Technical notes, my online memory

Some quick examples of common LDAP search queries. See this blog for more explanation and examples (thanks for the comment) Search for a...

Mactech has an article on using local mcx policies . To read them: dscl . -mcxread /Computers/local_computer and you can also see the full...

OS X uses plist files to store configuration information - you can think of them as OS X's version of the windows registry. To read a ...

User info dscl . read /Users/testing Group info dscl . read /Groups/admin Create a user sudo dscl . -create /Users/testing Add a user to ...

Some notes on redirection, this article has a good summary . I hold these patterns in my head, but had long since forgotten what the syntax...

Opening a DMG in the finder is a fast way to get it mounted. The manual steps are broken down as follows: Attach the disk image (if you o...

hdiutil convert /path/to/filename.dmg -format UDTO -o /path/to/savefile.iso