Apple has made documentation available for 10.6, which is available here..http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/documentation.html At first glance, it appears to be a vast improvement from the documentation of…
In a number of contexts, we hear about directory services plug-ins. A directory services plug-in is a way for a Mac OS X computer to leverage the DirectoryServices daemon to obtain account information (be it authentication or policy information) from a server.
Ed. Note: This is a fairly common question that we get. Sizing is always a pain, especially when you're moving into a new setup. So if you have any wisdom on the matter, please post in the comments.
I've borrowed from Peter Bukowinski's script that will lookup when an AD user's password is due to expire, and expanded upon it to run as a task in the OS X menu bar. The applet includes preference settings for the following: Adjust how often you are required to change your password (5 - 365 days).Automatically launch the applet at logon.
Ed. Note: This is interesting as otherwise you'll always be visible over WINS/NetBIOS whether you're actually sharing via SMB or not. Finally I believe I found the magic command to disable WINS on Leopard to stop it from showing on a Windows network.
Aqua Connect is giving away a 20-user license of their server and 20 thin client workstations to an educational institution in order to promote more green computing.
I had a hard time finding a step-by-step procedure for setting up OS X Server Wiki with Active Directory Integration (aside from just setting authentication to plain text on the Apple site) so, I wrote the following procedure.
This may work on Leopard Server as well, but I haven't tested it. There are several brute-force VPN protocol attacks rampant on the internet, and they may leave your VPN service in an unusable state by flooding it with connection requests.
