Monthly Archives: May 2008
Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 and POSIX file permissions inheritance
Many of us have waited for Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 to be released, especially those of us who use POSIX file permissions on shared volumes.
Before 10.5.3, group membership was not inherited from parent folders, so you needed to work with ACLs to get a decent permission structure.
In 10.5.3, the AFP inheritance window has changed and now looks like this:
Triggering Time Machine backups using iCal
With the release of Leoaprd many people have started to use Time Machine. Yet, when it runs in the background, it slows down your machine’s performance. Especially when you work with real-time applications like FCP, it can lead to dropped frames when it runs.
Import user passwords into Open Directory using CLI scripting
I’ve seen several environments, especially in educational institutions, in which system administrators maintain lists with user names and passwords.
When you upgrade from Tiger to Leopard server or when you want to clean install a server system, it can sometimes be useful to import users into Workgroup Manager and then import user passwords (which can not be exported using WGM) from an additional list.