Setting Up the TFTP Server in Tiger
As the networking infrastructure guy, I occasionally have the need to update hardware or backup settings using the TFTP protocol.
Category: Networking
Quick how to on DNS, Open Directory, and network home folders.
Piecing together all the information in the tiger server docs is a pain. I created these two pages to show people how to setup Tiger server as an Open Directory Master and share out Home folders. Ed. Note: We have some more in-depth versions of this in our downloads section, but these are good overviews for the impatient.
Configuring Tiger’s syslogd to accept logs from external devices
Getting syslogd to be network aware in Tiger While we have an earlier article on this, it was only for 10.3. So here's an updated version that will walk you through using syslogd with launchd.
Using scutil to set DNS server
scutil can allow to change a number of OS X settings including the DNS servers. However it is more than a bit cryptic in it's use.
Freeradius under 10.3 Server
Get RADIUS authentication working with Open Directory and more on OS X Server RADIUS allows for 802.1x, WPA Enterprise and other forms of authentication.
Using DNS in OS X Server to Block Ads
Right, we all hate ads, don't we? Good. Then if we could use the DNS built in to OS X server to block the ads from appearing on any client that uses that DNS server, it would be a good thing, wouldn't it?
IP Failover in OS X 10.3 Server
Stupid-simple high availablity server solutions using the built-in failover scripts in 10.3. OS X Server has had a variant of this system since 10.2, however few people have used it, or even realize it exists. Here's a walkthrough of how to provide an active/passive solution for web and MySQL services.
Split routing for VPNs
We are getting to roll out Laptops to bunches of Faculty and staff and the Windows VPN server and the Windows Laptops play well with each other and the Windows laptops even have a little check box that you can check to tell it to NOT use the default gateway on the remote host.
Centralized and unsecure logging with syslogd
Get syslog to do your bidding and send logs to a remote machine. A quick run-through on how to make syslogd be promiscuous and take logs from strangers.