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Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) is the eighth major release of OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) is the eighth major release of OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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Get the interface and ip address used to connect to a specific host (ip)

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but I wasn't able to find it, so hopefully this will at least link someone to the right place. I want to find out my local interface and ip address used to reach a certain host. For instance, if I…
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Modifying kernel shared memory settings on a lion install

What's the location of the sysctl.conf file on lion? In Snow Leopard it was in /etc/sysctl.conf but now that folder doesn't contain it anymore. Searching for the file in spotlight yields no results. Have the shared memory settings been moved to a…
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Mac OS X Lion - forward all connections on port 22 to external ip

I need to forward all connection to any address port 22 to a different gateway (i.e. no default). Firstly I suppose to do it with ipfw: sudo ipfw add 5 fwd $EXTERNAL_IP,22 tcp from any to any 22 keep-state But with Mac OS X Lion it seems do not…
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OS X Lion machines will continually query Active Directory 2008 for every user in the directory

We are having a problem where our OS X Lion machines will continually query Active Directory 2008 for every user in the directory until a user logs into the machine. When a user logs into the machine, the continuous, expensive queries stop. The…
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NGINX on OSX - Performing terribly slow

I I've been trying to get NGINX up and running on my OSX 10.7 Lion computer. I have it running however simple html pages every few are taking a long time to load; for example: test Same thing happens with…
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SharePoint ACL on OSX Lion Server - Posix group always takes over ACLs

Trying to configure a SharePoint on a Lion Server machine. The directory is created by the local server admin (serveradmin) and has rwxr-x--- given to it. The serveradmin user belongs to the local staff group so serveradmin readwrite staff group…
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Active Directory password update not recognized on OS X 10.7.3?

We have a few Macs in our office which are bound to our Active Directory (Server 2k8R2) domain for login authentication and access to file shares. For the most part this has worked without trouble. I recently changed my AD password (from the Windows…
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Monit won't start: "Cannot translate '' to FQDN name -- nodename nor servname provided"

I installed monit-5.3.2 on OS X 10.7 but haven't been able to get it running. When I run sudo monit -t I get: monit: Cannot translate 'hakan' to FQDN name -- nodename nor servname provided, or not known Control file syntax OK When I run sudo monit…
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Why does "cp -Rp ~/foo /Volumes/KINGSTON" give "cp: chflags: /Volumes/KINGSTON/Proj/Proj/Color.h: Invalid argument"

This is on Mac OS X Lion, and I use the following to back up a project folder cp -Rp ~/foo /Volumes/KINGSTON or cp -a ~/foo /Volumes/KINGSTON The -p or -a is so that the timestamps of the files are preserved. (KINGSTON is the USB flash drive, and…
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Joining an OS X 10.7 client to a 10.x Server on the command line

I have a Mac server that I can join clients to using System Preferences -> Users and Groups -> Login Options -> Network Account Server. However, I'd like to do this remotely without having to touch every Mac. I have a local user on each machine…
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OS X 10.7 doesn't detect my WPA2 Enterprise server-side password changes

I have a Meraki wifi network that's authenticating via RADIUS to an Active Directory. Users log in with their AD username and password via WPA2. That all works. However, when a user changes their AD password (due to expiration, forgotten…
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Why isn't ipfw correctly limiting the bandwidth?

I've played around with the ipfw command on a Mac and tried to limit the bandwidth to 1MBit/s. sudo ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to me sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 1MBit/s These are the statements I'm using. ipfw indeed limits the bandwidth…
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Resetting root password for MySQL problems (Mac OS X Lion)

I've been trying to reset the root password, and have been following these instructions: [DEAD-LINK] However, when I use the command: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables I receive the following output: 111217 10:00:42 mysqld_safe…
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I/O redirection in OS X Lion

I have a script that used to work, which relies on sending commands (file names to be processed in fact) to a process listening on a port, using TCP. So I can fire it up and tell it to listen on, say port 9999. As a quick hack, I would then set up…
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Office 2011, Mac OS Lion, Excel creates temporary file on Windows server 2008, SMB share how to stop?

I have an issue with Macs and a windows SMB share, when using Excel 2011. If I open an excel document from the windows share it will create a "Ghost file" starting with ~$ then the full filename e.g :: If I opened testdoc.xlsx a ghost file will be…
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