Category Archives: OS X Server

The opposite of split is cat.

Posted on January 2, 2007 by dre

/usr/bin/split and /bin/cat, that is. Why is this useful information? Let’s imagine a wonderful world in which your web host gives you oodles of bandwidth and disk quota, and then one day secretly enacts a policy that disallows access to … Continue reading →

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Installing perl modules locally

Posted on December 6, 2006 by dre

Dealing with CPAN has always felt a little weird. Today I found a nice shortcut for getting perl modules installed in a home directory, which is really useful for when you don’t have admin on the box, or if you … Continue reading →

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OpenLDAP and SSL (and Mac OS X Server and you)

Posted on November 13, 2006 by dre

Mac OS X Server, as of Tiger, has a spiffy little UI in the Server Admin tool for creating SSL certificate requests, importing certs, or creating self-signed certs. It’s pretty easy to make it all work for http or LDAP … Continue reading →

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Decrypting afp mount strings

Posted on September 15, 2006 by dre

{10} andre@werk [~] % mount | grep /Volumes/andre afp_006Af01nOUmc001Eic06SdO0-1.2c0000ae on /Volumes/andre (nodev, nosuid, mounted by andre) Huh? how helpful is that! How can I tell what server it came from? Yeah, I could netstat, but what if there’s a bunch … Continue reading →

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adduser script for Mac OS X / Mac OS X Server

Posted on July 9, 2006 by dre

http://www.dreness.com/bits/tech/adduser.html (syntax colored) http://www.dreness.com/bits/tech/adduser (raw)

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Automated backups of Open Directory databases

Posted on June 1, 2006 by dre

# Automated backups of Open Directory databases (ldap / kerberos / password server) # This needs to run as root and should be mode 700 due to embedded password # Get current date TODAY=`/bin/date +’%m-%d-%y_%H:%M:%S’` # Set destination directory (do … Continue reading →

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Remote Server Setup get stuck?

Posted on May 31, 2006 by dre

I was using Server Assistant to do a remote setup of Mac OS X Server, and for some reason Server Assistant hung. When I relaunched it, the target server would not allow me to start over or continue the remote … Continue reading →

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Cacti in Tiger Server

Posted on April 29, 2006 by dre

Install XCode Install and configure darwinports Download the newest version from macosforge. Add the darwinports paths to your shell config file. e.g. PATH=”/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH” Update the ports collection sudo port -d selfupdate Install rrdtool from darwinports Execute the following to install … Continue reading →

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