Hello noryb009 and all, Lick 1.2 is still my preferred way to boot Linux distros on a 2017 HP laptop. W10 came on an internal 32GB card; all my Linux installs are on a separate ssd. I manually add entries to lickgrub.cfg. I recently had a disaster with the windows disk involving haste and gparted, s...

Hello Back in 2010, rcrsn51 wrote, You may have scripts that you use regularly, but must open a terminal window to run them. Here is a simple method for making a script clickable. You can then put a shortcut to the script on your desktop. Just place the following three lines at the top of the script...

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+1 lo de josé. Uso por costumbre una contraseña de 63 caracteres, el máximo. Conecte via alambre a la hora de cambiar las contraseñas. Apague wifi y conecte via alambre cuando sea factible. Suerte!

I use gpg, e.g.>edited: wording
**As you probably know, shred is pointless on a ssd according to what I read

MM, thanks for your insight, as always. If the author fixes this "possible bug", then I'll certainly have to change my script!

In a script, I call a function yad --timeout=$x --button=cancel && cancel action || timeout action Usually, $x is 10 or 60, but in one case I want to go immediately to the timeout action. x=0 disables timeout, but any non-integer string results in yad error, exit code 255, and gives the desi...

May I ask how you want to use it? I forget to hit enter, or I'm too lazy to click OK :( I have been using Xdialog --timeout --interval, would have been surprised if yad could not do the same--although it required some reading between the lines. suspend; z=$(timeout -s SIGUSR1 5 yad --text "ent...

phat7 wrote:

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z=$(timeout -s SIGUSR1 5 yad --entry)

Compact and works perfectly. Thanks!

SIGUSR1: Close dialog with 0 exit code.
If more than one yad running:

Hello,
Can yad accept input at timeout, without hitting enter or OK? Like this: Sorry if the answer is somewhere in this long thread; I looked Thanks in advance

@belham2 Glad the commands worked in spite of the typo in the url. "Bugger up territory" is a useful term. Everyone has a TMI threshold; mine is rather low. I honestly believe the common internet-using person doesn't understand ... I know I don't. I keep eyes open but have no illusion of k...

@belham2, rufwoof's syntax works for me: z=nsa.org openssl s_client -connect $z:443 < /dev/null |& openssl x509 -fingerprint -noout wget -O - https://grc.com/fingerprints.htm?domain=$z | grep $z Good luck awking out the fingerprint ;) EDIT: the example was supposed to be z=nsa. gov Was it a typo...

About a year ago, a Vivaldi developer wrote what was for me a very informative article about VPNs . I asked in the comments whether a VPN increases data security if I am already using https. His answer: [if you are using https with verified certificate], the VPN-as-a-proxy or secure web proxy would ...

Thanks for the replies. They will take me a while to digest. What does "Trust if EV" mean? Gibson says " Extended Validation [EV] certificates are COMPLETELY SPOOF PROOF! " ... that was/is the most straight-forward, clear explanation I've seen regarding certificates... Wondering ...

Thanks!

For https, when on public wifi I follow the protocol of http://www.grc.com/fingerprints (Trust if EV, otherwise verify the certificate fingerprint). So I believe m-i-m is precluded.

s243a, thanks for the reply. To narrow my question, I'm thinking of public wifi, where I have no control over the router. But that routersploit site is very interesting.

Someone on the MXLinux forum asked if it's possible to set up a guest account with no password. One of the replies said: If your PC is plugged into any network... and you have an open account, anyone with access to that network has free and open access to your machine. Ok, I have no interest in an o...

OK--easy as 123

don570, I have consulted this thread countless times. Belated thanks for doing it. And a question: is there an easy way to grab a color code from a pixel of an image? Ideally, I could click on a pixel and view the color code as in gimp (FG/BG Color window). A workaround I have found is to select a s...

Hi Torm, I hope these help:
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001121.htm
https://www.quora.com/What-is-X86-X64-X ... tween-them
Trial and error is good too!