Make Google Notifier (for OS-X) use https
In the Gmail Notifier menu
Hold down “Command+Option” and click Preferences
In the key field, enter "SecureAlways", with a value of 1
Click “Set”. Exit Google Notifier and restart.
Archive for September 2007
OS-X OpenFirmware tips
To set your Mac to boot verbose
sudo nvram boot-args=”-v”
This applies to 10.4+ Macs. Use the “Firmware Password Utility” on your first install disk (found under /Applications/Utilities/.) This application will set your password for you. You will need to use your password to access any of the OpenFirmware commands.
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System info via .vbs
Find your system model and your memory layout
autohotkey.ini file
Autohotkey is one of the greatest tools I’ve come across on Windows. I’ve yet to find anything as useful on the Mac (yes, that includes TextExpander)
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Proliant Support Pack CLI on Linux
A Cheat sheet for PSP tools on Linux - specifically hpasmcli & hpacucli.
VMWare Configuration File Locations
/etc/vmware/esx.conf - configuration files live here
/usr/sbin/vmware-authd - authentication daemon. The configuration files live at /etc/xinetd.d/vmware-authd
/etc/vmware/netmap.conf - map of virtual switches to device names
/etc/vmware/devnames.conf - maps device names to modules and their PCI addresses
/etc/vmware/hwconfig - hardware configuration in a text file
VMWare Commands Line Tools
ESXCFG Commands
esxcfg-advcfg - ‘-g’ to get settings ‘-s’ to set them.
esxcfg-auth - configures the service console authentication options including NIS, LDAP, Kerberos and Active Directory.
esxcfg-boot - configure the GRUB options
esxcfg-dumppart - configure crash dump partition
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