Archive for the ‘Mac OS X Server’ Category

Connect to Server Name

When connecting to a server from Mac OS X, what name will your system use when you bring up the Connect to Server dialog box? By default it shows the full name of the user authenticated to a client computer. But, not everyone wants this behavior. Therefore, you can change it by altering the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkAuthorization.plist [...]

Posted on August 27, 2010 at 6:00 am by admin · Permalink · 3 Comments
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mass Deployment

Scrubbing Assets from Podcast Producer

At some point, you may find that you would like to remove all episodes from Podcast Producer that were brought in using a specific workflow, or based on a specific keyword, a string in the title, a date, or the user that created the episodes. All of these attributes are trapped in the db.sqlite3 database [...]

Removing Feeds from Podcast Producer

Podcast Producer works by publishing video to an RSS feed known as the Podcast Library. There are feeds for workflows, Users, Keywords, Days (the podcasts are stored in day folders within Podcast Producer) and custom feeds. When you’re first getting started with and testing Podcast Producer you are likely to create a lot of test [...]

Posted on August 25, 2010 at 4:00 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Mac OS X Server

More Collaboration (Teams) Customizations

The article I did a few weeks ago on customizing the Mac OS X Server Wiki banner seems to have been a little incomplete. I discussed customizing the banner for a full web browser. However, the banner looks differently when viewed from an iPhone. I’ve had a couple of questions about how to customize the [...]

Posted on August 14, 2010 at 9:46 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Running TFTP on Mac OS X

TFTP, or Trivial File Transfer Protocol is a protocol that can be used for quickly shuttling files about. While similar to FTP, TFTP has no username and password (in most cases) and should not be running when you do not need it. It’s still in use today for a number of appliances such as routers [...]

Posted on August 12, 2010 at 9:18 am by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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DeployStudio From the Command Line

Recently I did a little article on importing computers into DeployStudio lists. I got an overwhelming number of email requests to go a step further and look at importing computers into DeployStudio from the command line. I’m guessing lots of people want to bolt some middleware onto their mass deployment tools (can’t say I blame [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Posted on July 20, 2010 at 3:52 pm by admin · Permalink · 2 Comments
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DeployStudio: Rename a Volume with Host Name

DeployStudio has the ability to rename volumes as part of a standard workflow. These are typically set to something like “Macintosh HD” (the default) or “Computer Lab” or something like that. But what if you wanted to name the volume something unique to a given computer, which makes it easier to keep track with what [...]

MacSysAdmin

MacSysAdmin will again be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The dates for MacSysAdmin (and most of the speakers) have been announced. The conference will be held from September 29th through October 1st at the Folkets Hus. I am honored to again be a speaker and will be there throughout the conference, which includes sessions from a [...]

Posted on June 11, 2010 at 1:24 pm by admin · Permalink · 2 Comments
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