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• Mac OS Server, Macs

  Serial port access through Terminal in Leopard Server

  02.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m not sure how often you’d want to access a switch using terminal from a server, but I guess when you desperately need a serial port you do whatever it takes.
  Serial port access through Terminal in Leopard Server:
  “Having a pressing need to access a Cisco router via the console cable, and not having a PC [...]

• Mac OS Server, Macs

  Leopard Help - Take Control of Permissions in Leopard

  02.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  By Eric Danley
  In Leopard the way permissions are handled were changed from straight POSIX to default ACLs. (Thats not totally accurate, but a good summation.) ACL Problems have already caused me plenty of headaches in my limited rollout of Leopard. The Mac Observer has found a $10 ebook that may help solve some of this [...]

• Mac OS Server

  XServe Raid no longer available, Apple partners with Promise

  02.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  XServe Raid no longer available, Apple partners with Promise: “
  One of the features prominently touted by Apple in the new XSan 2 is its support for 3rd party storage solutions. It looks like there is a very good reason for that: Apple is no longer making the Xserve RAID. That’s right, if you head on [...]

• Mac OS Server

  Workgroup Manager: Best Practices

  02.08.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Part 3 of my 4 part series on Workgroup Manager. We’ve already covered an Introduction to Workgroup Manager, covered the Step by Step Instructions for common tasks. Now we are going to take a look at some best practices that will ensure you maintain and reliable and useful directory system. Also, in case you missed [...]

• Mac OS Server

  MCX, dslocal, and Leopard

  02.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  MCX, dslocal, and Leopard: “
  Recently on the MacEnterprise mailing list, several of us were discussing putting MCX records into the local directory service. This is an appealing idea to me, because we don’t use Open Directory, and I’ve never wanted to spend the political capital to get our LDAP schema extended to support MCX, [...]

• Mac OS Server

  Workgroup Manager: Add an Application to the Dock

  02.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Looks like the number one google search that gets people to this site is “workgroup manager add a application to the dock” or some variation of such. So, due to popular demand, here is a quick tutorial on how to add an application to the dock using WGM.
  

• Mac OS Server, Uncategorized

  PKGImage

  02.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  PKGImage: “
  PKGImage is a modular system deployment tool for leopard (10.5).
  Now released here:’http://www.apple-scripts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16
  Read on for more info…
  Using PKGImage you can then stack the order in which pkg files are installed after the base OS to make up your complete image with the click of a mouse.
  Tick the options to set the startup disk, re-boot after [...]

• Mac OS Server

  Workgroup Manager: A Step by Step Guide to Common Mac OS X Server Tasks

  02.01.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  In Introducing Workgroup Manager we defined common terms, and became familiar with navigating the Workgroup Manager interface. In the second piece in the series on Workgroup Manager I will provide a step by step guide to 3 of the most common Workgroup Manager tasks: Creating a new user, adding a new computer to the directory, [...]

• Mac OS Server

  Introducing Workgroup Manager

  01.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  In Mac OS X server, Apple provides us with a selection of tools to help us manage our server development. One of the most commonly used tools is Workgroup Manager, a fantastic piece of software, but like many pieces of software WGM can prove daunting. This is the first in a series of articles that [...]

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