Setup Configuration This is a minimum configuration file for /etc/mpd.conf music_directory "/var/lib/mpd/music" playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists" db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db" pid_file "/run/mpd/mpd.pid" state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate" user "mpd" audio_output { type "pulse" name "My Pulse Output" } …

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Music Player Daemon Install, then run as user with all configuration files in ~/.config/mpd/. Go down config list, copied from /usr/share/docs/mpd/ or something. mpd-configure Problem solving I couldn't change volume, so in mpd.conf I uncommented the pulse audio lines and restarted mpd. This allowed pulse audio output, …

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Netstat Stuff Stats on local net usage within domain. 1iftop -p -n 1whois domain.com Info on domain, whether it's taken, et c.: 1dig domain.com 1ifconfig Versatile wifi tool: 1nmcli Examples You want to connect to the internet. 1sudo iwconfig Get knowledge of wireless state. The output might be: wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11 …

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Create the configuration directory before you start, and add at least 1 URL. 1mkdir ~/.config/newsboat 1echo 'https://voidlinux.org/atom.xml foss tech' >> ~/.config/newsboat/urls Start newsobat and press r to load your feed. To add a feed, you can press E to edit that urls file. Examples of Feeds …

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Install nginx: 1sudo apt-get install nginx 1sudo apt-get enable --now nginx Put a website somewhere: 1mkdir /var/www/html/mysite/ Put an index file there: 1vim /var/www/html/mysite/index.html Make the owner www-data 1chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mysite/ Make a configuration file for nginx: 1vim …

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Example: 1nmap 192.168.1.1/24 Flags: Flag Meaning Effect -F Fast First 100 ports only Look for a web server, which has ports 80 and 443 open: 1nmap 192.168.1.1/24 -p 80,443 --open

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Packages are kept in /var/cache/pacman/pkg. Delete unused old packages with: 1sudo pacman -Sc Signatures are handled by the pacman-key, initially set up with: 1sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux And refreshed with: sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys If you have usigned keys, you can refresh with: 1sudo pacman -Sc or …

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FDisk Basics 1su root 2fdisk /dev/sda m for help. n to make a partition. t to mark the partition type (see IDs below). w to write the changes to the disk. Note the asterisk marking the boot partition. IDs ID Meaning 83 Linux 5 Extended 82 Swap fdisk will not help with a GPT formatted drive. For this, use gdisk, which …

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Setup gpg keys. Show your gpg secret it: 1gpg --list-secret-keys Then use the id number under sec to make a pass repo: 1KEY="$(gpg --list-secret-keys | grep -m 1 -A1 '^sec' | tail -n 1)" 1pass init $KEY To add a basic password, e.g. for $WEBSITE: 1pass $WEBSITE To insert a multiline password, e.g. with a login name: …

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You cannot erase pdf metadata with exiftool (it only appends your changes). To delete pdf metadata, you'll need gs. Make a text file called 'pdfmark.txt'. 1[ /Title () 2/Author () 3/Subject () 4/Creator () 5/ModDate () 6/Producer () 7/Keywords () 8/CreationDate () 9/DOCINFO pdfmark Then run: 1gs -o output.pdf …

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