Create a user account package for OS X deployment
InstaDMG includes a utility under the AddOns directory called CreateUserPKG.app. Using this utility, you can create a user account installation package which has a hashed […]
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Create a flat, no-payload package in Mac OS X
Lion and Mountain Lion include a new Terminal command to allow creating package files that only contain a script. To do this, make a Scripts […]
Mac OS X Admin – Package Maker in Lion/Mavericks
Apple has removed Package Maker from the Xcode tools. After installing Xcode, open Xcode, click the Xcode menu, chose Open Developer Tools > More Developer […]
Mac OS X Lion Server authentication issues with AD and AFP
In certain cases, AD (Active Directory) authentication to AFP shares (Apple File Protocol; Apple file sharing) stops working on Mac OS X Lion Server. If […]
Windows 7 Upgrade Key on Clean Install
If you try to use a Windows 7 upgrade product key on a clean install (an installation where there was not already a copy of […]
WiFi Single Sign On in Lion & Mountain Lion — Login Window 802.11x
In Snow Leopard and past versions of Mac OS X, a login window WiFi profile could easily be added to a computer in the Network […]
Setting up CentOS – Add users
Add a user with the command “useradd.” For example, to add an admin user to the wheel group, run the following command: useradd newuser -g […]
Setting up CentOS – Add and configure the SSH server
Securing SSH: Protocol 1 should be disabled, and SSH should be set to disallow password authentication, only allowing authentication via keyfiles. You must generate keyfiles […]
Setting up CentOS – Set a hostname
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network and set the HOSTNAME field to the name of your server. Reboot, and the Bash prompt should now show the correct name of […]
Setting up CentOS – Configure the network
When you install a CentOS 6.0, 6.1, or 6.2 server, the network is not automatically configured for DHCP or static IP addressing. In CentOS 6.3 […]