What are your most indispensable admin apps/utilities?

[PhillyMJS]

I’m developing a standardized OS X build for a client, and I’m trying to come up with as many useful utilities as I can to add to the Utilities folder for future use. Things like Carbon Copy Cloner, ChangeShortName, WhatRoute X, CronniX, Sogudi (for ease of referring to man pages), etc.

What admin utility could you not do without, and why (if it’s not completely obvious)? I decided to put the question here in the hopes that somewhere in the replies I may be made aware of a new gem that will make my life as a Mac admin even easier.

~Philly

[-mcg-]

Here’s what I find useful (and free!):
Netrestore — for imaging & restoring OSX — sucessor to CCC
Cyberduck — FTP/SFTP application
TNEF’s Enough — for stubborn email attachments from PC’s
MS Remote Desktop Connection — to access Windoze systems from OSX
Subnet Calculator — for network folks
TftpServer — more network tools
X11 — in case you didn’t install it with OSX
GIMP — for graphics work on a budget — needs X11
LoginWindow Manager — for adding legaleese to Login Window — not really for end users though
TextWrangler — from the makers of BBEdit
Citrix ICA Client — only applies if you have a PC server running Citrix
OSX Server Admin Tools — only if you have need to monitor/modify the server from one of the client machines
Adium — chat program with broader support — only if they need it, otherwise a distraction and wastes bandwidth
VLC — Video LAN Client media player
Classic — run from a .dmg so people can’t boot from it to bypass OSX security

…enough for now!

-mcg-

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