https://wiki.kptree.net/ 2026-09-22T06:26:50+00:00 https://wiki.kptree.net/ https://wiki.kptree.net/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-03-24T06:04:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:vim?rev=1711260280&do=diff vim neovim command linux debian text editor setup customise customisation cheatsheet VIM Editor When using sudo vim consider sudo -E. The -E flag to retain the user environment variables for vim. VIM Customisation ~/.vimrc colorscheme desert set nocompatible syntax on set number relativenumber set autoindent expandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 filetype plugin on filetype indent on set cursorline set cursorcolumn set shiftwidth=2 set tabstop=2 set expandtab text/html 2026-01-31T14:34:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:rsync?rev=1769870083&do=diff rsync backup linux debian rsnapshot Rsync These are my rsync notes. I also used to use rsnapshot, however I was unhappy with the performance of this application and moved to restic. The original rsnapshot notes have been rolled up and moved to the bottom of this page. Rsync Notes Main rsync command usage summary text/html 2025-01-03T00:55:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:back-up_server_old?rev=1735865746&do=diff linux debian backup lvm filesystem server nfs mount showmount Back-up Server Old Setup This has been more difficult than I would have thought. I have used rsnapshot the past couple of years (2020-21), but have never really been happy with it for many reasons. The main reason is that it has never worked well, the rsync is reasonably fast, but the rsnapshot takes far too long. Other problems include; difficulties in set-up, and concerns will reliability. Recently I noticed that Debian no longer … text/html 2022-01-16T03:18:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:tripwire?rev=1642303121&do=diff linux tripwire setup security Tripwire Trip wire check system files to check for any changes and alarms / alerts upon changes. ---------- Prev Start page Next text/html 2025-01-05T06:27:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:nfs?rev=1736058447&do=diff linux debian nfs fstab server NFS There are a lot of resources online for NFS (Network File System). Nevertheless I decided to place my notes here to help me with my configuration, as there are a number of nuances that such notes will potentially assist with in the future. Sadly a number of resources I use seem out of date, not updated and/or possible subject to disappearance. text/html 2026-03-05T13:20:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:snapraid?rev=1772716852&do=diff snapraid linux snapraid I have been using snapraid since circa 2015 for my main first past redundancy. I have a second home server used as a backup server that weekly backs up using restic. The main snapraid commands I use are: sudo snapraid sync to sync the files that have changes since last sync. I usually do this weekly, manually. text/html 2025-11-22T03:58:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:bash?rev=1763783897&do=diff linux bash alias tar bash_aliases configure configuration bashrc command script bashrc history sudo visudo dimmer ps kill nightmode xrandr tar archive default_editor editor BASH Customisation The standard BASH colour configuration uses a blue colour for listing directories (ls) which is difficult to read on a black background. While this is the “standard colour”, due to the impracticality I have decided to change it. text/html 2025-01-10T02:59:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:ssh?rev=1736477985&do=diff linux debian ssh ssh_notes SSH Notes SSH Login Message Acronyms and Definitions * MOTD = Message of the Day Login Messages * sudo vim /etc/issue.net Displays a message before the user begins login, I do not use this. * sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config ensure the following option is set text/html 2022-09-05T07:00:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.kptree.net/home_server:home_server_setup:other_services:samba?rev=1662361254&do=diff linux samba samba I have not look at samba much since I first attempted to set up my home sever circa 2011 on Fedora before I moved to Ubuntu. I stopped using Fedora as I had noob pain with Selinux, coupled with the short service life of Fedora, so I moved to Ubuntu, where I had a lot more success.