Articles tagged with mac mini

1. tshark Fails: Interface is Not Up

   Posted on July 20, 2010 in System Administration

   This problem happened on a Mac Mini running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) not too long ago. The user was trying to run tshark against interface en2 — a USB <acronym title="Network Interface Card">NIC</acronym>. The tshark command produced the following output.

   # tshark -w /tmp/slap -i en2
   Capturing …

2. Installing MySQL On Mac OS X Via Terminal

   Posted on April 20, 2007 in System Administration

   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 …

3. Preparing Mac OS X For Production Remotely

   Posted on April 13, 2007 in System Administration

   Note: I recently had to prepare a Mac mini for use as a network testing device. The system was installed in a remote location and only reachable via SSH.

   Important commands: hdiutil, installer, softwareupdate, shutdown

   When preparing a system for production, there are three main tasks that need to be …