Check the following for services that don’t use hostconfig, launchd or cron: /Library/StartupItems/ /System/Library/StartupItem /etc/mach_init.d
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What's a Metapackage?
A metapackage is a set of packages distributed in one structure. Each can have its own dependencies (including whether another package has successfully installed) and you can control which order packages run in.
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Mac OS X: Enable X11 Forwarding
In the /etc/sshd_config file is a line that says: #X11Forwarding no You can change this to: X11Forwarding yes That will enable X11 forwarding. Of course, only do this if you know why (ergo I will not spell it out for you right now).
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PGP FDE for Mac OS X
OK, so you can encrypt disks, but not the startup disk – although if you could (and you will be able to soon) then it would be far easier to mass deploy than other solutionz…
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Bind to AD Using the Command Line
dsconfigad can be used to bind to Active Directory from the command line. Use as follows: dsconfigad -h dsconfigad -show [-lu username] [-lp password] dsconfigad [-f] [-a computerid] -domain fqdn -u username [-p password] [-lu username] [-lp password] [-ou dn] [-status] dsconfigad -r -u username [-p password] [-lu username] [-lp password] dsconfigad [-lu username] [-lp password] [-mobile enable | disable] [-mobileconfirm enable | disable] [-localhome enable | disable] [-useuncpath enable | disable] …
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Mac OS X: Disable Delayed ack
Edit /etc/sysctl.conf as follows: net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack = 0
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Mac OS X: Using OPFW
To set a password with OPFW: sudo OFPW -pass mypassword To set firmware mode to command mode: sudo /usr/local/bin/OFPW -mode 1
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Documentation on the Mac
Starting to warm up to Pages. Especially since I figured out that if you click on am image and then click on the inspector that you can set the image to Inline, which makes it where it doesn’t move as you type more text. Very nice. Will save much time.
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Mac OS X Security: Install SAINT
To install SAINT, download it open up Terminal and set your working directory to the directory it was downloaded to. To start the installer: sudo ./saint-install-<VERSION> To start SAINT, use this command: sudo ./saint
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IDG Article on Macs in the Enterprise
Here’s an article with a quote I gave to Robert Mitchell, reprinted at MacWorld.com: http://www.macworld.com/article/131502/2008/01/.html