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    Building a Driver for 10.1

    I have a 3Com Tornado Network card, that I want to use in my beige g3 DT... But there were no drivers for it. Checked OpenDarwin.org and oh: http://www.opendarwin.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/Apple3Com3C90x/ They do exist ;) But apparantly for the x86 port of Darwin. So here is...
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    Change password via perl

    Does anyone know how to change a password via perl? I am using a Mac OS X box as a fileserver, and am looking ofr a way to change a password via a remote interface.... I know how to secure it properly... just not how to actually change it. Anyone know of a script already? or know...
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    run on startup

    Does anyone know how to add an item to: /library/StartupItems/ I want this script: /usr/myscript/script to run whenever my computer starts up. I don't want to have it run on login, but on startup, so StartupItems is the only way to go.
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    Keyspan twin USB 1.8 driver in Mac OS 9.2.1

    Works good for me... Maybe it is an AGP G4 problem.
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    best antivirus and NU alternative?

    Virex all the way. A great product. Fast, Mac like, just a great virus scan.
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    Forbid APPS in home directory

    I am going to put a little article on MacVillage.net News to see what I can learn. I will post any ideas that I get here if you want.
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    Forbid APPS in home directory

    Well, this is more for my own knowledge than anything else.... But if you admin a building, do you want people downloading hacking programs? or anything else that would allow them to do something illegal?
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    Forbid APPS in home directory

    There really should be some way.
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    Forbid APPS in home directory

    I am really just looking to disable the obvious. I just don't want garbage being downloaded and run. Apple should have created an option or something like CHDMOD to disable Applications in a directory. Don't forget. Apps that due anything networking related could also be trouble.
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    Forbid APPS in home directory

    I just want to disable Applications from being run in that directory.
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    Forbid APPS in home directory

    I want to prevent users from downloading Applications from the web and running them.... Most installers in OS X require an admin password (which is good) but many still don't use installers and are just .sit files. Can I CHMOD a users home directory so that the user can't run applications...
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    Up-To-Date Program Confirmed @ CompUSA!!!

    Last I heard J&R didn't even make plans to reopen yet. They are working online and via mail, but they didn't know when they would be able to open the store yet.
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    Scripting Terminal - how to with SUDO

    Ok, here is what I got now: tell application "Terminal" do script with command "echo PASSWORD | su root /usr/sbin/nvram boot-device=ide1/@0:5,\\:tbxi" end tell returns: [localhost:~] robert% echo PASSWORD | su root /usr/sbin/nvram boo[localhost:~] robert% t-device=ide1/@0:5,\:tbxi...
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    Mounting Windows NT/2000 Volumes in OS X

    I hope that will be fixed soon. That is just a LARGE Bug. :(
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    Mounting Windows NT/2000 Volumes in OS X

    Ok I entered this: smb://192.168.1.3/win Server returned error: 1 why?
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    Scripting Terminal - how to with SUDO

    I wonder if anyone knows how to do this: I didn't want to give anyone the admin password to switch the startup disk, but they need to do it, so the easy solution is an apple script..... So, here is what I wrote: tell application "Terminal" do script with command "sudo...
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    10.1 - No luck in North Jersey

    Star East Buffet Guess where I had dinner right after I got 10.1 (about 2 hours ago?) WOW, small world after all. I am a regular in that place.
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    10.1 - No luck in North Jersey

    No problems in princeton CompUSA, I went at about 4:00 PM and they knew what I wanted when they saw the proof of purchase coupons, no problems at all.
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    FTP usernames

    Does anyone know how to add a user for FTP access... here is what I want to do: I have one box with Mac OS X, that I want to have a user: user1:password who can only access the directory /Users/ BUT can access any users files. Does anyone know how to do this?
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