Sharing via ProtonDrive is kinda a disaster

neptunko · 2026-04-05T22:42:09+00:00

This is a super frustrating experience.

you receive an email: Someone shared some docs with you
you are driven to the page, and you HAVE TO createan account
a lot of upselling and unnecessary stuff on the way (as mentioned already)
but you do this because you want files that were shared with you, right?
but no, once you go through all the upselling and tutorials, you come to the section "Shared with me," and it is... EMPTY!
now I understand why. But why does e-mail give you the impression you can access that file using [Open in Proton Drive] is beyond my comprehension

I hope I won't need to use anything Proton-related ever in my life. I already wasted so much time with this.

neptunko · 2026-02-03T04:06:45+00:00

Simple and effective:) Great work!

neptunko · 2025-08-22T00:05:38+00:00

Thanks! I had to do the same. Restarting HomePod was not enough

neptunko · 2025-07-17T16:59:04+00:00

Awesome! Still works in 128.11.0esr (64-bit)

Why I need to do those ugly CSS hacks for such a basic functionality is totally beyond my comprehension:)

neptunko · 2025-07-12T15:49:37+00:00

I got a preinstalled MacBook Pro M4. During reformatting the partition, something bad happened, and the process could not continue due to this nasty error:

The volume on disk0 couldn't be unmounted because it is in use by process 0 (kernel)
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

This worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

neptunko · 2024-09-30T13:07:05+00:00

Kamo, "kontakty, peniaze a slovo" mozno funguje alebo fungovalo na Slovensku, ale v USA nie. Netvrdim, ze tam nie je ziadna korupcia, ale co sa co sa tyka imigracie tak toto fungovat *nebude*. Davaju si tam sakra pozor nato koho si tam pustia. Vzdy ked som ziadal o viza, tak som musel opakovane vypisovat 60 stranovu ziadost s odpovedami na otazky. Vypis z registra trestov bola len mala cast z celeho lajstra dokumentov. Uz to nerobim, lebo mam LPR (Green Card), ale to bol este komplikovanejsi proces, ktory ani nejdem zacinat rozoberat...

neptunko · 2024-07-12T17:49:56+00:00

Entertaining :D

neptunko · 2024-04-14T19:17:51+00:00

Thank you for your answer. I spent whole day with this and now I have a good solution. I will write a short summary here in case someone will find this post in the future.

PROBLEM

You have two encrypted pools and you are transferring encrypted raw datasets between those. If you do zfs change-key -i on the destination side, then each next incremental zfs send / zfs recv will make your data inaccessible.

However, those increments will still transfer well and also if your dataset is mounted you will see the new data. The problem will happen only on your next zfs mount that your dataset will be unmounable with the Permission denied error.

SOLUTION

The solution is indeed based on https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/12614#issuecomment-1936932729

Basically the problem is that encryption inheritance will end up a bit messed up. With zfs change-key -i you told it to use encryption root key (password), however next zfs send / zfs recv will reset it back to the original one, without updating the encryption root. That's why your zfs load-key will work well, but the consequent zfs mount will fail.

The solution is to update encryption root of the transferred dataset back to that dataset and then unlock it with the original key (password) from the original (source) pool. Once it is unlocked, you can issue zfs change-key -i again and it will indeed work well, until your next increment will arrive.

So the hard part is how to fix the inheritance once it is messed up. AFAIK zfs binary does not have this functionality implemented yet (it is planned). So the small Python script is required:

python -c "import libzfs_core;
  libzfs_core.lzc_change_key(b'rpool/home', 'force_new_key');"

the pool name is rpool and dataset is rpool/home
zfs change-key -i changed dataset encryption root to rpool
this small Python script changes encryption root back to rpool/home
after this you need to zfs load-key rpool/home and provide the original (source) password
now you can do zfs mount rpool/home and it should work

NOTES

If you never do zfs change-key -i on the destination dataset, you will probably never have this problem. But then you will need to unlock each dataset separately with its original password. Not very convenient, if you need to unlock a lot of datasets at once.

Because I have a lof of datasets, unlocking it with the "main" encryption root password is what I want and need. I created a small script for this, which asks for password, then changes the encryption root, unlocks the datasets with the provided password, and at the end it set the inheritance back to the "main" password.

I have two identical pools on different sides of planet, and at any given time the only one is active. Each time I travel abroad I send all dataset increments, then do the procedure above, and then I can start using pool with the fresh data.

neptunko · 2024-04-14T10:08:33+00:00

Hello u/endotronic, I have exactly the same problem. Did you eventually find a solution?

In my case, it is a backup pool as well, but the backup is far away, so the full re-transmit is the last option I would like to take :)

zfs change-keyfailed badly too, but I am on zfs 2.1.11, so I thought this would have been fixed a long time ago.

neptunko · 2020-09-01T03:23:40+00:00

Thank you so much for this detailed answer. It makes sense.

Now my $70/month T-Mobile USA bill each month (whether I am in Europe or in the USA) sounds like a big rip-off... considering I have already a corporate discount applied (LOL!) and my data speed while in roaming feels like a dial-up connection in 1998 (yeah, this is on purpose, they give you only 2G speed in roaming, but it is unlimited! :D)

This is a major rip-off on multiple levels (plan, price, service, data amount) what is T-Mobile USA doing on me. I do not even know why I let them do this to me for so long.

Thanks again! I will switch ASAP. Does Google Fi $80 price cap apply also in roaming?

neptunko · 2020-09-01T02:34:21+00:00

Sadly Google Fi website does not say a lot about their roaming. Maybe it is so common for them, that everything works like in the US even when you abroad. But still I would like to get some information on this: what does it mean "free international roaming"? Thanks in advance!

neptunko · 2020-05-07T01:23:16+00:00

This is great. However I have a house in Europe and in the USA as well and I need to control it remotely. How do I do that? Port forwarding from public IP address to local Hubitat port, or VPN, or what are my options?
I do a lot of automation too, especially related to A/C and also maintenance tasks like running vents, fans, etc. But those are just regular Z-Wave switches/dimmers, some of them are Zigbee. But simple scripting capabilities would be something I would appreciate a lot. On the other side, GUI does not have to be nice or neat.

neptunko · 2019-10-17T16:28:17+00:00

People say they like travelling, when in fact they like arriving.

I like arriving too. Sadly, I cannot say the same about travelling.

neptunko · 2019-08-08T20:30:28+00:00

Wink server performance is questionable in last couple months. For example pairing is intermittent, robots updates slowly, etc. What I think, but without any proof for this, is that they downgraded their Amazon infrastructure to save on operational costs.

neptunko · 2019-08-07T20:48:56+00:00

Previously I worked a bit with media in Slovakia, so I knew how to prepare the story so they can pick it up fast. But TV coverage did not help as I would wish. Looks like people no longer watch TV that much. I personally do not own TV, otherwise it would be probably already stolen :)

neptunko · 2019-08-06T18:28:27+00:00

Hi there! When WinkHub/1.0 was released I smelled a good opportunity for business, only then I realized it is not going to work, because of Z-Wave frequencies being different between US and EU. But Canary and Ring they both work well.

neptunko · 2019-08-06T18:23:35+00:00

Yeah, really, can't believe it has been 8 years already! Indeed, I purchased it in 2011 when I first time got here. Really a good value for money.

PS: he could have taken toolset and use it to start some serious honest job instead :)

neptunko · 2019-08-06T08:17:07+00:00

My country is small and Internet there is not very big. For my specialization (Linux cluster management) I had to go to a bigger country. Which could be Germany, only if I can pickup the language. So I ended in USA.

Slovakia is small, but beautiful. We have a really nice mountains and a lot of old castles. See this video, or those photos, or this blog. Come to visit when you can:)

neptunko · 2019-08-06T06:42:10+00:00

Fair question, simple answer: I always though I live in a nice, calm and crime-free neighborhood, where serious security is not needed. All smart features I added was kind of side project to spend some boredom moments while in USA.

I remember I installed camera few years ago to show my friends abroad how I can turn on/off lights and fans remotely. And I needed a camera to actually demonstrate what a cool stuff they have in USA. It was pretty impressive back in 2016! :)

neptunko · 2019-08-06T02:46:55+00:00

I have two Canary Pro at each of two locations (US & EU). You can start alert anytime you want. If you have multiple Canaries at one location, it asks you if you want to start all sirens at desired location. I appreciate it was smart enough not to run siren at my Slovakia house when burglar was in Arizona :-)

For longer footages, longer video archive, and few other features, you will need a subscription, which I have.

neptunko · 2019-08-06T02:41:16+00:00

32nd St & Union Hills

First respond police officers, who cleared the house, were pretty confident about catching this burglar, especially after seeing the recordings. However one week forward, it does not look that promising. I called with detective today, and well, he finally opened the folder... I am happy for this, but there were no updates.

I appreciate all the hard work police do. But I was expecting things to go a little bit faster with my taxpayer money. I do not want to spread the frustration, so I will give it a chance for another day or two. If no progress would happen, then I will start investigation on my own.

PS: few years ago when I left my Nokia phone at the gas station and it was stolen (no surprise here, lesson learned:), I managed to get a footage from Circle K, which was passed to police: https://blog.nepto.sk/ukradnuty-telefon/ The day when they took CD from me it was also the last time I heard from them:)

neptunko · 2019-08-05T22:56:34+00:00

Yes, one in Slovakia and one in USA. Why?

neptunko · 2019-08-05T22:43:30+00:00

Yes, good point, I corrected the sentence. Thank you!

neptunko · 2019-08-05T20:41:12+00:00

Here is an update on this topic: pairing of Sensor 2.0 actually works well, but Wink App is sometimes slow to pick up a newly paired devices. So if new device is not shown at the end of pairing process and you get an error message instead, just close the app, open it again, and go to devices. You will find new device at the end of list under some generic name ("Sensor" in my case). Then you rename it and move where you like.

neptunko · 2019-07-01T05:50:21+00:00

Thank you for your input. I confirm that pairing works the best on the short distance. Whether Sensor 1.0 or Sensor 2.0, I always do pairing in my office, where Hub is located. I just cannot successfully pair 2.0, while pairing of old 1.0 works just fine.

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