Collection of hacks

This is a collection of small hacks I wrote over the years.

ansi.py

ANSI terminal colors demo. Glorified readme, reusable as lib.

check_trace

Nagios plugin to resolve a check whether a hostname is fully resolvable, from the root nameservers down to the authoritative nameserver for the domain. On more than one occasion, SIDN broke the .nl zone, making this check useful.

clientbucket_to_git

Converts a puppet clientbucket to a git repository for easy inspection of server changes over time.

cisco-crypt.py

Python module and standalone script for encrypting/decrypting cisco-style encrypted passwords in .pcf files for the vpn client.

fake_time.c

Make your system think differently about time.

gateway_identify.py

xchat script that prints the IP address/hostname of users connecting from a known gateway on freenode.

git-ssh

Easy ssh access to remote git hosts and repos.

gnome-keyring-dump

Dump the contents of the gnome keyring

hilight.py

xchat script that copies all hilighting messages to a separate channel-like window.

launchpadduser

create local accounts based on launchpad accounts.

mutt-ldapsearch

Search e-mail addresses in ldap from mutt

mutt-keyring

Make mutt use gnome-keyring for passwords

nagios_uptime_report.pl

A management pacifier, mail them uptime graphs monthly to keep them happy (or sad, if you didn't do your job properly).

NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/autologin

Automatically log in to wireless networks that have a captive portal. This script doesn't actually login, but dispatches to actual login scripts.

NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/synergy

Autostart synergy when connected to the right network

NetworkManager/autologin.d/wifi_in_de_trein

Automatically log in to the wifi in dutch trains.

nma.pl

Send irssi notifications to your android phone when screen is detached.

otpindicator

An appindicator that can display a totp token

p2000

Script to monitor and alert on p2000 (dutch emergency services) messages.

pcat.c

A cat that works on fifos (created with mkfifo).

progressbar.py

Python library for creating smooth progressbars on the terminal using unicode characters for sub-character precision.

rainbow

Colorize output with a rainbow pattern. For those boring days.

reset_passwords

Boot from a live cd and run this to reset all passwords it finds.

run-single-cron

Runs a single job from a crontab exactly as cron would do it

singleton.py

Pure-python subclassable singleton class that uses new instead of the usual init+impl trick (borg pattern), so they are real singletons.

slack-send & slack-tail

Tools to send and receive slack messages on the command line.

stealenv.py

Steal (well, output) a process in a variety of formats, usable by shells and other languages.

subsetsum.py

Find a subset of a set of integers with a given sum. Useful for "for €50 in receipts, you get a free something".

suid_script_wrapper.c

When sudo is not available, you can use this to let people run a script as another user.

wag.c

Poor-mans file watcher. Whenever a file changes, execute an application. Made for systems where inotify does not exist.

wallpaper.py

Random wallpaper grabber & changer. Supports only interfacelift.com for now.