Sunday, April 05, 2026

move dovecot, opensmtpd, nginx from Archlinux to Ubuntu

 i plan to move Archlinux at vultr to Ubuntu at Tencent.

  • firewall at Tencent, 
    • no need to convert iptables to ufw since Tencent cloud has firewall
    • "在轻量数据库中,支持配置防火墙规则来控制访问权限,进行网络隔离以增强安全性。如果不配置防火墙规则,则表示不限制访问数据库的来源,未经授权的访问也可连接数据库。如果配置防火墙规则,限制了来源、协议以及端口,例如:配置来源为172.1.4.12、协议为TCP、端口为45,访问策略为允许,则表示仅允许来源为172.1.4.12,来自 TCP 协议且端口号为45的应用访问轻量数据库。"
    • open Tencent firewall port: 80, 443; 25,465,587; 993
    • Tencent cloud not allow to use port 25 for outcoming email but port 465 is OK,
  • letsencrypt;
    • sudo tar -cpzvf letsencrypt_archive.tar.gz -C /etc letsencrypt
      • -C /etc: Change directory to /etc first (so the archive contains letsencrypt/ instead of full /etc/letsencrypt/ path)
    • sudo tar -xzvpf letsencrypt_archive.tar.gz -C /etc
    • sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx
    • dpkg -L certbot
    • sudo vim /usr/lib/systemd/system/certbot.service
    • add "ExecStartPost=/bin/systemctl reload nginx.service ; /bin/systemctl restart smtpd ; /bin/systemctl restart dovecot" and sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  • nginx
    • sudo apt install nginx
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf .
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/nginx/httpasswd .
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/nginx/mime.types .
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/nginx/ssl/RSA2048.pem .
    • on vultr
      • cd /srv/http
      • sudo rm -rf .local/
      • in pyblog and pymoney: sudo rm -rf __pycache__/ .venv/
      • sudo tar -cpzvf http.tar.gz -C /srv http
    • sudo scp  vultr:/srv/http.tar.gz .
    • sudo tar -xzvpf http.tar.gz -C /sr
  • update DNS record with new IP
  • opensmtpd
    • sudo apt install opensmtpd opensmtpd-extras opensmtpd-filter-dkimsign
    • on vultr
      • sudo chmod o+r myselector.*
    • mkdir /etc/smtpd
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/smtpd/smtpd.conf /etc/smtpd
    • sudo ln -s /etc/smtpd/smtpd.conf /etc/smtpd.conf
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/smtpd/myselector.* .
    • sudo chown opensmtpd:opensmtpd myselector.*
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/smtpd/aliases /etc/smtpd
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/smtpd/users /etc/smtpd
    • update smtpd.conf from "enp1s0" to "eth0"
    • sudo scp vultr:/var/mail/hongy19 . ; cd /var/mail/; sudo chown hong19:hongy19 hongy19
    • sudo apt isntall mutt; sudo scp vultr:/home/hongy19/.mutt/* .

  • dovecot
    • sudo apt install dovecot-pop3d dovecot-imapd
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf .
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/dovecot/dh.pem .
    • cd /etc/dovecot/conf.d
    • sudo mv 10-auth.conf 10-auth.conf.orig; sudo scp  vultr:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf .
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-mailbox.conf .; sudo mv 20-mailbox.conf 10-mail.conf
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/30-ssl.conf .;sudo mv 30-ssl.conf 10-ssl.conf
    • sudo scp  vultr:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/40-service.conf .
    • ubuntu dovecot still 2.3.2, not use new configuraiton file
      • dovecot_config_version = 2.4.2
      • auth_allow_cleartext = no
      • passdb_driver=pam
      • mail_driver = mbox
      • mail_path = ~/mail
      • mail_inbox_path = /var/mail/%{user}
      • service_restart_request_count = 1
      • ssl_server_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/hongy19.net/fullchain.pem
      • ssl_server_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/hongy19.net/privkey.pem
      • ssl_server_dh_file = /etc/dovecot/dh.pem
      • service_restart_request_count = 1
      • driver = passwd

  • fail2ban
  • sshguard
  • uwsgi
  • vnstat.service
  • others
    • cd /home/hongy19
    • scp vultr:/home/hongy19/.rtorrent.rc .
    • scp vultr:/home/hongy19/.vimrc .
    • scp  vultr:/home/hongy19/.mailrc .
    • mkdir bin; scp vultr:/home/hongy19/bin/* .

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Openclaw installation and configuration

 

  • openclaw: 
    • 2026.3.24 change plugin interface and many old plugin doesn't work
    • openclaw update
  • Weibo official plugin
    • get appID and appSecret from 微博小龙虾
  • dingtalk-connector for 钉钉
    • follow guideline.
    • get useID from 钉钉管理后台
    • get groupid from "openclaw logs", @ robot at group and get following logs
      • 2026-03-26T11:20:54.327Z warn [DingTalk:__default__] 群聊被拦截: conversationId=cidxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx= 不在 groupAllowFrom 白名单中
  • pinned version plugin upgrade
    • backup openclaw.json
    • openclaw plugins uninstall weibo-openclaw-plugin
    • remove weibo in openclaw.json
    • openclaw plugins install @wecode-ai/weibo-openclaw-plugin@2.0.1-beta.1
    • add weibo in openclaw.json
  • openclaw cron
    • openclaw cron add --name "每周记忆整理" --cron "0 7 * * 1" --tz "Asia/Shanghai" --session isolated --message "整理最近 7 天的日志,提炼到长期记忆" --announce --channel weibo --to "1000000009"
  • openclaw logs 
    • timestamp is UTC by default, openclaw logs --local-time

"weibo": { "enabled": true, "appId": "11111111111", "appSecret": "786aaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx522" },

"dingtalk-connector": { "enabled": true, "clientId": "dingxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "clientSecret": "CDxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXjA", "dmPolicy": "allowlist", "allowFrom": ["000000000000000000000000000003"], "groupPolicy": "allowlist", "groupAllowFrom": ["cidxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx="], "requireMention": true }

Sunday, December 07, 2025

epub bookmark update

  • rename sample.epub to sample.zip
  • unzip sample.zip
  • update OEBPS/toc.ncx
  • in the folder which include "OEBPS", "META-INF" and "mimetype". not the folder which include folder sample
  • zip -D -rX9 sample.epub * -x mimetype

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Dovecot upgrade from 2.3 to 2.4

  •  see link for detail guideline, Archlinux provide dovecot23 as alternative
  • add two new configuration, see link
    • dovecot_config_version = 2.4.2
    • dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.2
  • delete empy dict
#dict {
#quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
#expire = sqlite:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
#}

  • change "disable_plaintext_auth = yes" to "auth_allow_cleartext = no", see link
  • rename userdb and passdb. 
    • passdb authenticated the user. 
    • userdb lookup then retrieves post-login information specific to the authenticated user
userdb passwd {
          #driver = passwd
}
passdb pam {
          #driver = pam
          passdb_driver=pam
}

#mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
#mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%{user}

mail_driver = mbox
mail_path = ~/mail
mail_inbox_path = /var/mail/%{user}

  • update ssl, see linklink.
#ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/hongy19.net/fullchain.pem
#ssl_key =  </etc/letsencrypt/live/hongy19.net/privkey.pem
#ssl_dh =   </etc/dovecot/dh.pem
ssl_server_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/hongy19.net/fullchain.pem
ssl_server_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/hongy19.net/privkey.pem
ssl_server_dh_file = /etc/dovecot/dh.pem

  • rename "service_count = 1" to "service_restart_request_count = 1", see link.

/var/permission

 

from link, /var/mail should have correct permissions 2775 root:mail

The first digit "2" represents the setgid (Set Group ID) special permission:

  • 2 = setgid bit enabled
  • When set on a directory, new files created within inherit the directory's group ownership
  • This ensures all mail files created in /var/mail automatically belong to the mail group

The s represents the setgid bit. It appears in the group execute position:
  • Normal group permissions: rwx (read, write, execute)
  • With setgid: rws (read, write, setgid)
  • With setgid but no execute: rwS (capital S)

Sunday, July 20, 2025

pdflatex + ctex support Chinese font

  •  Xelatex could support Chinese with ctex + Truetype/OpenType font. you could search web for detail.
  • latex could support Chinese with ctex + tfm/pk font.
  • pdflatex need type1 font, so tfm/pk and Truetype/OpenType font doesn't work. But there are three ways to support Chinese for pdflatex
    • ctex + simsum.ttc
      • \documentclass[fontset=windows]{ctexart} 
      • zhmetrics provide tfm file for simsun.
      • zhmetrics provide mapping file to map tfm back to simsun.ttf (Truetype), but not for other Chinese ttf font,  see /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/zhmetrics/zhwinfonts.tex
      • it embedded Trutype font into pdf.

    • ctex + CJKutf8 + gbsn. 
      • it embedded type1 font into pdf, you could use "pdffonts" to check.
\documentclass[fontset=none]{ctexart}

\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\begin{document}
\begin{CJK*}{UTF8}{gbsn}
你好,世界!
\end{CJK*}
\end{document}

    • CJK + gbsn
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{CJK}
\begin{document}
\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{gbsn}
这是一个CJKutf8的例子,使用的字体是gbsn。
\end{CJK}
\end{document}


Friday, September 20, 2024

wifi error for raspberry: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0x100e fail, reason -52

 

I couldn't connect to my raspberry pi for several days. Today I conducted a trouble shooting. 

At beginning, I think system is down due to flashcard broken but later I found raspyberry still has ipv4/ipv6 address from home router. I tried to ssh but not successful. I ping the server first, ping is Ok. Then I could ssh server successfully.

it seems i am not the only guy who has this issue, see 

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=367466

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1508490/ubuntu-server-on-raspberry-pi-5-is-not-connecting-to-the-internet

Thursday, August 01, 2024

python typing check