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.
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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.
How to install and update the Checkmate tripwire
A quick way to get secure hashes of all yer goodies A glance at the underground sites shows a growing number of rootkits in development. Combine this with known, unpatched vulns, like the iSync mrouter privs escalation vuln, and I'm feeling naked without a tripwire.
Using Microsoft’s Services For UNIX to serve NFS home directories
Get Windows to play nice with your OS X clients using NFS AD integration works reasonably well for Mac OS X clients, but what if you're running, say, an XServe G5, and you need to provide access to Windows-based home directories for multiple command-line users (via ssh, telnet, etc.
Better periodic maintenance
This solves a problem with laptops (and/or desktops) being on again off again and perhaps missing the absolute time of the cron jobs run via periodic (daily, weekly, monthly).
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.
rsync Backups on OS X
Clones across the network With a little bit of work you can have rsync cloning a primary server to a backup server.
Apple Enterprise Backup Solutions
Overview of OS X backup options. The most frequent question that I am asked is how someone can protect all of the data that they store on their Xserves and Xserve RAIDs. It's a good question, too! Most of us may have other platforms on our networks as well, so how are all of these servers and clients going to play together?