Archive for 2019
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/12
Steps to get it working on ESXi 6.x with p7zip 16.02:
- Copy the output of https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/files/p7zip/16.02/p7zip_16.02_x86_linux_bin.tar.bz2/download to a place where you can reach it through http (as
wget on ESXi does not understand https)
- Follow the script below
mkdir -p /local/bin
cd /local bin
wget http://192.168.71.62/esxi/netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/p7zip/p7zip/16.02/p7zip_16.02_x86_linux_bin.tar.bz2
bzip2 -d p7zip_16.02_x86_linux_bin.tar.bz2
mv p7zip_16.02/bin/7z* .
chmod 755 7z 7za 7zra
Based on much longer steps involving Windows and an older version of p7zip: 7zip on ESXi through p7zip.
–jeroen
Posted in 7zip, Compression, ESXi4, ESXi6, ESXi6.5, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/12
On my list of things to install soon IDE Fix Pack 6.4 and 6.4.1:
Technically, there is 6.4 that works in Delphi 10.3 Rio Update 1, but it is better to install 6.4.1 as it works with 10.3 and 10.3.1:
The dependencies file looks interesting for good uses list optimisation, given that you compile with all conditional define permutations:
There is a ton of changes, of which I like the bold ones most:
6.4
- Fixed: Packages with duplicate units may not have caused a fatal compiler error.
- Added: Support for Delphi 10.3 Rio
- Added: StyleUtils.inc performance optimizations for faster UI rendering (D10.3)
- Added: Infinite loop detection in TDebugger.UpdateEventLog
- Added: Fix for TStringList.IndexOfName bug (RSP-21633)
- Added: Fix for access violation in the Welcomepage JScript9.dll binding
- Added: TCustomListBox.ResetContent is skipped if the handle isn’t created yet
- Added: More STRINGCHECKS-free RTL code (2009/2010)
- Added: More DFM Streaming optimizations
- Added: RTL and DFM streaming patches to remove STRINGCHECKS (2009/2010)
- Added: Removed VclFixPack OutputDebugString calls (2009)
- Added: FillChar uses Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB cpu feature if available for large sizes.
- Added: Enabled CPU LOCK string assignment optimization for local variables
- Added: -x-Oe (experimental optimizations) and -x-cgo compiler option extension
- Added: CodeGen: Remove of some unnecessary push/pop operations
- Added: Expression Evaluator allows array access to pointers even if the type wasn’t declared with {$POINTERMATH ON}
- Added: Max number of constants in a function was increased from 64K to 16M (2009-XE3)
- Added: New compiler option extensions: -x–compileonly, -x–reslist, -x–depfile, -x–unitstats
- Added: More performance optimization for the DCC64 compiler
- Added: TStringBuilder.SetLength optimization [RSP-19178] (XE+)
- Added: TStrings.GetDelimitedText optimization
- Improved: Slight faster TStringList.IndexOfName optimization for sorted string lists.
6.4.1
- Fixed: StyleUtils.inc patch contained a hard coded address causing the patch to fail if the DLL’s base address was relocated. (10.3 only)
- Fixed: TCustomListBox.ResetContent patch crashed with an access violation. (2010 only)
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/11
I totally did not know that DOSKEY was part of CMD.EXE, but it is: [WayBack] How do I export the history from the Windows command line to a text file? – Super User
Even better: it can export the command history:
doskey /HISTORY > history.txt
Related:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/11
Most tips are OK, but:
- for password related policies, please read these:
- If you do DNS, implement DNSSEC
- I think ipv6 is OK, but like ipv4 needs to be firewalled
- Be really careful with fail2ban and similar tools: they are easy ways to lock yourself out as well, for instance by someone doing a nice (D)DoS on you.
Tips: [WayBack] 40 Linux Server Hardening Security Tips [2017 edition] – nixCraft
Via:
–jeroen
Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Encryption, Let's Encrypt (letsencrypt/certbot), Power User, Security | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/11
I always forget which colours the [WayBack] PS/2 port for keyboard and mouse have.
Some of my old (some call it classic or vintage) mice and keyboards don’t even have a coloured plug.
Luckily, Wikipedia has the answer File:Ps-2-ports.jpg – Wikipedia :
| Color |
Description |
| Purple |
Keyboard |
| Green |
Mouse |
–jeroen
Posted in History, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/08
TL;DR:
- Windows 10 has an undocumented
/unique switch for sort
- git for Windows ships with
uniq (in a default x64 install, it is at C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\uniq.exe)
From [WayBack] sorting – Is there a Windows equivalent to the Unix uniq? – Super User
This works fine:
dir /s /b *0*.pas *1*.pas *2*.pas *3*.pas *4*.pas *5*.pas *6*.pas *7*.pas*8*.pas *9*.pas | sort /unique > pas-files-with-numeric-names.txt
I need remove duplicate lines from a text file, it is simple in Linux usingcat file.txt |sort | uniqwhen file.txt containsaaabbbaaacccIt will output aaabbbcccIs there a Windows
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/08
TL;DR:
sudo -i is not an interactive logon to rootsudo -i bash is interactive and *does* execute /root/.bashrc
Source: [WayBack] sudo command doesn’t source /root/.bashrc – Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
–jeroen
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