CASA Developer's Meeting June 2 5 Calgary This is a brief outline of the topics we should address at the developers' meeting. Times and responsiblities to come. ...
Users/Configuration/Permissions * How do I get focus to follow the mouse? * How do I create a password enable root login? * How do I add/remove a user...
To add the NRAO user/phone information to your address book, do the following * Open Address Book * Select the Preferences... menu item in the Address Book ...
You can do this by using the NetInfo command line utility: bash$ nicl / merge /groups/admin users $USER where $USER is the user id for the user to be added t...
You can do this by using the NetInfo command line utility. To add a user (whose user id is $USER) do: bash$ nicl / merge /groups/admin users $USER to remove ...
You can do this by using the NetInfo command line utility: bash$ nicl / delete /groups/admin users $USER where $USER is the user id for the user to be remove...
While there are several products, one called SuperDuper has proved very useful. It does a very nice job of mirroring your system disk (or any other mounted volume...
While you cannot get the focus to follow the mouse from one application to another, it is possible to achieve this within an application: * Apple Terminal f...
The OSX kernel has a process table of a fixed size, and each process occupies one slot in the process table. The error "fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" is...
This is a question that shows up occasionally on OSX discussion forums. To get rid of the flag: * open System Preferences * select International * select...
For OSX 10.4 (Tiger), you can just log in as an administrative user and run: bash$ passwd root For OSX 10.3 (Panther) , you need to run: bash$ sudo passwd...
One of the best ways to avoid typing your passphrase (if you have indeed protected your private key with a password!) is to use SSH Keychain. This handy utility a...
The only way to avoid SSL certificate errors from "self signed" certificates (like those typically used at NRAO) is to permanently accept them. To do this: * c...
You can increase the amount of history Safari maintains by running the following from a command line prompt: bash$ defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKit...
Welcome to NRAO Public Wiki.OSX. This is a collaboration area specific to NRAO's use of OSX. The Wiki Co Ordinator for this web is Main.DarrellSchiebel. * Fr...
This is a subscription service to be automatically notified by e mail when topics change in this OSX web. This is a convenient service, so you do not have to come...
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