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    is osx a true unix system

    OS X is a true UNIX. Linux is not. Linux is a unix clone. OS X is largely derived from BSD which was developed at UC Berkely is a true unix, though different from AT&T Unix. Linux does not have the legal right to call itself Unix. I believe Darwin does (I'm *almost* positive).
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    Redhat Package Manager for OSX

    There is a port in the works- and working to some degree. The ppc binaries in a Linux RPM will not work in Darwin. However, src.rpm's are a nice place to get source taralls from... if you can open them. You can almost always find sources though in tarball format on the web. Look at...
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    Mushrooms!

    // me is envious :D
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    sudo security

    Not true. Well, sort of- but what is to stop the user from using sudo to edit the sudoers file and turn off logging, use sudo again to edit the log to remove that command, and then use sudo again to turn it back on after they install the trojan ssh daemon? When setting up something securely...
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    shutdown the system from the BSD Subsystem

    I recommend against sudo. Sudo by default on OS X is very insecure. Generally sudo should be avoided. There are times when you do need to give sudo access to some user- but *NOT* they way OS X does it (the PB did it better, btw) and you should aleways try to find another way. For...
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    sudo security

    I posted this over at macaddict as well as at arstechnica- but I'm interested in feedback from as many sources as possible, hoping to get Apple's attention with this so that its fixed. The default for sudo on OS X is that any admin user can execute any command, read any file, do anything they...
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    Mushrooms!

    http://24.5.29.77/images/OS_X_SCREEN.jpeg its big- The background is from digitalblashemy- Dad altered the color. Oh, my first post :D
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