OS3 tricks

Secure downloads with wget

The firmware ships without ca certificates (or outdated certs) and uses wget --no-check-certificate too often. Use secure downloads by installing the mozilla ca bundle.

curl --remote-name --time-cond cacert.pem https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem
mv cacert.pem /etc/ssl/cert.pem

Public access to WD web

Normally, the WD web interface is only available in the local network. Run this script to remove that limitation.

#!/bin/sh

CONFIG=/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
sed -i -e '/<RequireAny>/{N;N;N;d}' $CONFIG

kill -HUP $(pidof httpd)

Disable HTTPS for WD web

I prefer running a more up-to-date version of nginx instead of apache. I'm using apache for the WD firmware only on port 80 (not portforwarded in the router) and nginx for my own projects on https port 443 (portforwarded in my router).

TODO: add script

Manage timezones

Get the current date

date

Get the current date in universal time (UTC)

date -u

List available timezones

ls /usr/sbin/zoneinfo/

Change the timezone

unlink /etc/localtime
ln -s /usr/sbin/zoneinfo/Amsterdam /etc/localtime