So I went ahead and installed the public Windows 7 beta (x64)…
Nice easy install with minimal prompting. Some quick noticeable points: UAC now has a few levels of interaction which is a nice change and the start menu is has a little bit of the usefull feel of xp thrown back into it.
My $10 usb [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Windows 7 x64
Posted in PC, WindowsVista, tagged Freeware, Opensource, x64 on Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Add a printer via terminal or applescript
Posted in Os X Workstation, tagged Admin, ARD, How-To on Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Using terminal:
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p tms-copier-room18-01 -E -v lpd://tms-copier-room18-01 -P /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/CNR5050X1.PPD.gz -o printer-is-shared=false -D “tms-copier-room18-01 (Office)”
In Applescript you’ll need to use double quotes, etc.
do shell script “/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p tms-copier-room18-01 -E -v lpd://tms-copier-room18-01 -P /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/CNR5050X1.PPD.gz -o printer-is-shared=false -D ”tms-copier-room18-01 (Office)”“
If you have spaces in the driver name or elsewhere, be sure to preface them with a space. The [...]
Firefox GPO’d
Posted in Server, tagged GPO on Tuesday, 6 Jan 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Frontmotion Firefox CE (Community Edition) is a re-branded version of firefox. The original binaries are used but some preferences and other items are altered. In order to stay within Mozilla Firefox’s licensing, they had to change the icon and name. Basically, Mozilla Firefox has been repackaged as an MSI and some changes made to allow [...]
802.1x Setup – Article Links
Posted in Server, Windows, tagged Security, Wireless on Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WPA Enterprise setup (aka, wpa peap)
1hr setup for PCs and Macs. It doesn’t go 100% in depth, but enough to get things going in a basic fashion.
Part 1 – http://www.techworld.com/features/index.cfm?featureID=1330
Part 2 – http://www.techworld.com/features/index.cfm?featureID=1331
Using PEAP for Wireless Auth – http://www.techworld.com/mobility/features/index.cfm?featureid=3451
Wireless SSO (Single Sign On) – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.11.cableguy.aspx
Integrating OS X Server into an AD Environment
Posted in OS X Server, Os X Workstation, tagged AD, OD on Friday, 2 Jan 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Server Setup
Install Leopard Server in Advanced Mode as a Standalone Server.
Server Admin: Add wanted services, configure, and start them (specifically SMB)
Directory Utility: Bind to Domain
Added AD Domain under the Directory Servers tab/icon and the binding to AD happened automatically under the Services icon/tab.
Advanced options: Use UNC path from AD using SMB
Default user shell: /bin/bash
Server Admin:
Enable [...]
