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Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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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…
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Equivalent of logrotate on OSX

Is logrotate hiding somewhere on OSX, or is there an equivalent? It's not in /usr/sbin.
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What are useful Command-line Commands on Mac OS X?

Per the Windows and Linux threads, what commands do you find most useful in Mac OS X Server (or Client)?
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Who uses Mac OS X Server and why?

I am really curious. Mac OS X as a server sounds like a very expensive solution that is not much better than the free one provided by free software. I understand paying extra for a nice UI and an Apple logo on your desktop computer or laptop (I did…
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OS X determine which application is accessing a HDD and preventing ejection?

I'm running OS X 10.6 Server, and I want to eject my external drive so I can do some disk maintenance such as defraging it. However when I try to eject the drive it fails saying the disk is in use. I can force eject it but that could cause…
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Speed up SFTP uploads on high latency network?

I'm trying to transfer a set of large files internationally using SFTP, but I am finding my international partner can't get upload speeds above ~50k despite very good connections on either side. We can get multiple connections uploading at this…
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Mac OS X multi-user thin client server (terminal server)?

Is there any solution out there to turn a Mac into a true multi-user thin client server? I'd like to set up a few cheap PCs with access to a couple accounts using something like VNC, but it isn't economical to buy a new server for each user or a new…
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Listing group members using ldapsearch

Our corporate LDAP directory is housed on a Snow Leopard Server Open Directory setup. I'm trying to use the ldapsearch tool to export an .ldif file to import into another external LDAP server to authenticate with externally; basically trying to be…
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Is there a way to get OSX to use more RAM and less swap?

The problem I'm having is on a server (and other OSX boxes as well) we have 4GB of RAM, but we are finding that OSX only uses 40-60% of the available RAM while also having a 6-7GB swap. The server is running Apache and MySQL while the other machines…
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Having Mac OS X on a XEN virtual machine

Is it possible to have Mac OS X guest on a XEN host? If yes, how? There are difference for Mac OS X Server? In particular I'm interested in the installation of a testing Mac OS X Server inside a XEN domU, being the host a Debian linux server in the…
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Setting up a cron job that does a chmod/chown

I would like to set up a cron job that recusively does a chmod/chown on a directory (the dropbox directory). This works when I execute the commands manually like: sudo chown -R $USER ~/Dropbox sudo chmod -R u+rw ~/Dropbox I tried to convert it into…
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Manually start scheduled launchd job

On our Mac OS X (10.6) Server we have setup several backup scripts that are controlled by launchd and launched at specific times. For this we have defined StartCalendarInterval and this all works very well. Now it happens that I would like to start…
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How can Bonjour be setup to function over a VPN connection using Mac OS X — Mountain Lion Server?

I purchased Mountain Lion Server for our office thinking that Bonjour would automatically enable any computers connected via VPN to see all computers and applications (such as Bento) running on the office network. The hope was that those of us…
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How to change ownership of a folder using terminal

How do I change the ownership of folders on a secondary hard drive using chown to make the folder owner be administrator? When I use: chown -R username foldername I get an error Read Only filesystem Does anyone have ideas?
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OSX SL Server CalDav/DirectoryServices Authentication Error

I have a OSX SL Server (Version 10.6.8) that has been in production with about 40 users for approximately a year now. Since day one I have had problems where occasionally a users iCal client throws authentication errors. Resetting the users…
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