System Administration – Page 7

May 19, 2014December 10, 2016

OS X Recovery Partition: Customizing With Different Apps

Originally, I wanted to use Casper Imaging from the Recovery partition. So this post is based off of this article and this feature request on JAMF Nation. At the end, I realized I probably wouldn’t be able to add this app to the Recovery HD until JAMF updates it to 64-bit. However, this process seems to work for other 64-bit apps. The example I use in this walkthrough is Calculator.app. Continue reading “OS X Recovery Partition: Customizing With Different Apps”

May 13, 2014December 10, 2016

Enabling SSH in Single-user Mode on OS X

In my testing, I have found a way to enable SSH in Single-user mode (SUM). So far, I have only been able to make outbound connections. Even though the SSH service is on and the ports show as LISTENING , I still am not able to remote in from another machine. But I can use the machine booted to SUM to SSH into another remote device. Continue reading “Enabling SSH in Single-user Mode on OS X”

May 13, 2014December 10, 2016

Single-user Mode on OS X: Intrusion Detection System: An EFI Password Alternative

My Single-user Mode Intrusion Detection system works in two parts:

a local script is deployed to all client machines
a script runs via GeekTool every two seconds

Continue reading “Single-user Mode on OS X: Intrusion Detection System: An EFI Password Alternative”

August 13, 2013December 10, 2016

OS X Scripting: How-to Script A Mouse Click At X-Y Coordinate

Automate annoying and repetitive mouse clicks with this great trick! Continue reading “OS X Scripting: How-to Script A Mouse Click At X-Y Coordinate”