The HEXUS Apple Guide

Introduction



Intermediate to Advanced




Advanced: The Dark Arts

fink

Apache

MySQL

Start: sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
Stop: sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown

A Quick and Easy Back Up Script

The actual script, backup-script:

Code:

---

#! /bin/bash
tar -cvzf /Users/michaeldesilva/My\ Files/OS\ X\ Files/Backup\ of\ Safari\ -\ Copy\ to\ ~\:Library/Safari.tar.gz /Users/michaeldesilva/Library/Safari/
tar -cvzf /Users/michaeldesilva/My\ Files/OS\ X\ Files/Backup\ of\ Address\ Book/AddressBook.tar.gz /Users/michaeldesilva/Library/Application\ Support/AddressBook/
tar -cvzf /Users/michaeldesilva/My\ Files/OS\ X\ Files/Backup\ of\ iCal\ Calendars/Calendars.tar.gz /Users/michaeldesilva/Library/Calendars/

---

$ chown 755 backup-script

Start a new file with nano using the '-w' flag to prevent line wrapping. If you do not have nano, perform a 'fink install nano' first :)

$ nano -w crontab.cron

Now copy the following into the crontab.cron file. You will need to update the location of the script accordingly.

Code:

---

# crontab.cron

#      minute (0-59),
#      |      hour (0-23),
#      |      |      day of the month (1-31),
#      |      |      |      month of the year (1-12),
#      |      |      |      |      day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday).
#      |      |      |      |      |      commands
# ------{ daily cron jobs }------------ #
        0      18      *      *      *      /Users/michaeldesilva/Scripts/backup-script

---

Now add settings into crontab by performing the following

$ crontab crontab.cron

To check that the changes have taken place perform

$ crontab -l


Securing Your Mac

Setting up Open Firmware Password Protection --Update for Tiger

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482





Adding Users & Groups

Updating the SMB Workgroup

For a freshly installed issue of OS X, this machine will sit on the samba network @ 'workgroup'. What if you have a whole other network on a different name? Simple fix. Open up the Directory Access utility.

http://www.bsodmike.com/articles/img...toryaccess.jpg

Click on the padlock icon and authorize with an admin account. Then click on SMB and configure and define what you want for the workgroup name and hit 'OK'. All done!

http://www.bsodmike.com/articles/img/edit-workgroup.jpg







Troubleshooting

Reseting the PMU (Older Power Macs)

How to reset the SMU on a Power Mac G5 (Late 2004)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300341

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