Episode 40 of the MacAdmins Podcast with the Amazing Mosen
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View ArticleQuery Tomcat Logs On Windows Servers
Tomcat logs events into the system log. You can use the get-wmiobject commandlet to see events. Here, we’ll look at a JSS and view only system events: Get-WmiObject Win32_NTLogEvent -ComputerName $jss...
View ArticleUsing The WordPress API
WordPress has an app. That means there’s an API to normalize communication using a predictable programmatic interface. In this case, as with many others, that’s done using a standard REST interface to...
View ArticleLogs, Logging, And Logger (Oh My)!
Apple has a number of different logging APIs. For the past few releases, Apple has tried to capture everything possible in logs, creating what many administrators and developers might consider to be a...
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6 Things Every Boss Must Do to Help Employees Stay Calm Amidst Change
My latest Inc Post, 6 Things Every Boss Must Do to Help Employees Stay Calm Amidst Change, is up at https://www.inc.com/charles-edge/6-ways-to-keep-your-cool-when-change-hits-your-com.html It starts...
View ArticleOnly 15 seats left for MacSysAdmin
Oh my! If you’re planning on heading out to MacSysAdmin, or were thinking about it, you might want to act soon! A note from Tycho: I just wanted to remind you to sign up for MacSysAdmin 2017. We still...
View ArticleQuick and dirty: Pull a list of all filevault encrypted users on a Mac
In the following example script, I’m going to pull a list of just the usernames from fdesetup. sudo fdesetup list The output would be as follows: charlesedge,F4D8B61D-1234-1234-98F4-103470EE1234...
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Capture Smaller Screenshots in High Sierra
By default, screenshots are pretty big on a retina display on a High Sierra machine. Like about 4 times the size they should be. I haven’t found a defaults key I can use yet to reduce them, so I’ve...
View ArticleProgramatically Manage Jabber Chat Rooms In macOS Server
Server comes with a command called RoomsAdminTool located at /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/RoomsAdminTool. This tool can list available rooms using a -l flag: RoomsAdminTool -l...
View ArticleProgramatically Manage DNS In macOS Server
DNS is DNS. And named is named. Except in macOS Server. Sometimes. The configuration files for the DNS services in macOS Server are stored in /Library/Server/named. This represents a faux root of named...
View ArticleJamf Pro 9.101 Now Available
Jamf Pro 9.101 Now Available Jamf is proud to announce zero-day support for macOS High Sierra, iOS 11, and tvOS 11 with the release of Jamf Pro 9.101. In addition to compatibility for all of Apple’s...
View ArticleEpisode 47 of the MacAdmins Podcast, with Allister Banks
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View ArticleEpisode 48 of the MacAdmins Podcast: Forget What Now? with Ben Greiner
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View ArticleEpisode 49 of the MacAdmins Podcast with Mike Dodge
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My Latest @Inc Article On Complacency Is Now Available
My latest @Inc article is now online at https://www.inc.com/charles-edge/complacency-is-a-curse-heres-how-to-avoid-it.html. This piece focuses on what to do when things are going really good in an...
View ArticleEpisode 50 of the MacAdmins Podcast with Lisa Davies of Oath
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View ArticleDemote Open Directory Servers Using The Command Line in macOS Server
The command to create and tear down an Open Directory environment is slapconfig. When you disable Open Directory from the Server app you aren’t actually removing users. To do so, you’d use slapconfig...
View ArticleUse Startup Profiles In macOS
Startup profiles configure profiles to install at the next boot, rather than immediately. Useful in a number of scenarios. Use the -s to define a startup profile and take note that if it fails, the...
View ArticleEpisode 51 of the MacAdmins Podcast with Ed Marczak
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Dates Now Available For ACES Conference 2018
ACES Conference will be held May 9th to 10th of 2018, just as the ground is fully thawing out in the home of the Wire, Baltimore, Maryland. It’ll be real. It’ll be fun. It’ll be real fun. And after...
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