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Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (community-scripts.github.io)

submitted 1 day ago by downhomechunk@midwest.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I only discovered this recently, and it's very handy.

Piping scripts directly to bash is a security risk. You can always download the scripts, inspect them and run locally if you so choose.

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[–] Burghler@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Heellll no, the scripts are publically available to read over if you're sketched out. They save you so much time to actually get to using the service. 98% of my homelab is from these same helper scripts too.

RIP tteck

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Have you ever looked at what was once ttek scripts? They're a spaghetti of calls to other scripts. It's not pretty. And not intuitive to audit.

[–] Burghler@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Wtf you're my opposite D:

I did and had a decent time with ctrl shift F'ing around. Took a moment since bash isn't my strong suit.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can install with package managers and include with it a helper script to setup the service. No big deal.

But can you spot the difference between http://myservice.com/script.sh and http://myserv1ce.com/script.sh if you use a font that doesn't make it clear? If you get people used to just copy/pasting/running scripts then there's a risk they'll run something entirely different by accident.

There's no good reason to install things this way.

[–] Burghler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But this is a trusted source with years of credibility. Why would any sensible competent tech user copy paste from other places because this one worked.

You'll be pissed when you hear about Linux game server manager then. It's all helper scripts over https

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

Why would any sensible competent tech user copy paste from other places because this one worked.

Because sites like this and people like you are normalizing the practice. I have seen numerous curl | sh commands pasted on lemmy telling people "how easy it is to install blank".