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.Xresources but I can't find out if it matters whether a line has capitals or all lowercase. For example:XTerm*faceSize: 10
is this just the same does it not matter ?
xterm*faceSize: 10
Sorry but if it does not matter, if I start XTerm or xterm then that's good as having both just now plays on my OCD. :D
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An image of the OpenBSD logo puffy on a yellow background.
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Most of their re-implementation of already existing software is more pragmatic, and straight to the point. There is a reason why so many OpenBSD tools end up in "portable" versions for other OSes 🙂 That makes it very likeable.
Heads up: Multiple Security Issues in GNU Screen - mostly affecting release
5.0.0 and setuid-root installations (Local Root Exploit and others) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
I swear, every time I use (a, any) Linux, I have to do a double-take and go "what the fresh fuck is this now". Today it's whatever is going on with /etc/motd on Ubuntu.
Making simple things complicated seems to be the trend there.
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Oh, and while I'm complaining: requiring sudo for dmesg is stupid, too. 🙄
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Just spent 45 minutes groveling through 2,300 lines of bash completion gunk because apparently nowadays bash[1] will only tab-complete files based on filename "extension"[2] as if this was fucking MS-DOS.
Grrr.
[1] Well, _this_ bash on _this_ particular Linux version.
[2] E.g., "sh x<tab>" will only complete "x*.sh".
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TIL: On Ubuntu, AppArmor restricts tcpdump from reading files that don't end in ".pcap". 🤦♂️
$ ls -l /tmp/out
-rw------- 1 tcpdump tcpdump 13651 Feb 13 15:49 /tmp/out
$ sudo tcpdump -n -r /tmp/out
tcpdump: /tmp/out: Permission denied
$ sudo mv /tmp/out /tmp/out.pcap
$ sudo tcpdump -n -r /tmp/out.pcap
reading from file /tmp/out.pcap, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), snapshot length 262144
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Why are people trying so hard to make "file extensions" happen?
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Today in "#systemd ruins everything", Jan learns that systemd-resolve...
- runs a proxy DNS server on 127.0.0.53 (which is in /etc/resolv.conf)
- uses it's own /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf
- will read and cache /etc/hosts regardless of what /etc/nsswitch.conf says (`ReadEtcHosts` defaults to `yes` in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf)
Applications that follow traditional libc resolver logic now will continue to get /etc/hosts results even if /etc/nsswitch.conf excludes 'files'.
🤦♂️
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JFC WTF is wrong with #systemd? I just spent 30 minutes trying to change the port on sshd because apparently it doesn't matter what you put into /etc/ssh/sshd_config, but you need to hunt down /lib/systemd/system/ssh.socket to change that.
I will try http/3 on the server once Trixie is out though !
Let the fun begin!
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A compact GMKtec mini PC is shown powered on, with a glowing blue LED ring around the power button and base. It has multiple connected cables and a Kingston USB flash drive plugged into the side. The device sits on top of another piece of equipment surrounded by various tech accessories and cables.
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@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe oo! what's the specs on that machine?
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@puppygirlhornypost2 it's an Intel N150 - 12 GB DDR5 Ram - 256 GB SSD (or NVMe - still unsure). 2 1 Gbit ports.
I had it for less than 130 euros (new) and I'll test if it can be a full workstation (for some browsing, LibreOffice, etc) or "Just" a small server.
I have three potential use cases - as my desktop at the office (as I don't work from the office that often), as a workstation or server for a client or for a workstation for my parents.
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@mascal I'm trying some desktop experience with OpenSuse - it's incredibly fast!
Added Webmention support for links (Markdown-style or direct) written in a post.
Added new command-line options for list maintenance.
Display custom emoji in more places (contributed by dandelions).
Mastodon API: fixed infinite scroll in many clients (thanks to cheeaun for giving me the clue), added /api/v1/accounts/.../lists endpoint (contributed by dandelions).
Email notifications can now be sent via libcurl SMTP instead of spawning the /usr/sbin/sendmail program. To use this new feature, some additional server configuration is needed, see snac(8) (contributed by shtrophic).
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
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@grunfink if this post originated from grunfink i'm just flagging for you that the "type" property of your media attachments is not set properly
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I'll take a look at it, thanks for reporting.
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@grunfink in mastodon (not necessarily ActivityPub) "link" is not a valid value for a MediaAttachment
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/MediaAttachment/#type
@grunfink something up with how phanpy displays links now
I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.76 here:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28373
GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks passed!
It's up to someone else with write access to merge it.
Thanks to you and dandelions and shtrophic (and anyone else I may have missed) for the continued contributions and improvements!
(these modest diffs were prepared in part while listening to "Garlic Braid" by LMNO & D-STYLES: https://d-styles.bandcamp.com/track/garlic-braid [the 1st single from the upcoming full length album: Three Mimes & an Elephant)
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
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ifconfig(8) and especially the /etc/ifconfig.<interface_name> configuration system ❤️I'm not disappointed by the result, it still could be used as a semi dumb terminal for ssh(1). The memory usage is low because I deactivated all services but cron(8); it may be lower with a tailored kernel, but I don't mind 🙂
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I couldn't test the parallel, pcmcia ports, but all the rest just work, I even took the luxury to try adding urndis(4) but that doesn't play well with USB1. Well it's compensated by using yt-dlp(1) then ffplay2(1) successfully to play youtube audio on a 25 years old clunker.
I'm very impressed by build.sh, it's magic and hard to believe for the newcomer! I cross-compiled the NetBSD kernel from Linux/amd64 to NetBSD/i386 with ease thanks to the official docs and some wget(1) invocations to download sets.
I'll keep dearly my kernel config file derived from GENERIC_TINY. It has been the hard part ahah
How to change a password on a remote system... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
On a BSD or Linux system?
SSH into it and use passwd(1), and done. The same command that has worked for decades.
On that Windows system over remote-desktop?
Some instructions will tell you to use control+alt+delete to get to the password-change screen. But that gets intercepted locally. So can't use that.
Other instructions will tell you to use the Accessibility settings to launch an on-screen keyboard with which you can enter the control-alt-delete to get to the password-change screen. But that doesn't seem to work when I just tested it.
As a third option, you can launch PowerShell, type
(New-Object -COM Shell.Application).WindowsSecurity()
and hit Enter. And that works reliably for me.
I'm glad Windows is such a consistent and user-friendly OS. 🙄
systemctl edit sorcery, disabling PrivateTmp, which is a bit meh.Don't ask me why I did it, especially that I don't need that much of throughput.
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Fun, I did the same just because I could too.
I put the socket in my snac folder, allowing the Webserver to read that parent folder, but then I didn't have to disable private tmp.
Hoping I didn't overlook something critical there 🙂.
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@stefano IIRC Anubis only blocks when it detects the string Mozilla in the User Agent, or did that change?
@stefano I was pondering whether a simple HTTP authentication tweak to enable subscribing to an RSS feed could be an acceptable compromise 🤔
https://foo:pass@site.tld/rss
@stefano Less of an urge, more of a necessity for some services. If the same server your blog is on also hosts a git repository those scrapers kept taking down the whole thing by DDoS.
Best write those authors to ask them adding the RSS feed to the Anubis exemptions.
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@Natanox I know. We had the same problem at BSD Cafe: those scrapers are hitting the Forgejo instance and it's a DDoS.
I'll ask those authors to fix their configuration to allow a better RSS access.
anubis has a -policy-fname flag pointing a policy JSON file where you can allow various URLs to pass through. See the service file and the JSON snippets at https://blueslugs.com/2025/03/27/deploying-anubis-on-nginx/ in practice for a RSS feed.Sadly, anubis' doc is not very straightforward in this regard. Probably because Xe wanted to protect a proxied git forge, not a blog
Actually for a very small, minimalist site, Anubis means extra bandwidth, so pick your poison. As stated in the project README on Github, in most cases you don't need it.
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Still more reliable than my office apps skills though :D
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