I can add that to options.rst, but the terse explanation still seems pretty meaningless; at least for me there’s no visible difference when I run nextcloud with --background compared to running without.

This could be due to #2333 though, if running without --background is supposed to open the main dialog (which has never worked on Focal). If so, I’d mention this too, something like: ”Launch the application in the background (without opening the main dialog).”

@FlexW Not really, as I don’t know what the parameter does… due to it being undocumented :) Editing options.rst shouldn’t be an issue, I’d just need to know what it should say about --background.

Preface

Ticking the ”Launch on System Startup” box in the desktop client’s General settings tab (correctly) adds a .desktop file under ~/.config/autostart/, with the following Exec line:

    Exec="/usr/bin/nextcloud" --background

Expected behaviour

The effect of --background should be mentioned in options.rst (and the resulting online documentation).

Actual behaviour

The --background parameter is undocumented.

Client configuration

Client version: 3.2.1
Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04
OS language: English
Client package: 3.2.1-20210429.171749.5901a0f98-1.0~focal1

Is there any way to combine the two-step method into one pipe? To output the raw bitstream to stdout, and remux from stdin?

Summary

After setting up multi-factor authentication, losing the authentication code-generating device means losing access to the Mattermost account. While having MFA is excellent, I’m afraid to set it up for my admin user account (which is the one most critically needing it), because there’s no recovery mechanism in case I lose my authenticator device.

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable up multi-factor authentication in the System Console
2. Configure 2FA with an authenticator app on your phone
3. Break/lose/have your phone stolen
4. Try to log in

Expected behavior

Have a ”use a backup code instead” link next to the MFA token prompt.

Observed behavior (that appears unintentional)

There’s no alternative way to provide the MFA. You can not log in.

Possible fixes

None available AFAICT. There’s no way to add security keys as alternatives either.

There’s an existing Jira ticket ticket about this (and it’s linked to an abandoned PR), but it’s closed as ”moved to ProductBoard for prioritization”, and I don’t know what’s happened since then, as I don’t have access to ProductBoard (that I know of).

Mattermost version

v5.34.2

My go-to way of quickly parsing arguments is as follows:

#!/bin/bash                                                                  
                                                                             
quiet="true"                                                                 
files=()                                                                     
                                                                             
for arg in "${@}"; do                                                        
    case "${arg}" in                                                         
        "-v" | "--verbose")                                                  
            quiet="false"                                                    
            ;;                                                               
        *)
            files+=(                                                         
                "${arg}"                                                     
            )                                                                   
            ;;                                                               
    esac                                                                     
done                                                                         

Beautysh (v6.1.0) incorrectly reports this as indent/outdent mismatch and instead indents it like so:

#!/bin/bash                                                                  
                                                                             
quiet="true"                                                                 
files=()                                                                     
                                                                             
for arg in "${@}"; do                                                        
    case "${arg}" in                                                         
        "-v" | "--verbose")                                                  
            quiet="false"                                                    
            ;;                                                               
        *)                                                                   
            files+=(                                                         
                "${arg}"                                                     
            )                                                                
                ;;                                                           
        esac                                                                 
    done

The deciding factor seems to be the multi-line parenthesis in assigning files. If I assign it all on one line, like this:

            files+=("${arg}")                                                

then beautysh is satisfied with the indentation (i.e. doesn’t change it or report a mismatch).

Dressman ei siis kävele vielä tarpeeksi hitaasti?

Se oli kyllä ankea ja pimeä paikka. Minä onnekseni pääsin päiväksi kouluun, vaikka suretti sinut sinne ankeuteen jättää.

Oliko niillä televisio? Olisin väittänyt, että ainut viihdyke siellä oli joku vanha aikakauslehti. Vaikkei 80-luvulla kyllä televisiostakaan päivisin mitään katseltavaa tullut.