• Active Directory,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment,  Ubuntu,  Unix

    Likewise Open 5.3 Supports Snow Leopard

    October 9, 2009

    Likewise 5.3 supports Snow Leopard at 32 or 64 bit! Likewise Open 5.3 is open source software that can be used to bind Mac OS X, Linux & Unix to Active Directory. Likewise Enterprise (which is not open source) starts with the Open client but allows leveraging Workgroup Manager or Active Directory Users & Computers to manage policies. If you haven’t already, check it out at www.likewise.com.

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  • Mac OS X Server

    Adding Recursion in named.conf

    September 29, 2009

    In DNS, recursion references the process where a name server will make DNS queries to other name servers on behalf of client systems. Most name servers are simply DNS clients that cache information for a specified amount of time. Recursion is disabled by default on most name servers. In Mac OS X recursion is enabled for subnets local to the server only. In environments where you wish to provide recursive queries you can enable recursion by opening Server Admin, clicking on the disclosure triangle for the server you will be configuring and then clicking on the DNS service. From here, click on the Settings icon in the Server Admin toolbar…

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  • Mac OS X

    10.6 Upgrade

    September 23, 2009

    If you’re planning or preparing for an upgrade to Snow Leopard then there is likely to still be a little software not yet ready. There is a nice little compatibility matrix for software here: http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/

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  • Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server

    Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 Now Available

    September 10, 2009

    Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 are now available for download. Listed fixes for Mac OS X Server include: reliability of services using Grand Central Dispatch duplicate serial number alerts on servers with multiple network interfaces But more importantly are a number of minor GUI changes that have been resolved. If you’re an early adopter I would certainly run this as soon as possible. In addition, Server will have the following fixes, which are also included in Client: compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems an issue that might cause DVD playback to stop unexpectedly some printer compatibility drivers not appearing properly in the add printer browser…

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  • Mac OS X,  Mass Deployment

    Create Groups Using dscl

    September 7, 2009

    The directory services command line (dscl) command can be used to create a group. Here we’re going to use dscl to create a group called Local Admins (or ldadmins for short).  First up, create the group: dscl . create /Groups/ladmins Now give our ladmins group the full name by creating the name key: dscl . create /Groups/ladmins RealName “Local Admins” Now to give the group a password: dscl . create /Groups/ladmins passwd “*” Now let’s give the group a Group ID: dscl . create /Groups/ladmins gid 400 That wasn’t so hard, but our group doesn’t have any users. dscl . create /Groups/ladmins GroupMembership localadmin Why create a group with just…

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