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anyone know of a cool looking osx template for Mambo?

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[quote:7220d3c38f=”Anonymous”]Hi All

I could do with some advice…

I work for myself & have a OS X server in my office.
I’d like to work from home sometimes and get access to my files etc.
I have an ADSL modem/router with VPN facility Draytec 2600.
I also host a small web database and have opened port 80 to redirect to the database hosted on the web server part.

My question is, can I just open the 548 TCP/AFP port to direct to the IP address of the server. Is this safe from unwanted hacks etc?

or do I really need the VPN way, (in truth I’m not sure how to set this up!).

Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Az :?:[/quote:7220d3c38f]

Well, I would first approach this from a security standpoint. Yes, it’s technically feasable to open port 548 and mount sharepoints across the net, but it would be slow and wide open for anyone with a packetsniffer and portscan. There are several differnt options I would try first.
1. FTP. Easy to set up easy to use. Not secure.
2. Webdav. Uses Apache, and let’s you get to your files anywhere. Password protected, but not secure.
3. SSH. I would recommend going this route. SSH is already running on your server, and each user has a shell. I would check out SCP (secure copy) which is a fast and secure way for you to transfer files.

Hope this helps

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[quote:540f969066=”msb”]I’m new to Netboot. I’m setting up a Xserve G5 (running 10.3 Server 10-client license) to netboot about 15 other Xserve G5’s (and provide DHCP).

When setting up the boot image file, I need to choose either HTTP or NFS for sharing the image file. What are the advantages or disadvantages of either? I haven’t been able to find any information on this in either the “System Image Admin” guide or elsewhere.

These machines are all on their own 24 port gigabit ethernet switch, so there are no other extenuating network issues.

Thanks for any feedback.[/quote:540f969066]

In my experience, NFS yields must faster restores using Netrestore than HTTP does. There is also an Apache 1.3 size limit of 2 GB when using HTTP

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[quote:9966b1f714=”dramsey”]I just installed Panther Server, and am confounded by a simple problem: while the system administrator has root access and can use the “su” and “sudo” commands, standard users cannot.

What magic incantation must I utter so that standard users can use these commands?[/quote:9966b1f714]

Make them administrator, or regular users with membership in the Wheel group.

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