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Mac OS X is an operating system from Apple Inc. It was the successor to Mac OS 9 and here the 'X' means 10. Mac OS X is based upon the NeXTSTEP and OpenStep OSes developed in the 1980s and 1990s by NeXT Inc., which Apple purchased in 1996.

Mac OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, userland primarily based on FreeBSD, and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C) providing user interface and application-level services.

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Is it safe to add additional 127.0.0.1 entries to /etc/hosts?

I want to add this entry: 127.0.0.1 api.localhost To test the api of my web app. However, the hosts file says: ## # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this…
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VPN Solutions for Linux server and Windows, Linux, and OSX clients?

I'm wondering what would be the best vpn solution for a linux server with windows, linux, and osx clients. I'm currently using openvpn but I find it difficult to set up and the windows client has given me more headaches than manually setting up a…
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Renewing kerberos ticket without user intervention

We have found the most excellent program that that will allow our OSX machines to print through our Windows Print servers. (ksmbprint from http://deploystudio.com/) The program allows for smb printing with to the servers through kerberos…
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A single AD user can't log into a single Mac bound to the domain (DirectoryServices error). How can I resolve this?

On our campus, we have about 60 Macs joined to our Active Directory domain. Most users have no problems logging into Macs, as long as their accounts are configured correctly. However, we have one particular user who is unable to log in to just some…
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macports vs fink

Which one is preferred? I am comfortable in Unix-esque environments and recently purchased a Macbook. I am currently using macports, as it is from Apple, but dont like how python 3.1 becomes /opt/local/bin/python31 (actually, i dont mind the path,…
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X11 forwarding from OSX to Linux

I've done some searching and found that it seems to be possible to forward X11 apps to a mac machine over ssh (i.e. ssh-ing into a linux box and launching an X11 app and having it show up on the mac's display). What I'm wondering is if this can be…
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How can I activate ssh-agent confirmation in MacOSX Leopard?

I have a MacBook with MacOSX Leopard (10.6.2) and I use it to connect to some servers (their O.S. is Debian Lenny) using SSH. I use RSA keys to login to server A, and from there I "bounce" to other servers B, C and D. I have activated agent…
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Remote *background* GUI login to OSX workstation?

I'm wanting to be able to login in to the OS X GUI remotely, in the background, i.e. without interrupting anyone that is currently sitting in front of the machine. Apple Remote Desktop or VNC don't cut it -- they only permit management of the…
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Why is ssh not using identity set in config file?

I am trying to configure certain git repo to use a specific public/private key to authenticate. This is inside ~/.ssh/config Host Repo HostName bitbucket.org User git IdentityFile ~/.ssh/ynd LogLevel DEBUG And this is the log when trying to push to…
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procmail insists in writing to /var/mail in macOS Sierra

I'm trying to configure fetchmail and procmail with a Google account. This is my $HOME/.fetchmailrc: poll imap.gmail.com protocol IMAP user "" is jviotti here password '' folder 'Inbox' keep ssl mda 'procmail' And…
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packet_write_wait: Broken Pipe error on MacOS Sierra SSH to Amazon EC2

I keep getting a packet_write_wait: Broken Pipe error on my EC2 SSH connections after a period of inactivity. I've tried modifying the ServerAliveInterval & ClientAliveInterval settings with different values ranging from 5 to 120. I've also tried…
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How do I startup Xserve OS X without the GUI?

I'd like to start-up Xserves at Unix run level 3. At least turn off the GUI and have all the service app (networking, ssh, apache, mysql, etc.) running in the background. Is this possible? How do I configure this?
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Port 80: connection refused. How to fix on Mac OSX?

I've noticed some issues with Apache virtual hosts on two Macs that otherwise have the same kind of set up (in terms of httpd.conf, vhosts, hosts etc.) On one Mac, virtual hosts are served without a glitch, on another, I am getting connection…
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File permissions issue on OS X El Capitan and SMB share

Since we upgraded to OSX El Capitan we experienced some strange file permissions errors with our SMB server. We have a ubuntu server machine hosting our working files over a SMB shared folder to each of our Mac workstations. We use Git over SMB with…
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How do I request a certificate from CEP / CES on a Microsoft CA on OSX or Linux?

This article describes how to request a certificate from AD CS (Active Directory Certificate Services) from a non-domain joined windows computer. I would think the same principals apply to non Microsoft OS's, and it's possible to do the same…
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