No, \* is being put as a hash of a password, originally precisely because that would mean no actual hash (over any input) ever matches it.

Ah. Thanks for the correction. The intro + where I originally learned this from made me overreact a bit, it seems.

Ah. Thanks for the correction. The intro + where I originally learned this from made me overreact a bit, it seems.

Ah. Thanks for the correction. The intro + where I originally learned this from made me overreact a bit, it seems.

Yeah fair, sorry about that. The intro + where I originally learned this from made me overreact a bit, it seems.

Ah. Thanks for the correction. The intro + where I originally learned this from made me overreact a bit, it seems.

Remember, password-auth off is the problematic setting.

NO! Exactly the opposite, that is the problem. Key-only is a prerequisite for this.

Edit: see also, the first thing that pops up under the link.

I was wrong, see below.

NO! Exactly the opposite, that is the problem. Key-only is a prerequisite for this.

Edit: see also, the first thing that pops up under the link.

I was wrong, see below.

Jellyfin on the open internet is FINE.

Oh SHIT yes, I hadn’t even considered using this for my own purposes.

I mean, “nobody can be this stupid” might actually have protected them in the past… We’ll never know!

“Some practical notes”

Looks inside

Three slop in a trenchcoat

Is it an LG though? The APIs I’m using are WebOS specific

Hmm, you mean when HA sees the TV come back? Interesting, that might work.

I’s rather not do the force refresh option, because sometimes you do want different profiles. Very dark show, sometimes I want the bright setting at night. Very overcast day, sometimes the dark setting is better during the day.

Hah, great question. I did. And then I realized, this only works if the TV is on the moment the switch happens.

Which in the evening is actually pretty commonly the case… But never in the morning.

Do you need a Github link? Assuming recent-ish LG, should he the same.

I have a lot of custom stuff, esp. regarding HomeAssistant integrations. But my favorite “stupid/not stupid if it works” solution is the following:

I have an LG TV and attached Nvidia Shield. The Shield is the only input we ever use on the TV, and since its remote also can turn the TV on/off and control volume, its all we need. Which is pretty neat, only one remote.

Except for image settings (i.e. proper bright picture during the day, different less bright image mode during the night). I don’t want to keep the extra remote on the couch just for that, but unfortunately, these settings are not exposed via HDMI CEC.

They are, however, exposed via a web API on LG TVs. So my utterly stupid solution is this:

• install quick actions app on the shield
• reconfigure Netflix button on the shield remote to open quick actions popup
• add two quick actions, night and day, that curl simple HTTP endpoints on a VM I set up
• on the VM, a simple flask server listens, and then sends the (too complex for the quick actions app) API request to the TV.

(I feel the need to add: the TV is in an isolated subnet and has never once communicated with the internet, and it will damn well die an internet virgin.)

Anyways, this has been working flawlessly for 2+ years! I also have toggles in HA for the same endpoints, but honestly, never use them. It’s so nice to just be able to toggle the image via remote.

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