Getting error -36 on FAT32 Volumes in 10.6.2 or lots of hidden ._<filename> files on your XSan volume ? use dot_clean command […]

Took a little looking but … xattr -w -x com.apple.FinderInfo “0000000000000000000E00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000” /filetochange The 0E in that string is the Colour 0C = […]

Another little bug in PCP2. Sometimes a user wont be able to log in for no good reason. It Appears to be […]

A little tech article from the old bombich site detailing using rsync and SSH Key pairs Remote Backup of Mac OS X […]

dseditgroup -o edit -n /Local/Default -u username -P password -a networkgroupname -t group admin

Just for reference so I dont forget, goto : /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/computers/ on the client and remove the plists

I knocked up a little Applescript that when clicked on will return the user back the the OS X login window. It’s […]

IFTOP is an excellent command line monitoring tool.  Install it via Macports

Lots of Unix scripts use the SEQ command to generate number sequences or random numbers. Unfortuanatly this command is missing from BSD […]

I’ve found this to be a real annoyance, especiallly with a business where I have to send images in emails often. Mail.app […]

Since its introduction in Tiger, sysadmins everywhere have been both elated and aggravated by portable home syncing. For a lot of people […]

Have a look at http://rnd.feide.no/simplesamlphp Interesting and free :)

Interesting Doc integrating-google-apps-for-education-into-open-directory

This will require slot ID for the Open Directory administrator user, so the first goal will be to extract the slot ID […]

You can also completely enable or disable auto-away with the AutoAway default. defaults write com.apple.iChat AutoAway -bool NO to disable, or YES to enable

If you do not have Installous yet, follow these steps: Add http://cydia.hackulo.us/ to your Cydia sources list on your iDevice. Search for Installous. […]

Mac OS X v10.6 uses the mDNSResponder process for unicast DNS (Domain Name System) functions, as well as Bonjour functions. Disabling the […]

Starting in Leopard (I believe) when you open a file downloaded from the web, OS X asks if you really mean it. […]

When running screen sometimes there is a problem using the backspace or delete key and you get the dreaded “Wuff Wuff” message. […]

echo “External IP :” `curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org | awk ‘{print $6}’ | sed “s/\(.*\)\<\/body\>\<\/html\>/\1/”`