[khiltd]

So judging by your reaction I’m going to guess that you did not actually try following the instructions before asserting that it wasn’t possible.

[khiltd]

Further information regarding the manner in which “it fails” would be necessary to make any attempt at a diagnosis. Your PHP configuration may simply be forbidding the use of the system function.

Either way, using GD for whatever you’re trying to accomplish would probably be advisable, as nothing which relies on sips is going to be terribly portable.

[khiltd]

If you’re not running your own DNS then I’m not sure what it is you think you need to put a domain name into. What are you talking about and does it actually have anything to do with OS X Server?

[khiltd]

If you don’t have a current backup then there’s probably not much you can do about a clobbered file at this point.

[khiltd]

Domain names cost money if that’s your question. If not then you’re going to have to be more specific.

[khiltd]

I probably wouldn’t invest in an XServe just to run BIND, either, but all signs point to the fact that [b]you[/b] were the one that “couldn’t do it” and are now publicly rationalizing a personal agenda through scapegoating. Did you actually try anything in the article on this subject that was initially recommended? If there were problems with the instructions I’m sure the author would like to know about it so that they can be corrected or amended as needed.

[khiltd]

.7z is gaining popularity, but support isn’t built in to any OS that I’m aware of at the moment.

[khiltd]

I’m not sure the XServe can be appropriately blamed for one’s lack of familiarity with it.

[khiltd]

You can make the machine talk via the “say” command, but if you want to play an arbitrary sound file on command you’ll more than likely have to grab the AppleScript extension that adds this functionality to the language and invoke it via osascript.

Either way I wouldn’t advise relying upon a computer’s speaker for fire alarms.

[khiltd]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: doxym[/u][p]how would one go about writing a launchd script to create folders etc *when* any user logs in[/p][/QUOTE]

In /Library/LaunchAgents/:

[code]

Label
com.khiltd.whoami
ProgramArguments

id

RunAtLoad
[/code]

Output during fast user switching:

Jan 30 09:35:32 Panopticon com.khiltd.whoami[30242]: uid=502(nate) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),98(_lpadmin),80(admin)
Jan 30 09:44:52 Panopticon com.khiltd.whoami[30368]: uid=503(khiltd) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),98(_lpadmin)

Doesn’t catch SSH logins if that’s what you’re after, but it does run when loginwindow does.

[khiltd]

Will launchd not suffice?

[khiltd]

Ah, missed that. You should have seen some launchd errors in the logs if the syntax was incorrect.

[khiltd]

Well Automator is just a front end for AppleScript, and you’ve got osascript available from the shell…

[khiltd]

I’d guess that you either copied and pasted an example configuration file out of a web page or a PDF file or used TextEdit.app and introduced non-ASCII data to the plist. Open it with a good text editor and tell it to “show invisibles” or “zap gremlins” or something and you’ll more than likely see the cause.

[khiltd]

The script I pasted above works, and Lingon can build a working plist for you with a short series of clicks. What you have there looks alright to me, but it’s possible you might have some garbage characters in the file or something depending on what you created it with.

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