James Thomas Moon jtmoon79

Useful Tools

Some useful tools and tweaks for new systems. Probably only useful for me, @jtmoon79.

Update: use PowerShell script PythonEmbed4Win.ps1.

The instructions in this gist have some subtle problems and this gist will not be updated.

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Problem

You have installed GPG, then tried to perform a git commit and suddenly you see this error message after it 😰

error: gpg failed to sign the data
fatal: failed to write commit object

Understand the error (important to solve it later!)

How to automatically start ssh server on boot on Windows Subsystem for Linux

Microsoft partnered with Canonical to create Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, running through a technology called the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Below are instructions on how to set up the ssh server to run automatically at boot.

Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file by running the command sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config and do the following
1. Change Port to 2222 (or any other port above 1000)
2. Change PasswordAuthentication to yes. This can be changed back to no if ssh keys are setup.
Restart the ssh server:
- sudo service ssh --full-restart
With this setup, the ssh server must be turned on every time you run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, as by default it is off. Use this command to turn it on:

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	#
	# run single instance of glances on the system as user glances.
	# follows from https://gist.github.com/jtmoon79/1b5a806b3e71874542c21b1578156a42
	# designed for a Debian-based Linux
	#
	# place this file at /var/lib/glances/glances-start.sh
	# chmod +x /var/lib/glances/glances-start.sh
	# should look like:
	# ls -l /var/lib/glances/glances-start.sh

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	#
	# install glances system monitor onto a Debian-based System under user "glances"
	# https://github.com/nicolargo/glances
	#
	# This creates user "glances" (which glances presumes to do) but for the purpose of install the program glances (and the
	# required libraries) under permissions of user glances. This way,
	# - glances programs are slightly better contained under user glances permissions
	# - glances (and related programs) are not added to shared $PATH directories
	#

	[Custom Colors]
	01=#000000
	02=#B5E2F5
	03=#A2C5D4
	04=#89ACEC
	05=#006633
	06=#B2D766
	07=#648000
	08=#F6B05B
	09=#FFFFFF

	This file provides some nifty command-line tools around DD-WRT's nvram command.
	https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware#NVRAM
	USE WITH CAUTION: fiddling with nvram can wipe your settings and you may loose access to your router.
	Hint 1: Different version of DD-WRT might use different nvram variables. Thus, be carefull when updating.
	Hint 2: The commands listed below should be issued via a ssh-connection since the webinterface for issuing commands might time out for the longer commands.

	Background
	==========
	Extracting the content of configuration variables with nvram would provide an easy way of selective backup/restore of settings. However, listing the content of the nvram via
	nvram show

	# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	# r u s t f m t - C O N F I G
	# ==================================================================================
	#
	# Version: 0.7.1
	# Author : Robbepop <robbepop@web.de>
	#
	# A predefined .rustfmt.toml file with all configuration options and their
	# associated description, possible values and default values for use in other
	# projects.

	@echo off

	setlocal
	call :setESC

	cls
	echo %ESC%[101;93m STYLES %ESC%[0m
	echo ^<ESC^>[0m %ESC%[0mReset%ESC%[0m
	echo ^<ESC^>[1m %ESC%[1mBold%ESC%[0m
	echo ^<ESC^>[4m %ESC%[4mUnderline%ESC%[0m