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In my quest to use VNC less I’ve come across as pretty helpful command line application to check the health of my server’s disk drives. It’s pretty handy and works well with both OS X Server, and regular OS X 10.4.10. Most of the problems I seem to encounter have to do with messed up file permissions in OS X Tiger, so this comes in really handy for me. Hopefully it will help you out as much as it did for me. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s pretty simple, but for some reason it hasn’t been articulately written on the internet. Creating a database for content management systems from the command line is really simple. Essentially. You create a database, create a user and give him permission to use the database. Viola. Step follow after the jump

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So, I’ve been trying for the last day to I’ve been trying to get permalinks (pretty urls) working with wordpress and Apache on OS X Server (Tiger 10.4.10).  I have to say, I’m an idiot.  I edited all the proper files, but still couldn’t get the permalinks working. Simply, I forgot to create a .htaccess file in the proper location. Here are the steps: Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been really annoyed with VNC access to my webserver. So, I’ve vowed to use ssh to administer that server from the command line. It’s a lot quicker, and I should probably have carried over this technique from my Linux days, but somehow I got caught up in all the pretty graphics that OS X server offers. Anyway, here’s a quick ‘how to’ on how to edit the Apache config files on OS X server in a virtual hosting environment. If you familiar with Unix it’s a walk in the park.

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I’ve decided to write a couple tips for administering OS X Server 10.4.10 (Tiger Server) from the command line both locally and remotely. This first one will help you reboot your server, and shutdown your server. Read the rest of this entry »