In migrating one of our servers from 10.4 to 10.5, we run into a couple of problems, some of which were easily solved, some we're still working on. In particular, this issue regarded using the RT ticket tracking system from Best Practical.
Update: MacFUSE are now doing their own installers, and you should definitely all be using those instead of these.
Many of you are aware that you can open Directory Access, click on the Server menu item, click Connect, and fill in the address, username, and password of an OS X Server and then make changes to the server's authentication settings as if you are at the console.
Ever had to change the IP on a server that's without any local supervision, behind who knows how many firewalls, in another country, with only SSH accesss sticking out of it?
It's often required to know the ID number of a certain process. In many *NIX distributions, this is done using the "pidof" utility which OS X lacks. While we have "killall" which is useful for sending signals to processes by name, what if we just need the ID number?
A quick tip on how to use launchd.conf to up some of your system limits.
As of 10.4.6, if you've got a GPT partitioned disk, you can use diskutil from the command line to resize volumes... nigelkersten@zombie: ~ $ diskutil resizeVolume Disk Utility Tool Usage: diskutil resizeVolume [Mount Point|Disk Identifier|Device Node] size <part1Format part1Name part1Size> <part2Format part2Name part2Size> ...
If you are using the Server Admin GUI to update/replace an expiring certificate (say, from Verisign) with a newer one that has the same hostname/common name, here is tip so you don't get stumped: When looking to…
Read on for a quick tip on using screen instead of zterm for serial line communications.
I'm not sure if this is already known news but it was news to me when I discovered it a month ago. You CAN manage 'byhost' settings in 10.4. Read on for more...
