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Mac Systems Management

Posted by kdawson on from the tools-of-the-trade dept.

johannacw writes "This story has in-depth info about managing Macs using Apple's Managed Preferences architecture. It covers how to use the 14 built-in systems-management areas, how preferences interact, how to secure workstations, and how to help users access resources including applications and printers. It's a must-read for any systems admin working in a Mac or mixed environment. Written by Ryan Faas, this is a follow-up to his popular Inside Apple's Workgroup Manager."

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  1. system administration by ianare · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But where are the ready-made commands to paste into terminal? The neat perl scripts? I thought the whole point of Mac was that you could use the UNIX underneath for administration? I mean if the extent of possibilities is "click here, then click here" you might as well run server 2003.

  2. Re:You can hardly manage the Mac from there by SideshowBob · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Um, no. What are you even talking about? When you connect to that computer you have to authenticate with a username and password. You will only be able to access data remotely that you could access if you were logged in as that user locally.

    And I don't get what your second problem is. If you had personal file sharing turned on, then your Linux box must've been connecting to your Mac via afp.

    I think you're just very confused.

  3. from the command-line by mzs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or if you want to do it from the command line there is a perl script here to do it:

        http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011 119095823908