Thunderbird System setup

Thunderbird Extensions.   See Tools->Add-ons and search, or use links below

The message export died.  use this entry to deal with filters.

Thunderbird Message Filter Import/Export Enhanced

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/tb-import-export-wind-li-port/?src=search


https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/password-exporter/?src=search 

Get rid of double spacing format in composition (new install)

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1118727

Go to Tools > Options > Composition > General tab.

Here you need to uncheck where it says
"When using paragraph format, the enter key creates a new paragraph."

 Change location of profile

It's possible to move the location of a profile folder. This could be useful if you have a backed up profile folder somewhere on your hard drive and want to tell Thunderbird to use that as your profile. This section explains how to do this.

1. Shut down Thunderbird completely (File > Exit).
2. Move the profile folder to the desired location. For example, on Windows XP, move the profile from C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default to D:\Stuff\MyMailProfile. If you are reading these instructions because you want to restore a previously backed up profile, this step isn't necessary. Just note the current location of the profile you want to restore.
3. Open up profiles.ini in a text editor. The file is located in the application data folder for Thunderbird:
   • On Windows Vista/XP/2000, the path is %AppData%\Thunderbird\
   • On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usually C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Thunderbird\
   • On Linux, the path is ~/.thunderbird/
   • On Mac OS X, the path is ~/Library/Application Support/Thunderbird/
4. In profiles.ini, locate the entry for the profile you've just moved. Change the Path= line to the new location. If you are using a non-relative pathname, the direction of the slashes may be relevant (this is true for Windows XP).
5. Change IsRelative=1 to IsRelative=0.
6. Save profiles.ini and restart Thunderbird.

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Setting up Pi Raspian on 7" Pi screen

The Pi screen can be used in any orientation.  I bought a backshell which mounts it in a nice case upside down, however, requiring a 180 degree rotation to work correctly.

do the following:

edit /boot/config.txt

add line:

display_rotate=2

value 1=90
value 2=180
value 3=270

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=120793

The default keyboard in Raspian is British english.  To reconfigure do the following:

in a bash screen:
rerun the configuration for the keyboard package with dpkg-reconfigure
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

reload the configuration with:
invoke-rc.d keyboard-setup start

Ten things to turn off in Windows 10 as of 2016

Summary from article at end of this post.  To get to various options, follow the tabs / screens.  Some links explain more detail as a reference.  This is a quick summary to make it more handy to run thru the settings for a new install, or a system which has not been adjusted.

Update sharing outside your house
Settings > Update & security > Advanced options > Choose how updates are delivered
stop-windows-10-from-using-your-pc-for-file-sharing 

Advertising ID
You can turn this off by going to Settings > Privacy > General > Let my apps use my advertising ID for experiences across apps (turning this off will reset your ID).

Start menu ads:
Settings > Personalization > Start > Occasionally show suggestions in Start.
get-rid-of-ads-in-your-windows-10-start-menu

Notifications (select and turn some off)
Settings > System > Notifications & actions and turning off things like Show me tips about Windows

Cortana "getting to know you".  another privacy leak to the mothership.
Settings > Privacy > Speech, inking, & typing and clicking Stop getting to know me.

Review Background Apps:
Settings > Privacy > Background apps

Disable Lock screen (where prudent)
Lock Screen
 how-to-disable-the-windows-10-lock-screen
 
Select which syncing you want
Settings > Accounts > Sync your settings. You can turn off all settings syncing

Visual effects in interface:
System > Advanced system settings. Under the Advanced tab, go to Performance and click Settings

Select update policy:
Settings->Updates and Security->Advanced Options  Automatic Updates

Original article 2016
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/10-things-to-disable-in-windows-10/

Transfering SQL database between two linux servers

Process for moving a database between two linux servers running mysql.

Target server may or may not have the database created.  example used uses phpmydmin create database to create the empty database.

Use mysqldump to create an ".sql" file with the data from the database.  Example here is for an RSS reader application, and keeps track of the rss feeds for doing deltas for the read presentation.

Note for sql the password and user id are for the mysql users and the password on the mysql server.  They are not linux account passwords.  The commands can be performed from any userid with access to the mysql commands, since the database is worked via the mysqldump command to the mysql socket.  Access to the actual files is not required, since the work is done on those files by the mysql server.

backup:

 mysqldump --password=<some-password> -u <userid> rss > 2016-0522-rss-mysqldump.sql

create database in phpmyadmin: 

Databases->Create new Database [enter rss in name field] (Create)

restore:

mysql -u <userid> --password=<password> rss < 2016-0522-rss-mysqldump.sql

using ssl purchased cert with ipfire

This posting covers a problem with installing a cert and verifying it on ipfire, since the port 80 and 444 ports are used for the firewall.  The service this guy used needed those ports open to do the cert install.

However it is useful to note that it names the method used for moving those ports out of the way as well from other posts here.

Also the site letsencrypt has free certs.  Looks like possibly only one cert for a server is required to convert to using https regardless of how many servers one has on a site.  need to investigate.

https://gpcn.org/?tag=ipfire-certificate

IPFire versus SSLCerts

25. February 2016 Leave a comment

so I decided to purchase a ‘real’ SSL certificate for my IPFire installation and as it was the cheapest one I could find I went with ssls.com… so far so good.
But, if you follow the instructions, one problem remains: if you chose to upload the verification file any confirmation will fail as IPFire uses ports 81 and 444 for the webinterface. To resolve that issue, at least temporarily we will excute the following steps:
(1) if you contact the firewall from the ‘outside world’ make sure you add exceptions for ports 80 and 443
(2) upload the provided file to /srv/web/ipfire/html/
now the fun starts…
modify the ports in
/etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts.d/ipfire-interface.conf and ipfire-interface-ssl.conf
now our apache would not know, which ports it is configured for, however, unless you change the
/etc/httpd/conf/listen.conf
as well nothing will happen…
Now execute a /etc/init.d/apache restart
once your certificate is ready, replace the certs in /etc/httpd, change back the ports and reload the service… your purchased cert should now be used.

Update: IPfire seems to replace der server.crt sometimes when being updated… in that case you might have to overwrite the certificate again and restart apache.

adding webcam string to ipfire

This is useful as it contains examples useful in bringing up a webcam server, as well as uploading info to dropbox.

Also demonstrates adding to pakfire (ipfire module)


https://ict.ken.be/add-webcam-stream-to-ipfire

Things to remember

• Ipfire default web interface is on http port 81 or https port 444
• Add .1 to version in /opt/pakfire/etc/pakfire.conf and do pakfire update --force so you can install addons from testing branch
• Use pakfire to install motion
• Motion by default streams on port 2500, but you can set this in /etc/motion.conf
• Needed to add a video user and video group
• The boot file /etc/init.d/motion needs some adjustments to allow starting motion at boot time
• Set firewall rule correct to forward the port: From any to firewall red for tcp on port 2500 for webcam

Posts that helped me on the way

• http://www.chriswpage.com/tag/motion-detection/
• http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionGuide
• http://wiki.ipfire.org/en/configuration/ipfire/pakfire/testing
• https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader

Adjustments to motion configuration
/etc/motion.conf

mkdir -p /var/motion/cam1
chown -R video: /var/motion/cam1
mkdir -p /var/run/motion/
chown video:video /var/run/motion/
chmod 755 /var/run/motion/
loadproc sudo -u video /usr/bin/motion

Move snapshots to dropbox
/etc/motion.conf

on_picture_save /etc/init.d/dropbox/up-snapshot.sh %f %Y%m%d %H%M%S

up-snapshot.sh

/etc/init.d/dropbox/du.sh upload $1 cam1/$2/$2-$3-snapshot.jpg && rm -f $1

Sync dropbox to main website on ipfire
sync.sh

rm -rf /srv/web/localhost/html/
/etc/init.d/dropbox/du.sh download html/ /src/web/localhost/
find /srv/web/localhost/html -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find /srv/web/localhost/html -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

addons to firefox quick reference

get rid of newtab screen, which is a huge bandwidth waster
about:addons
new tab override

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

get rid of ads
google for and install adblock plus

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

download scraper for html pages with content.
downloadthemall

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/

google for and load
download youtube videos as mp4

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-youtube/

Apk downloader extension
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/apk-downloader/

For some incomprehensible reason, the default action on a page in Mozilla Firefox on Linux isn't to go back a to the prior page.

This is fixed with the following to work as it does everywhere else.

The browser.backspace_action is defaulted to 2 on Ubuntu, and perhaps on the Iceweasel version on generic Debian.

1. Open Firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It'll confirm, click on I'll be careful, I promise! button.
2. Now type backspace in the Filter box and look for following key:

browser.backspace_action

3. The entry "browser.backspace_action" would be set to 0. You can change its value to any of following based upon your requirements:

1 - To change its action to scroll up in a page. You can use "Shift+Backspace" to scroll down.
2 - To disable it.

New tab override
older versions are available here, when it is necessary to downgrade the browser.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/versions/ 

Download as mp4 replacement
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-download/