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Leopard is Mac OS X version 10.5.

Leopard is version 10.5.

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How to start/stop/restart launchd services from the command line?

How do I restart, say for example my httpd or afpd, running any Mac OS X >= 10.5 (Leopard-), without having to use the GUI and go to System Preferences -> Sharing and unchecking/checking "Web Sharing"? I'm looking for the canonical equivalent to…
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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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Use an environment variable in a launchd script

I'm curious if it's possible to specify an envrionment variable in the ProgramArguments portion of a luanchd script on Mac OS X Leopard.
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Your favorite website/forum for Mac OS X Server?

I'll get the ball rolling: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96 Apple Discussions http://afp548.com http://macenterprise.org http://krypted.com/ Charles Edge's blog http://www.bombich.com/mactips Mike Bombich (re:…
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Painfully slow login to AD bound Mac OS X Leopard machine when off home network

Just looking for a little help with this problem that seems to trip a lot of people up and is causing me no end of grief. I have a number of fully patched OS X Leopard machines that are bound to my AD (Server 2003). When on the home network,…
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Workaround for using ".local" as a Leopard Server's hostname?

Using ".local" as your hostname breaks Kerberos (and other services) in Mac OS Server 10.5 Advanced because the server will only do Bonjour lookups instead of checking with the DNS Server(s). There is an old Apple knowledgebase article (from OS…
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Using WHS for a Mac Time Machine Backup

Has anyone figured out a way to get Windows Home Server to be used as a repository for Time Machine backups from Leopard without installing any additional software on the Mac machine? The new HP Media Smart's have this as an added value feature and…
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Mac OS X Server: How to create internet sharing with quota tracking

I had a question. I have OS X Server and wanted to set up a system where I have internet with a quota of 12 GB, I want to be able to create my own specialised login accounts and split the quota between the users and monitor usage. How would I get…
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How to add an Open Directory server via a script?

What is the best method to add an Open Directory server via a shell script on a brandly new imaged computer? I've created a new image with InstaDMG and I'd like to add the Open Directory Server via a shell script rather than having to do it manually…
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how to change cron shell for OSX Leopard

I have a script that runs fine if I invoke it from the command line, using Bash. But when cron tries to run it, it fails with a "mysql: command not found" error. I think this is because cron is not using bash as it's shell, but I can't figure out…
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How to set finer-grain HDD Sleep settings in Mac OS 10.5?

Is it possible to specify how many minutes of inactivity Mac OS should wait before it sleeps hard disks? Is there a plist I can manually specify "60 minutes" or something? The GUI gives you the option to "Put the Hard disk(s) to sleep when possible"…
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Phusion Passenger and Snow Leopard

I just installed Snow Leopard and now I am getting the following error when trying to access a site running under Passenger: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.4/ext/phusion_passenger/native_support.bundle:…
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Upgrade Path from OS X 10.5.7 to OS X Snow Leopard Server?

I purchased an iMac back in March 2009 and it came with OS X 10.5.5 and I have been updating it since. I see that I can upgrade the OS to "Snow Leopard" for $29.99 but...... I would like to upgrade up to OS X Snow Leopard Server, instead of the…
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OS X Leopard (10.5) Server -- Unwanted Emails

Our OS X Leopard (10.5) server is sending out an email EVERY DAY for a Disk Full Notification on an external HDD we use for Time Machine backups (which manages it's own disk space, so the disk full notifications are useless). In the Server Admin…
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Leopard clients periodically lost connection with the AD Server

I manage a network of Apple computers connected to an Active Directory server running Windows 2003. No exotic configurations. OS X clients only use the AD as a login server. Everything works fine, except for a strange issue that happens sometimes on…
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