maciakl / elevate.cmd

Last active January 8, 2025 20:57

If your batch file needs to run as Administrator, put this at the top of your script. It will initiate a UAC prompt and run the rest of the script in elevated mode.

	if "%1" == "elevated" goto start
	powershell -command "Start-Process %~nx0 elevated -Verb runas"
	goto :EOF
	:start
	rem your code goes here

maciakl / colors

Created July 4, 2019 17:40

	#!/bin/bash

	# This script defines environment variables which allow you to
	# easily colorize your scripts.
	#
	# At the start of your bash script simply source this file like this:
	#
	# [ -f "$HOME/scripts/colors" ] && source $HOME/scripts/colors
	#
	# Then you can use all the variables to colorize output like this:

maciakl / makeafile

Last active June 21, 2019 14:13

Make a file of a specific size

	#!/bin/bash
	die() {
	echo>&2 " Usage: makefile <filename> <size>"
	echo>&2 " size is in format <number><unit> where unit can be K,M,G, etc... Example: 256K, 10M, 1G."
	exit 1
	}
	[ "$#" -eq 2 ] \|\| die
	dd if=/dev/urandom of=$1 bs=$2 count=1

maciakl / tunnel-create

Last active June 21, 2019 14:05

Scripts for SSH Tunneling

	#!/bin/bash

	# Script to tunnel to a remote server from a firewall using a third
	# server in the middle.

	[ -f "$HOME/scripts/colors" ] && source $HOME/scripts/colors

	USAGE="USAGE:\n\t tunnel-create $Color_Blue BOUNCE_SERVER DESTINATION$COlor_Off $Color_Cyan[BOUNCE_PORT] [DEST_PORT]$Color_Off\n\n"
	USAGE+="\t $Color_Blue BOUNCE_SERVER$Color_Off\t - Server through which you will be tunneling\n"
	USAGE+="\t $Color_Blue DESTINATION$Color_Off\t - Server you want to ssh into.\n"

maciakl / index.html

Created June 3, 2019 20:33

Very basic status monitoring page for your local network.

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>System Status</title>
	<style>

	body {
	margin-top: 50px;
	margin-left: 25%;
	margin-right: 25%;

maciakl / wannacry-patch-check.vbs

Created May 15, 2017 19:58

Very quick and dirty script for checking if Win7 computer has one of the required WannaCry / WannaCrypt patches. Have user double click and run. It will show a notification prompt when done, and generate a log file indicating which patch it detected if any.

	'Enter the name of the computer to check:
	ComputerName = "." 'Replace the dot with a computer name, to connect to a remote computer

	Dim pop
	Set pop = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

	set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
	Set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
	outFile= WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") & "\PATCH.LOG.TXT"
	Set logfile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(outFile,True)

maciakl / index.html

Last active December 14, 2020 21:56

Sample Project Website Skeleton for CSIT Students

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8">
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
	<!-- do not edit above this line -->

	<meta name="author" content="***">
	<title> Page Title</title>
	</head>

maciakl / Makefile

Created June 14, 2016 13:29

Pandoc, continous compilation setup.

	# Run watch -n1 make

	files := $(shell xargs -a COMPILELIST.TXT)

	index.html: $(files)
	pandoc $(files) --toc -f markdown -t html -c style.css -o $@

maciakl / .latexmkrc

Created May 11, 2016 14:21

Latexmk Config File

	$pdflatex = "pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode %O %S";
	$pdf_previewer = "start evince";
	$pdf_update_method = 0;

maciakl / FreeBSD-install-notes.mkd

Last active March 16, 2016 18:42

FreeBSD install notes

FreeBSD Installation Notes

Some notes about installing and configuring BSD machines:

Disable Hardware Bell

Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the following line:

hw.syscons.bell=0

Luke Maciak maciakl

FreeBSD Installation Notes

Disable Hardware Bell