Tag: linux

Native file system watcher for Linux

for using with Jetbrains product like pycharm and idea :

The current limit can be verified by executing:

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

It can be raised by adding following line to the /etc/sysctl.conf file:

fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288

or

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf

… and issuing this command to apply the change:

sudo sysctl -p

Check if there is a file in /etc/sysctl.d with your parameter. These files override the /etc/sysctl.conf file

References
https://github.com/guard/listen/wiki/Increasing-the-amount-of-inotify-watchers
https://serverfault.com/questions/355520/after-reboot-debian-box-ignore-sysctl-conf-values

Gnome PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3

How to set up a local SOCKS proxy that tunnels traffic through SSH

ssh -D 1337 -f -C -q -N user@remote -p 22
  • -D 1337 tells ssh to launch a SOCKS server on port 1337 locally.
  • -f forks the process into the background.
  • -C Turns on compression.
  • -q enables “Quiet mode”, since the purpose here is only to tunnel we don’t really care about error output and such.
  • -N tells ssh that no commands will be sent (-f complains if we don’t specify this).
  • -p specifies what port to use; obviously this is defaulted to 22 so the statement above is pointless, but if you’re a clever fellow you’re probably not running SSH on port 22 🙂

References :
http://askubuntu.com/questions/469582/how-do-i-set-up-a-local-socks-proxy-that-tunnels-traffic-through-ssh