• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment

    Making Every User an Admin

    If you deploy a large number of computers to users who are somewhat likely to play practical jokes on each other then you will run into some interesting issues. If you are deploying one computer to every user and you want each user to be an administrator of their computer then you might be tempted to allow all users to be administrators of all computers. If you do then prepare for an infinite number of sometimes amusing practical jokes. But really, being proactive about this brings up an interesting point: how do you deploy a computer and make only the user who you want to be an administrator an administrator.…

  • personal

    'The Internet' Playing In Minneapolis

    Ever wonder what the Internet would be like if you could see it in person? There would be a lot of crap that you don’t want and you wouldn’t be able to find the few things you do want as you wouldn’t be able to constrain what was in front of you with search terms? You would also see a bunch of really geeky people trying to build things (often times as people are trying to use those things). Well, enter the Internet Variety Store. Part of the Storefront in a Box going is Internet in a box. No wait, that would be something you would stay home to access……

  • Mac OS X Server

    Customizing the Wiki Banner

    One of the best features of Mac OS X Server is the built-in blog and wiki services. While it is not the right solution for every type of environment, it is a very good medium for internally hosted user generated content. Especially if you are using Active Directory or Open Directory. One of the most common requests I get when setting up a blog and wiki server is to customize the portal so that it is branded to the organization that it’s being set up for. One of the easiest ways to do this is to just edit (or more likely replace) the banner-bg.png file located in /usr/share/collaboration/css/serverhome_static/img directory. There are…