Important commands: sips
A few folks have asked me where I got the nice looking Software Update icon for my post regarding Apple’s Security Update 2007-004. First, let me say, “Thanks for noticing!” Second, let me point out that Steve Jobs will probably be knocking on the door of the SlaptiShack wanting some sort [...]

Categories: Graphics Design

Sam Varshavchik with the Courier Mail Server project announced updates for all their major software packages including courier-imap, courier-authlib, and maildrop, in addition to the Courier MTA. The major fix common to most packages appears to be the plugging of a memory leak which only came into play once a server had run out [...]

Categories: System Administration

You’ve probably been using Postfix and ClamAV for a long time. Prior to Postfix 2.3, you had to have an AMaViS daemon running to act as the glue between Postfix and ClamAV.
As of version 2.3, Postfix now supports Sendmail 8 Milter protocol. Now you can cut AMaViS (and all that port 10025 junk [...]

Categories: System Administration

Apple released this year’s fourth security update for Mac OS X on April 19th. Although the update size isn’t large (9.3MB for Power PC, 16.1MB for Universal), it does address some significant security risks in key software packages. Further down, I’ll include a complete list of software affected, as well as what [...]

Categories: Security Updates

Note: This install occured on a Mac mini. If you are using a Power PC based system, make sure you get the proper version of MySQL.
Important commands: hdiutil, installer, wget
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For some reason, MySQL’s main page has become nearly unreadable. Therefore, you might find it easier to go straight to the MySQL downloads page. [...]

Categories: System Administration