in BKF files generated with Windows NTBackup program. The original source is: https://github.com/geocar/mtftar However, on Debian 9 in 2018, this code currently produces errors such as: MTF error out of order mtftar (files before directory saw 4 while expecting limit of 0)This does not look like a tar … Continue reading Read bkf files in Linux
Light locker settings
This article is about the following Linux packages: xset – the user preference command-line tool for X11, controlling screen blanking and monitor power management, light-locker – the package for password locking screens, where lightdm is the desktop manager. light-locker-settings – the GUI configuration tool for light-locker xscreensaver – the popular screen saver program light-locker-settings is a … Continue reading Light locker settings
Eaton NV 800H with NUT UPS Monitor
The Eaton NV 800H connects via USB cable. Using lsusb it identifies as: 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial To monitor this UPS using the NUT package in Linux, use the following configurations: /etc/nut/nut.conf: MODE=standalone /etc/nut/ups.conf: [myups] driver = nutdrv_qx default.battery.voltage.low = 11.2 default.battery.voltage.high = 13.7 port = auto desc = “My UPS” /etc/nut/upsd.users: [upsmon] password = … Continue reading Eaton NV 800H with NUT UPS Monitor
Service to automount USB devices with udisks2
Udev is problematic when trying to mount USB devices – it works first time, but fails for re-insertions (Debian 9 Stretch, running in KVM, with ntfs-3g USB drive passed through). Instead create a script to monitor: apt-get install udisks2 #nano /usr/local/bin/myautomounter #!/bin/shpathtoname() { udevadm info -p /sys/”$1″ | awk -v FS== ‘/DEVNAME/#39;}stdbuf -oL — udevadm … Continue reading Service to automount USB devices with udisks2
Boot Windows with Syslinux
To install Syslinux on an NTFS partition to boot Windows XP: Download and extract the latest Zip file from: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/This file contains code for Windows and Linux systems, only copy files from within the “bios” folder. Create the directoriy structure on the active NTFS partition: C:\boot\syslinux Within the extracted folders, find and copy from the syslinux-x.xx\bios\com32 … Continue reading Boot Windows with Syslinux
Debian 9 Stretch on Macbook Pro save Screen brightness
Symptom: Macbook resets to full brightness every reboot, instead of remembering brightness settting. Scenario: *OS: Debian 9 Stretch*System: 2011 Macbook Pro, with Nvidia 320M*Xorg.conf includes this line in the Device section: Option “RegistryDwords” “EnableBrightnessControl=1”*The current backlight value is recorded in: /sys/class/backlight/apple/backlight/brightness Fix: During shutdown systemd should save the brightness setting in: /var/lib/systemd/backlight/and load it … Continue reading Debian 9 Stretch on Macbook Pro save Screen brightness