Presentations from UEF Tech Meeting, Nov 2002
University Executive Forum Tech Meeting
Cupertino, CA
November 18-19, 2002
At the November 2002 UEF technical leads meeting, a group of over 30
Mac system administrators gathered to discuss many issues surrounding
Mac OS X lab deployment. Most of the presentations were captured on video
so they could be shared here. Our thanks to Apple for hosting our meeting
and arranging the video taping services!
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Here's a summary of the topics covered. See below for a description
of each session.
- Installation Tools
- File System Maintenance Tools
- Open Directory Integration
- Lab Environments
Installation Tools
The presentation describes different ways to use the command-line version
of the ASR utility to clone volumes and restore disk images to lab machines.
Video (18 mins) | Audio (6.1
MB) | Slides (2.5 MB)
The author of Carbon Copy Cloner discusses the new features added in
version 2.0 of the utility.
Video (10 mins) | Audio (3.4
MB) | Slides (820 KB)
A cookbook on what Login and Logout Hooks are, how to enable them, and
what tools are available for them.
Video (19 mins) | Audio (6.5
MB) | Slides (3.7 MB)
File System Maintenance Tools
RsyncX, RsyncXCD, and the RsyncX Package Tools allow you to perform
a wide range of file operations - from simple file, folder, or hard drive
local backups to remote administration of file systems for Mac OS X.
RsyncX is an enhanced version of the command line tool rsync, which is
supported on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, and win32 machines as
well.
Video (21 mins) | Audio (7.2
MB) | Slides (9 MB)
Radmind is a suite of Unix command line tools for remote administration
of file systems for Mac OS X and other Unix systems. This presentation
gives a overview of the tools, the process of using the tools, terms,
execution and status customizations, tips & tricks.
Video (24 mins) | Audio (8.3
MB) | Slides (6.1 MB)
Customization details including multiple examples of executing radmind
at startup, login, logout, manually, and scheduled with perl, shell and
AppleScripts scripts. Also includes details on customizing login panel
and the system menu to display status information. For updated scripts,
download the StuffIt archive below.
Slides (1.3 MB)
Updated version of the scripts in the "Radmind - U of U Customization
Details" pdf above. Last updated 11-21-2002.
Scripts (20 KB SIT)
Open Directory Integration
An introduction into the directory services built into Mac OS X. This
session gives an overview of all the services and capabilities included
with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
Video (36 mins) | Audio (12.4
MB) | Slides - not available
This is a success story about how Mac OS X has been able to leverage
an existing iPlanet directory infrastructure for lab login and authorization
information.
Video (16 mins) | Audio (5.2
MB) | Slides (3.7 MB)
A detailed look at the integration of Mac OS X with Microsoft Active
Directory and Novell eDirectory using their LDAP interfaces.
Video (23 mins) | Audio (7.7
MB) | Slides (230 KB)
Lab Environments
A look at the Managed Client for X (MCX) environment and the interface
to control it, Workgroup Manager. MCX allows an administrator to control
user access to settings, printers, media, applications, and more.
Video (53 mins) | Audio (18.5
MB) | Slides (1.8 MB)
A short introduction to Kerberos followed by a description of the Kerberos
support built into Mac OS X 10.1 and 10.2.
Video (23 mins) | Audio (7.9
MB) | Slides (490 KB)
Mac OS X provides a separate home directory for each user. Learn some
of the benefits of storing those home directories on a central network-based
file server. Specific examples discussed include Apple's support of AFP
and an open-source implementation of OpenAFS.
Video (52 mins) | Audio (18
MB) | Slides (212 KB) |
