Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [mac-osx]

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.

2425 questions
71
votes
3 answers

How to ensure OpenVPN connection uses specific DNS?

I'm using OpenVPN through Tunnelblick on MacOS X Lion. I need to set specific DNS (with local IP, which works only when VPN is up) for the duration of this VPN session only. I do not have access to the OpenVPN server configuration. Only client…
Stanislav Shabalin
  • 813
  • 1
  • 6
  • 6
64
votes
4 answers

How to change sshd port on Mac OS X?

I want to change which port sshd uses on a Mac server. For example, let's say from port 22 to port 32. Editing /etc/sshd_config does not seem to work. Does anyone know how to change it? I'd prefer a method that's compatible with all OSX versions…
Alexander Artemenko
  • 1,393
  • 3
  • 13
  • 13
62
votes
5 answers

Equivalent of logrotate on OSX

Is logrotate hiding somewhere on OSX, or is there an equivalent? It's not in /usr/sbin.
Steve Bennett
  • 5,750
  • 12
  • 47
  • 59
60
votes
6 answers

How can I run mongod in the background on unix (mac osx)?

I would like to run mongod in the background as an always present sort of thing. What would be the best way to do this? Kind of like the way I can run MySQL on startup and it's just always there running in the background. Maybe it's just some bash…
rmontgomery429
  • 749
  • 1
  • 8
  • 8
55
votes
1 answer

What does the @ symbol mean in a file's permission settings?

I'm on MacOSX, I did ln -s on a directory and these are the results: -rwxrwxr-x@ 1 shiki admin 970332 Mar 6 16:38 apc.so -rwxrwxr-x@ 1 shiki admin 653884 Mar 6 16:38 eaccelerator.so -rw-rw-r--@ 1 shiki admin 60064 Mar 6 16:38…
Shiki
  • 760
  • 2
  • 6
  • 8
52
votes
3 answers

How do I activate launchd logging on OS X?

How do I activate launchd logging on OS X 10.6? I added a new daemon that is not starting properly (status is 1). I want to debug the problem but I was not able to find launchd logs, they are not in /var/log/launchd.log.
sorin
  • 8,016
  • 24
  • 79
  • 103
49
votes
10 answers

Learning to compile things from source (on Unix/Linux/OSX)

While I install software from packages (MacPorts / apt-get) where-ever possible, I often find myself needing to compile packages from source. ./configure && make && sudo make install is usually enough, but sometimes it doesn't work - and when it…
Simon Willison
  • 655
  • 1
  • 7
  • 8
48
votes
5 answers

How can I tell which config file Apache is using?

I'm trying to set up virtual hosts on Mac OS X. I've been modifying httpd.conf and restarting the server, but haven't had any luck in getting it to work. Furthermore, I notice that it's not serving files in the DocumentRoot mentioned in httpd.conf…
Claudiu
  • 1,207
  • 5
  • 21
  • 28
46
votes
1 answer

how to install an older version of a pecl package

I have this code $passengerId = new \MongoId(oPassenger->getId()); return $this->createQueryBuilder('Device') ->update() ->multiple(true) ->field('activated')->set(false) …
abbood
  • 1,127
  • 4
  • 13
  • 21
45
votes
9 answers

su not working on mac os x?

I get this: Macintosh:8.4 TAmoyal$ su Password: su: Sorry Macintosh:8.4 TAmoyal$ I typed in the password I use for sudo. Why won't this work? Thanks!
Tony
  • 4,213
  • 11
  • 35
  • 29
45
votes
3 answers

How can I get CPU count and total RAM from the OS X command line?

How can I get CPU count and total RAM from the OS X command line?
yazz.com
  • 7,193
  • 15
  • 38
  • 39
44
votes
6 answers

How do I access a local web server on my laptop from another computer?

I have an app running on my computer at 127.0.0.1:3000 I would like to access that app from an iPhone connected to the same network. I have done this before but blanking out on how I did it. Any ideas?
Tony
  • 1,281
  • 4
  • 17
  • 23
42
votes
5 answers

How to make the 'less' command handle UTF-8?

On my Mac terminal, printing UTF-8 works in general, but the less doesn't work correctly. So this works correctly: $ echo -e '\xe2\x82\xac' € but piping it into less gives something like this: $ echo -e '\xe2\x82\xac' | less …
user9474
  • 2,448
  • 2
  • 25
  • 26
40
votes
3 answers

Can't create symlinks in virtualbox shared folders

A few days ago I found I can no longer create symlinks from Ubuntu in any directories that are shared with the OS X host. ln: creating symbolic link `foo': Read-only file system I'm able to create symlinks in non-shared folders and on OS X…
rlayte
  • 509
  • 1
  • 4
  • 5
40
votes
2 answers

Mount block file on OSX

How can block files be mounted on osx? I tried hdiutil attach filename however this is terminating with hdiutil: attach failed - not recognized hdiutil only seems to work for iso/dmg images. On ubuntu the block file can easily be mounted…
jan bernlöhr
  • 1,503
  • 3
  • 12
  • 16
1
2
3
…
99 100