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Answered: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=695603

I need to totally automate a screencapture command for each screen attached to a Mac Pro, running either Snow Leopard or Lion. This would happen hourly, saving each file to the Sites directory, for viewing online (e.g. MONITOR1 -> ~/Sites/monitor1.png, MONITOR2 -> ~/Sites/monitor2.png). This...

I have both machines running SSH on alternate ports (for security reasons, and because of large networks); so I'd made changed to /etc/services. I changed the port rather than adding a service, so I left the daemon alone. It had worked from Leopard through Snow Leopard, but immediately broke in...

No such luck. Even restarting the entire systems didn't help. I have two systems running Lion 10.7.1. One is an Aluminum Mini at work, and the other is my own MacBook Pro. I've regenerated the keys, emptied all the known_hosts and authorized_keys files, etc. But if the machines can't even...

I'd already emptied known_hosts. I tried deleting it for good measure, but still the same result. I am not, and was not, getting the error: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @...

Thank you for the response. I tried it just now. It still fails, even logging in locally from the same user.

I can't ssh into any machine running Lion (10.7.1). I've tried from Lion to Lion, Snow Leopard to Lion, Leopard to Lion, and Tiger to Lion. All produce this error: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host In fact, I can't even log in from one machine into itself...

I'm running an rsync backup script via cron on several machines in our office. Each is using the same parameters. The first rsync process is between one machine and another on the LAN. The second is between one machine and an offsite machine; both are on consumer grade cable connections, with...

Answer: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?p=622824

I've written a bash script which uses rsync (rsync.sh) to back up a user's home folder. Some directories can be excluded, so I've specified an external file (filelist.txt) for the include-from and exclude-from options. The script is run from the source machine. The rsync command uses ssh, with...

The path, /usr/local/PEAR/PEAR/ does exist. Perhaps I did something wrong. I've been following these instructions from Apple to install PHP. I then followed these instructions to install PEAR, but I later realized it relates to Leopard. They were the only such instructions I could find...

I've installed PHP 5.2.9 and PEAR seems to have installed correctly. However, when I use the command, /usr/local/bin/pear install XML_Serializer-0.19.2 to try to install XML_Serializer, it goes through downloading, then fails with an error, Warning...

I want to empty a folder on a web server via shell script. My current code doesn't work. rm myusername@ssh.mydomain.com:./public_html/images/*.* What would be the correct way?

I have a Launch Agent watching a directory (WatchPaths). When a file is added, removed, or altered by user interaction, the Agent is triggered. However, I need it to be triggered by updates being made by a CGI script -- which it is not currently doing.

Hi all. I'm a UNIX n00b with a specific task I want to accomplish. I need something that can run in the background, without taking up much memory or processor power. I don't know anything about shell scripting, so any help would be appreciated. Here's what I need to do: 1) watch a...