Articles tagged with network_settings

1. ncutil - OS X's Missing Network Configuration Utility

   Posted on June 06, 2007 in System Administration

   If you've ever had to administer a Mac OS X system from afar, you know how difficult it can be to manage network settings. The Network Preference Panel under System Preferences is a great tool if you have remote access to the <acronym title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</acronym>, but …

2. OS X Caching Only Name Server

   Posted on May 31, 2007 in System Administration

   By default, Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) comes with BIND 9 pre-installed and pre-configured to operate in caching-only mode. Unfortunately, the operating system is not configured to start the server at boot time, or even use the server if it was running. In this series of articles, we'll create …