Resurrecting Daemons with SystemStarter
Let SystemStarter do your dirty work for you No need to remember how to start/stop a process on your own if a good StartupItem was written for it.
Tips
Script to remove redundant Office2004 fonts
Have you ever noticed that Office 2004 installs fonts all over the place? You can use this handy script by Arek Dreyer to remove them after they have been installed. (Ed. note: You can remove the DoFonts file from the Office folder to keep it from installing them in the first place.
Using Scripting to Change a Local Password
Running a large network of macs in a secure environment leads to regular password changes on the local administrator account. Doing this in a 10.3 environment is quite a simple endeavor, but for those with some older 10.2.x machines around, it can be quite frustrating.
Server Quickstart Guide – Updated
A quick and dirty guide to setting up a Mac OS X Server and MCX This guide to deploying your server for the first time includes setting up managed preferences and working a bit with Mac Manager.
Mouse-over Window Focus in a Terminal Window
From the Terminal, type: defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string YES Quit and restart the Terminal and enjoy! This change is only for your account - and is not machine wide - so if you're using someone else's machine with a networked home directory, this preference should follow you.
Local-only mail on OS X 10.3 Server
Get your server to deliver mail to local accounts without running an SMTP server. If you're used to previous version of OSX, you might be dismayed when 10.3 server doesn't act like you thought it should.
Fix Postfix time zone problems
Your mail log entries might jump a few hours every so often if Postfix doesn't know what time zone you're inRead this tip to find out how to correct this.
Saving Window Views on Remote Server Volumes
Keeping Finder views the same for your users can be a real pain in the rear. Read on for a number of tips about getting this to work they way you want.
Setting up a Network Library Folder
An article that helps you create /Network/Library.A quick walk-through of setting this up by Jason Bruder can be found here.
OS X Server w/NAT, IPFW, DNS, and Squid – Updated
Set up your server as a NAT router to do transparent web proxy caching.Update: New URL. Find the new Squid/NAT/IPFW/DNS document here.