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When I try to run an update using APT, if there is an issue with a single repository, APT will not continue and the update fails... Shouldn't APT just skip that repo and continue? Especially when it is a separate file under /etc/sources.list.d/? And not connected to any of the Ubuntu repos?

Isn't this a bit of a security flaw? If a bad repo list could be written, it would stop important security repos from updating through unnattended updates, wouldn't it? Luckily, it updated the security repo second... maybe that is by design.

This is what I get after apt update. The update of repos doesn't continue after the broken one.

Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu - InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu --security InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu --updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu --backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://apt.keepsolid.com/ubuntu - InRelease
Err:6 http://apt.keepsolid.com/ubuntu - Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 144.217.71.199 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://apt.keepsolid.com/ubuntu - Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Im getting this error "Configuration item specification must have an =" after apt install snapd. Apparently I have two versions available:

snapd/focal-updates,focal-security,now 2.54.3+20.04.1ubuntu0.2 amd64 [residual-config]
snapd/focal 2.44.3+20.04 amd64 [residual-config]

I'm a bit surprised there is nothing on Google for this error. I'm sure just need to enter a version with the =val, but not sure how yet.

I've tried using the gnome-keyring in a headless server, but have an error, so am back to envirnmental variables. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/690295/error-secret-tool-cannot-create-an-item-in-a-locked-collection

I tried using .env and .profile, but the latter is not called by Bash, but .bash_profile is used. Setting PATH variable in /etc/environment vs .profile

I'm not sure that will work for scripts or utilities when I'm not logged in running them, even though they run with root privs. For example, a cron.daily script that emails a report. I want to pass it $EMAIL, and also pass that variable other utilities like apticron, for security and ease of changing.

This answer suggests using an env var pointing to a config file, which I assume I could set ownership group and perms to. But is there a more conventional method? https://stackoverflow.com/a/26030125/4240654

EDIT: I just tested scripts after setting vars in .bashrc and they seem to work. Still testing utilities like Apticron... which it turns out doesnot accept a variable like EMAIL=$EMAIL in /etc/apticron/apticron.conf, probably because it is not running in the root ENV. Okay actually both of those work now after commenting out EMAIL="root" in /usr/lib/apticron/apticron.conf (which doesnt need to happen with using a plain text email, so that is inconsistent, and just for Apticron). Using a file and EMAIL=$(cat .env) still doesnt work with Apticron though.

Possible solutions:

• using GPG file:
• using pass: https://www.passwordstore.org/
• using a paid secrets service (would like to avoid)

The first two of those require opening a file or store, and leaving open on a server VM, which would be the same as using a limited access file like .env.

.bashrc is perm 644 by default, so readable by any other user, though the /root dir is 700 so not traversable? More importantly env vars even set just by root are accessible by all users.. probably because all child processes inherit parent env vars. Postfix stores its password in a separate file with 600 perms owned by root, and then hashes it for used in memory.

I thought apt list was for installed packages, but looks like it needs the --installed flag for that. So what is the difference between it and apt search. Is the former only looking in a local cache of available packages?

As the title says. Interesting behavior. I just switched over to nologin on root user for security, after adding my user to root and sudo groups. I added a longer sudo timeout as described in the link below. So I should be able to use usermod without adding sudo because root owns /etc/passwd and user is part of the root group..no?

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/26074/is-there-a-way-to-stop-having-to-write-sudo-for-every-little-thing-in-linux/676564#676564

Also, two more problems I found, likely related.. using guestmount failed from permissions, so I added user to kvm group (owner of the complaining file), but still requires sudo. Also, once mounted, I tried ls to /mnt, but have to use sudo even though /mnt is root:root..?

This isnt a trivial problem, because nologin on root disables most brute force ssh attacks, and yet having to use sudo before things like ll disables any alias.

How do I troubleshoot vfio-pci drivers, or any driver for that matter? I've combed the boot log and found no errors. If no one can answer, could someone suggest another forum that might know?

My issue is exactly this, yet the solution didnt work. The title states the problem, and I've added the same pre-load instructions used. GPU Passthrough with vfio-pci still uses nouveau driver

When I blacklist the nouveau driver, no other driver will load. Not even for my primary display card. Soon as I remove that one arg in the grub boot params, the nvidia driver loads fine. The vfio modules are loaded. I just cant get the card to use them. Any ideas? Or any way to troubleshoot this? How does vfio-pci connect to the GPU device?

Maybe I can try using a pci-stub? PCI-STUB vs VFIO-PCI

dmesg | grep -i vfio has no output, so does that mean the driver is not loaded? Also dmesg | grep IOMMU has no output, but journalctl --no-pager | grep IOMMU says DMAR: IOMMU enabled.

Why dont these commands work in Kubuntu 20.04? Applications shut down and the screen goes black, but it never finishes poweroff. Any ideas?

systemctl poweroff
systemctl reboot

https://askubuntu.com/a/479368/795299

I should clarify.. the regular GUI restart and shutdown buttons work fine. The regular CLI commands (reboot and shutdown -H now) also don't work. But they were and I was concerned they are more abrupt, not giving applications time to save and close.

Here are some errors from journalctl -r (reverse order):

Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes kernel: Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!
...theres a big chunk of what looks like machine code numbers for the kernel here...
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes kernel: CPU: 13 PID: 2635 Comm: QQmlThread Tainted: P           OE     5.4.0-91-generic #102-Ubuntu
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes kernel: Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP PTI
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes kernel: PGD 0 P4D 0 
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes kernel: #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes kernel: #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes kernel: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes pulseaudio[7418]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.systemd1.ShuttingDown: Refusing activation, D-Bus is shutting down.
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes dbus-daemon[1171]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Refusing activation, D-Bus is shutting down.
Dec 10 14:21:31 osboxes dbus-daemon[1171]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'rtkit-daemon.service': Refusing activation, D-Bus is shutting down.
...this error repeats for 10 dbus-daemon messages...
Dec 10 14:21:28 osboxes dbus-daemon[2354]: [session uid=1001 pid=2354] Activated service 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' failed: Process org.kde.kglobalaccel received signal 6
Dec 10 14:21:28 osboxes org.kde.kglobalaccel[7171]: Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposi>
Dec 10 14:21:28 osboxes org.kde.kglobalaccel[7171]: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Dec 10 14:21:28 osboxes org.kde.kglobalaccel[7171]: qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
..no errors for about 15 lines..
Dec 10 14:21:28 osboxes systemd[1]: Stopped ACPI event daemon.
Dec 10 14:21:28 osboxes systemd[1]: acpid.service: Succeeded.
Dec 10 14:21:28 osboxes org.kde.kglobalaccel[7171]: qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display :0
Dec 10 14:21:27 osboxes kernel: snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC1D1: HDMI: invalid ELD data byte 9
Dec 10 14:21:27 osboxes systemd[1]: finalrd.service: Succeeded.
Dec 10 14:21:27 osboxes systemd[1]: Failed unmounting /media/abc/VHDs.
..added below errors..
Dec 10 17:55:40 osboxes systemd-udevd[16858]: veth5ed07fa: Failed to get link config: No such device
Dec 10 17:55:40 osboxes systemd-tmpfiles[17063]: [/run/finalrd-libs.conf:9] Duplicate line for path "/run/initramfs/lib64", ignoring.
Dec 10 17:55:40 osboxes libvirtd[1290]: unable to read: /sys/class/net/veth5ed07fa/operstate: No such file or directory
Dec 10 17:55:40 osboxes libvirtd[1290]: Failed to open file '/sys/class/net/veth5ed07fa/operstate': No such file or directory

The unmounting error is from a symlink to the docker directory onto a data partition. Disabling the mountpoint in fstab didnt resolve.

It looks like the last message is acpi related: Error "fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed". But using acpi noirq didn't resolve.

Comparing journalctl between using the restart button from the desktop which succeeds, I find there are similar dbus-daemon messages, and umounting error, but no kerner bug error. There is a "NVIDIA ACPI Video Driver.. failed with exit code", but it still succeeds.

reboot does work from tty2 if I dont log in from sddm as user first.

If I scroll way up or use Ctrlr search and go way up in the history, how to get back down to the clear line? I know I can clear with Ctrle, Crtlu, but that modifies them. Is there an official way beside Ctrlc to reset the shell?

I'm soooo thrilled to finally find prebuilt Ubuntu images. I was using osboxes, but the file size when converting is 500GBs and tedious to compact. Fresh installs are tedious, especially when 90% of people could use the default options or easily customize a from a central image!

Anyway, there are so many versions. What are the differences? Some are obvious: img, tar.gz, vmdk, ova. I'm assuming the azure vhd, vagrant, wsl are for those platforms. That squashfs might be a single file compacted version. And from the related question below, that kvm has a smaller kvm kernel. The lxd version is actually larger. What is the root version for?

Edit: I found what the root version is, see my self-reply below. I'm still having trouble setting one of these up in Virt-manager, discussion also below, so any help is appreciated. I can start a new question if someone wants to answer that separately.

EDIT2!: After much trial and searching, I was able to get the cloud-image VM working which was my primary goal. I even found an old answer to my primary question that helped me to that goal!

https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/focal/release/:

[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-azure.vhd.manifest  2021-11-08 22:37   18K  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-azure.vhd.zip       2021-11-09 00:17  549M  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk-kvm.img        2021-11-08 22:37  523M  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk-kvm.manifest   2021-11-08 22:37   17K  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-lxd.tar.xz          2021-11-08 22:42  832   Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.manifest       2021-11-08 22:40   17K  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.xz         2021-11-08 22:40  327M  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant.box         2021-11-08 22:42  517M  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-wsl.rootfs.manifest 2021-11-08 22:42   19K  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-wsl.rootfs.tar.gz   2021-11-08 22:42  469M  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img                 2021-11-08 22:39  542M  Cloud image for 64-bit computers (USB image)
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.manifest            2021-11-08 22:40   17K  Cloud image for 64-bit computers (contents of live filesystem)
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova                 2021-11-08 22:40  525M  Cloud image for 64-bit computers (Open Virtualization Appliance)
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.squashfs            2021-11-08 22:41  371M  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.squashfs.manifest   2021-11-08 22:41   17K  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.tar.gz              2021-11-08 22:43  498M  Cloud image for 64-bit computers (Cloud Image/EC2 tarball)
[   ] ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.vmdk                2021-11-08 22:42  525M  Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released builds

I'm trying to recover files and directories accidentally deleted from my home folder. I have ext4magic working, as I can create and then delete a test file in a subdirectory 'undeltest' and then recover it. However, when use try the same procedure for the home directory, I get a long list of other files. The strange part is that even though I'm using very small time step backward, as in only several minutes, the long list of files seems to be several weeks ago. It has a bunch of avi files in Trash dir that ironically caused my initial data loss, because I was trying to delete them to free up space and never wanted to use a Trash folder anyway.

I'm trying to solve this small mystery because the same thing happens when I try to recover the non-test files from the home dir. I get this same list, that doesn't include the files I'm missing, but I know the timestamp was from before the deletion, and I'm listing all files deleted 'after' that point.

Is the file Journal interfering somehow? Why does the test case work in a subdirectory, but not in my home dir? Very unexpected behavior. I cant see the logic in it. If there is a better tool, please suggest. The grammatical flaws in the manual doesn't give me a great deal of confidence, but as far as I know this is the only working program that recovers the directory structure.

xxx@pc:~/undeltest$ sudo ext4magic /dev/sda11 -a 1600125847 -f /home/xxx/undeltest/ -l 
[sudo] password for xxx: 
Filesystem in use: /dev/sda11

Using  internal Journal at Inode 8
Activ Time after  : Mon Sep 14 16:24:07 2020
Activ Time before : Mon Sep 14 16:47:29 2020
Inode found "/home/xxx/undeltest"   567136 
Inode 567136 is allocated
  100%   /home/xxx/undeltest/test4 
ext4magic : EXIT_SUCCESS


xxx@pc:~/undeltest$ sudo ext4magic /dev/sda11 -a 1600125847 -f /home/xxx/ -l           
Filesystem in use: /dev/sda11

Using  internal Journal at Inode 8
Activ Time after  : Mon Sep 14 16:24:07 2020
Activ Time before : Mon Sep 14 16:47:35 2020
Inode found "/home/xxx"   560924 
Inode 560924 is allocated
  100%   /home/xxx/.face.icon 
  100%   /home/xxx/.PlayOnLinux  
...
  100%   /home/xxx/.local/share/Trash/files/2019-09-30 12 22 22-A.avi 
... 
[long list of 100s of files]

Is there any way to disable "Automatically connect to this network when available" permanently?

I have so far been able to shut down NetworkManager in Kubuntu, tried installing network-manager-gnome, checked the config files listed with sudo NetworkManager --print-config including the main /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf file (adding no-auto-default=* under [main]), and the individual config files per network connection in ll /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/. Some of these do show autoconnect=false, but I need false to be the default boolean.

There must be a template file in /etc or a config file somewhere for this. I just tried sudo grep -R 'autoconnect=true' /etc and in /usr and /var too, with no luck. Any other location suggestions to try? Or does anyone know where the actual default 'true' setting is stored? Or if there is a place to create such a setting. I realize I could create a conf file for each expected network connection, but I want it off for any and all new connections.

The problem is that it is obviously a security flaw to connect to new networks by default. Also, I want to change the 'All users may connect to this network' to on by default, to stop the KDEWallet popups from interfering with every network change in tandem with the Autoconnect default on. Lastly, bonus if you know how to unset 'Restrict to this device' by default.. why would I want to always limit every network connection to just one device?? ..Thanks!

PS, Im pretty sure this applies to all Buntus.

Edit1: a longer response to @thallers answer below..

• I believe the problem is that the 'default' of not specifying is a boolean True. That is the original flaw in the logic. And it could have security problems.

• For example, if I have all connection passwords stored in a root protected keyring or wallet, and an attacker gets access to user level operations, all they would have to do is create a new connection to have it be autoconnected to a nearby wifi hotspot with no open authentication.

• The safest setting for a default would be False for autoconnect, but I understand the desire to onboard new Ubuntu users with easier network connections (probably important also during first installation). However, there should be at least an option to set False as a default for new profiles. Again, there must be a piece of code somewhere, that says set True if not pre-existing, even if that is deep within the OS structure.

• The problem with 'no-auto-default' is you have to know the new profile name in advance is impossible say if I buy a new wifi router.

• "Solution: when you drop the file, create it with the autoconnect setting unset." doesn't make logical sense..? That would also default to True..?

• Again, I conceded some defaults are just not my preference, but the should be a way to set a default differently. Because of the 'no setting equals True' logic, that appears to not be possible.

• Disagree that useful to tie a network to a device.. so if I plug in another wifi dongle to troubleshoot a connection, or heaven forbid just to change it, I should have to drill into a connection setting to allow that..? On the other hand, I do see a security purpose for locking it down, but again, there should be a way to set the default to allow any device. And again, there must me a piece of code for this, unless by defining a 'Restrict device' feature in terms of negative functionality, in tandem with the 'no setting equals True' logic, it is the same problem. So the possible Solution would be to create a patch for an 'Unrestrict device' feature that would default to true. The same may be for the autoconnect, although the underlying logic problem in the first bullet point is likely the root of it.

There is a question very closely related, but neither of the solutions have worked for me: USB ethernet adapter (Realtek r8153) keeps disconnecting

I have tried USB_BLACKLIST="0bda:8153" in /etc/default/tlp and adding custom rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/50-cpu-custom.rules. Ive also tried 3 different brands of adapters and they all do roughly the same thing with different rates of disconnecting. Are there any adapters that use a chip other than from Realtek I could try?

This is from dmesg:

[200584.034137] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: Tx status -71
[200584.034880] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: Stop submitting intr, status -71
[200584.214566] usb 3-4: USB disconnect, device number 25
[200584.534647] usb 3-4: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 26 using xhci_hcd
[200584.555161] usb 3-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8153, bcdDevice=30.00
[200584.555165] usb 3-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=6
[200584.555166] usb 3-4: Product: USB 10/100/1000 LAN
[200584.555168] usb 3-4: Manufacturer: CMI
[200584.555169] usb 3-4: SerialNumber: 000001
[200584.690975] usb 3-4: reset SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 26 using xhci_hcd
[200584.746198] r8152 3-4:1.0 eth0: v1.09.9
[200584.887574] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: renamed from eth0
[200584.999870] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enx70886b811ca3: link is not ready
[200585.004559] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enx70886b811ca3: link is not ready
[200587.647919] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enx70886b811ca3: link becomes ready
[200587.648272] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: carrier on
[200685.538747] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: carrier off
[200688.192511] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: carrier on

Often there are other messages in /var/log/syslog, but on this occasion the first message was Tx status -71. This is using tac so the first messages are at the bottom:

Apr 23 18:49:35 pc dhclient[20695]: receive_packet failed on enx70886b811ca3: Network is down
Apr 23 18:49:35 pc kernel: [200073.926247] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: Tx status -108
Apr 23 18:49:35 pc kernel: [200073.926242] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: Tx status -108
Apr 23 18:49:35 pc kernel: [200073.926094] usb 3-4: USB disconnect, device number 24
Apr 23 18:49:35 pc kernel: [200073.739898] r8152 3-4:1.0 enx70886b811ca3: Tx status -71
Apr 23 18:45:01 pc CRON[23435]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1)

Any ideas appreciated, thanks

This is not a duplicate of: Command for restoring minimized windows. (The answer is incorrect on that question and I don't know how to contact the mods to have it unmarked as accepted. I did find this discussion on what to do and have commented on the OP's question (https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/343324/how-to-flag-wrong-answers)).

Heres what Ive found out so far:

• In the accepted answer to the question above, using xdotool, the link, to EasyStroke commands, provided doesnt have a Restore function listed.
• In the script in this answer (https://askubuntu.com/a/631467/795299) wmctrl doesnt use a restore function none of the other answers from that question (Saving and restoring window positions) use and kind of restore function.
• There is an xdotool use (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/287363/why-xdotool-is-not-clicking-when-restoring-position) to use the mouse to click the restore button. This means it has to exist in the internals. Anyone know where that is?

Does anyone know if there is a command to restore a window, if not where is the code for the window button?

EDIT1: my specific question really is to find a shell command to use in a keyboard shortcut that I can map to a mouse gesture, to be the opposite of a maximize gesture. It would also be helpful to know if there is a command for 'restore from minimized' because there is one for Windows, without using a user script to cycle through the z order of windows. This could help to find the command for the Restore button.

I spent about a day and a half working through all the various and mostly out of date KeePass option for Ubuntu (Kubuntu). I want to share what I've found and ask for other answers regarding the many approaches and defunct options.

First I wanted to collect the relevant question from this site, several of which are almost a decade old. These are ordered by most votes as that seems to be what Google uses and where I landed first was the top one.

• Where is KeePass2 plugins directory?
• How to integrate KeePass2 and Firefox using Kee in Ubuntu 16.04 - 18.04?
• How to integrate KeePass and Chrome/Chromium using ChromIPass?
• KeepassX vs KeepassXC
• What's the best way to handle passwords in Ubuntu (Application + Browser PlugIn)

Let me explain my path so far.. Starting in Windows, loved this simple yet powerful lightweight password manager. Never connected it to the web, but kept the DB file inside a Vercrypt container. I was using LastPass because of its good entry field recognition for saving new PWs and the mobile use for $12/yr. Then they doubled the price, and recently again, until its $40/year now.

I have been using KeePasXC on Kubuntu 18.04, because after searching around I thought I might want the browser integration, and it seems to work okay, but I kept searching for the synchronize databases or remove duplicates functions. Its just that XC doesnt have these standard KP features. I dont know why because I believe the KP source code is freely available. Anyway, recently I finally ditched LP and moved to KeePass2Android, which works remarkably well. It syncs to all kinds of cloud services, so I put all the non-important accounts I had in LP into a KP DB and onto Google Drive. (btw, to convert LP to KP, use this field sequence 6,5,2,3,1,4,7).

Now Ive been needing to setup a desktop browser integration using the same db file on Google drive. So searched through all the various forms of KP, KPx, KPxc, KPrpc, Kee, KeeVault and a number of others. Tusk seemed to have the most reviews on the Chrome Store and it does connect with a shared GDrive file. However, it doesnt ask to save any passwords. Plus I really needed a editor that would sync, to delete a few entries I dont want in the cloud anymore. So, I found a plugin for GDrive, but KPxc doesnt use plugins. Too bad because KPxc does have ask to save. The response suggested I use the gdrive-org client, however it appears to no longer connect with error "Sign in with Google temporarily disabled for this app..This app has not been verified yet by Google in order to use Google Sign In." from Google. Other sync clients I tried like grive, have the same error.

So I went back to trying to get the plugins to work again with the error "The plugin cannot be loaded a newer .NET framework is required". Trying mono-complete, wine64 (which has wine32), winetricks with dotnet 4.5, msitools for wine. I tried installing the gsync plugin, tried adding the log4net.dll, read other exhausting and possible fixes, tracked down the error, tried all those fixes. In one of those I found a solution to use Dolphin's network connection to sync the db file, but it had some caveats that are not so smooth. I still couldnt get KP on wine or mono to connect to a cloud.

Reading the official KP documentation, it seems the remote file URl was built mainly for Dropbox. And because the GDrive sync client werent working I pursued DBox. Still couldnt get KP to connect, and even Tusk was failing to connect to it. So back to KPxc, but it turns out because Im using portable Chrome installations in Veracrypt volumes which close automatically on powercut, it wasnt finding the 'proxy' to connect the browser). I very nearly gave up and paid for KeeVault, which is at a noble price point, but read some reviews first and they reminded me how much I dislike trusting a 3rd party for data storage. Granted Gdrive isnt much better, but I will fight using Dbox tooth an nail because their breach exposes several of my email addresses which have led to phishing attacks. At least GDrive is erring on the side of caution per their error message.

Finally, Ive resolved to manually syncing the db file after editing and all I want is a browser integration that asks to save. It turns out that Kee without using KeeVault but using KPrpc which finally has a plugin that works with mono-complete, and has ask-to-save.

So if I've missed any options that fulfil the requirements I've stated, or that does allow syncing to a remote db file automatically on change, please let me know. I see regular KP does have 'triggers' which would start such an action, but if there are no GDrive clients which currently connect, Im at a loss. I did find rclone, which has many cloud config options, and I believe may connect to GDrive, but would need to write a script to integrate them. After all KeePass2Android can connect to GDrive, and it even has an option to only authenticate a connection to a single folder in DBox instead of the whole drive.

Apparently, the following from the other question/answers above are currently unmaintained: Tusk, ChromeIPass, PasslFox.. KeePassHttp may still work, its still in the Chrome Store.

KeePass with KeePassRPC plugin installation is best summed up here: https://askubuntu.com/a/291309/795299 probably derived from here.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jtaylor/keepass  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install keepass2 mono-complete
sudo mkdir /usr/lib/keepass2/plugins
sudo apt install curl
sudo apt install jq
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kee-org/keepassrpc/releases/latest | jq -r ".assets[] | select(.name | test(\"KeePassRPC.plgx\")) | .browser_download_url" | xargs sudo curl -s -L -o "/usr/lib/keepass2/plugins/KeePassRPC.plgx" 

A couple final notes:

• KeeVault trial will interfere with KPrpc temporarily.
• KPrpc asks for a code from a window that should pop up, it took a few tries for me.
• Also, see discussions about increasing the number of iterations from default of 6,000 if you have a short password.
• And a good short summary of using KPrpc: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/08/kee-is-a-firefox-and-chrome-extension-that-can-auto-fill-passwords-from-keepass/

I've tried pgrep redshift, pgrep -f redshift, ps -ax | grep redshift, ps -elf | grep redshift, ps -ax -u root -U root | g redshift, systemctl | grep redshift all without finding the process, yet the icon is sitting in the System Tray and I can adjust the settings via the command line. It is listed in my Autostart GUI in Kubuntu as redshift-gtk.

I'm trying to set the temp to a specific level, because clicking the icon steps are to large of dimming, using this: https://askubuntu.com/a/1077895/795299, and then restart redshift.

Requested in comment:

/.
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/redshift-gtk
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/python3
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/redshift_gtk
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/redshift_gtk/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/redshift_gtk/controller.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/redshift_gtk/defs.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/redshift_gtk/statusicon.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/redshift_gtk/utils.py
/usr/lib/systemd
/usr/lib/systemd/user
/usr/lib/systemd/user/redshift-gtk.service
/usr/share
/usr/share/appdata
/usr/share/appdata/redshift-gtk.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/redshift-gtk.desktop
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/redshift-gtk
/usr/share/doc/redshift-gtk/copyright
/usr/share/icons
/usr/share/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/redshift-status-off.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/redshift-status-on.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/redshift.svg
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/scalable
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/scalable/apps
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/scalable/apps/redshift-status-off.svg
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/scalable/apps/redshift-status-on.svg
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light/scalable
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light/scalable/apps
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light/scalable/apps/redshift-status-off.svg
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light/scalable/apps/redshift-status-on.svg
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/menu
/usr/share/menu/redshift-gtk
/usr/bin/gtk-redshift
/usr/share/doc/redshift-gtk/NEWS.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/redshift-gtk/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/redshift-gtk/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/redshift-gtk.1.gz

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                  Version                 Architecture            Description
+++-=====================================-=======================-=======================-================================================================================
ii  redshift                              1.12-2                  amd64                   Adjusts the color temperature of your screen
ii  redshift-gtk                          1.12-2                  all                     Adjusts the color temperature of your screen with GTK+ integration
un  redshift-plasmoid                     <none>                  <none>                  (no description available)

One of the happy surprises switching to Ubuntu again from the ever increasingly bloated Windows (10) was to find the simple KWin Rules, very clear and with focus stealing prevention (its so disruptive to have a random or background confirmation pop up while working on something in Windows).

Anyway, I have one default one for application windows, and then others for specific windows (and then a setting for krunner screwed it up and so I'm trying to export all before resetting), but I just realized export only does them one at a time. And I couldn't find any location for the actual config to backup. Below are a few links I could find and it doesn't look like there is a way export in bulk, am I wrong?

No response about a location for the config data: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=157045

General lack of import/export of KDE settings: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/8f4az2/is_there_a_way_to_export_and_backup_kde_setings/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/3bi2k1/is_there_a_way_to_export_settings_in_kde/