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Disable Automatic Updates On OS X Servers
By default, OS X now updates apps that are distributed through the Mac App Store (MAS). OS X Server is really just the Server app, sitting on the App Store. If the Server app is upgraded automatically,...
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Manage Groups in OS X Server 5
There are a number of ways to create groups in OS X Server 5, running on Yosemite or El Capitan. The first is using the Server app, the second is using Workgroup Manager (which requires a little work...
View ArticleNavigating accountsd in OS X
The directory services options in OS X has quietly been going through some slow changes over the past couple of years. Many of the tools we use to manage accounts look similar on the outside but...
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Setting Up Wikis In OS X Server 5
A wiki is a repository of dynamically created and managed content, or content created or edited by multiple users collaboratively. This article is about using the wiki service in OS X Server (the Apple...
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Article on Small Business IT on CBS Pulse for Small Business
Posted an article on the As through Zs on managing IT in the small business at CBS Pulse at http://cbspulse.com/2015/10/09/a-through-z-managing-smb-it/. This is another of the small business articles...
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OS X Server 5 Guide Now Online
I’ve finished the initial draft of the OS X Server 5 Guide. It’s available at http://krypted.com/guides/el-capitan-server/. There are likely to be further articles, as there are some strange things...
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Run A Web Server On Apache Using OS X Server 5
Web Services in Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Linux and most versions of Unix are provided by Apache, an Open Source project that much of the Internet owes its origins to. Apache owes its name to the fact...
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Encrypting OS X Server 5 Volumes In El Capitan
Encrypting a volume in OS X couldn’t be easier. In this article, we will look at three ways to encrypt OS X El Capitan volumes in OS X Server 5. The reason there are three ways is that booted volumes...
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Create A Bootable El Capitan Installer
A bootable installer is one of the fastest ways to install El Capitan. Rather than copy the installer to a local drive you can run it right off a USB disk (or Thunderbolt if you dare). Such a little...
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Upgrade OS X to El Capitan
Installing OS X has never been easier than in Yosemite. In this article, we’ll look at upgrading a Mac from OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) to OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) to . The first thing you should do is clone...
View ArticleStartup Profiles In El Capitan
There is a nifty feature in the profiles command in El Capitan (dating back to Mavericks), where you can configure profiles to install at the next boot, rather than immediately. Use the -s to define a...
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Configure Xsan Clients With OS X Server 5 For El Capitan And Yosemite
Yosemite brought Xsan 4, which included a whole new way to add clients to an Xsan. Xsan Admin is gone. From now on, instead of scanning the network using Xsan Admin. we’ll be adding clients using a...
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Guest Blogging for the #jnuc on Vulnerability Assessments
In case anyone missed this fact: I love to write. The nerdier the content, the better. And when I heard that the JAMF Nation User Conference had a session for InfoSec (and specifically around how we do...
View ArticleDisable The iCloud Options In Caching Server For OS X Server 5
I’ve written a couple of articles about the Caching service in OS X Server 5 for El Capitan. As of OS X Server 5, the Caching service now caches local copies on the computer running the Caching service...
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Help Us Make The Casper Suite Better!
We’d love your help to make the Casper Suite better! And we’re trying to be pretty organized about how we’re trying to get there (being organized and getting better are both ongoing efforts at most...
View ArticleMy Favorite Song
I remember the first time I stumbled across this. It was as though someone had opened the pantheon of movie gods from my younger years and run wild across my brain, picking them out in quick...
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Spy vs Spy: Star Wars Episode VII
If you watch, the new Kylo Ren character looks a bit like the black spy in Spy vs Spy. Could Episode VII be a remake of the fantastic cartoon, with he and Luke Skywalker lobbing bombs at one another?...
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The Third Edition of Enterprise Mac Security Now Available For Pre-Order!
The third edition of the Enterprise Mac OS X Security book is now available for pre-order on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/148421711X! Another title with Apress, for this edition I welcome...
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The Second Edition of the Enterprise Mac Administrator’s Guide Now Available...
The latest and greatest of the Enterprise Mac Admin’s Guide is now available for Pre-Order at...
View ArticleUsing the Caching Service Command Line Interface
The Caching Server in OS X Server 5 is pretty simple, right? You open up the server app and then click on the On button and you’re… off… to… the… races… Yup. There are also a few options that you can...
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