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After seeing this post on afp548.com I decided to take the time to dive into a little cocoa as I have been trying to learn it recently. For anyone interested , I have modified the source code to display the size of /Volumes/<logname> so you can have the menu display a home directory perhaps mounted by MCX, loginhook, location file,alias etc. Basically meaning if you have a (Portable | Mobile) account you can see the quota information (free space) of the mounted share,instead of the local home folder’s file system.

Download:QuotaMonitorMenuMobile.zip

note: different name so modify the hook accordingly

Posted with Adam Gerson’s permission

I also made one that uses the OriginalHomeDirectory attribute but it would only work for people using a non-guest pure kerberos automount setup. if you would like it instead feel free to contact me

So ever since iDay I have been looking for a good way to get content on the iphone ( yeah scrolling is fun but seriously ), I have started using Google’s Reader service and I think I have finally found something that I can live with, and find myself using it on my standard size browsers too. If you don’t know much about the service its basically a rss reader that treats the feeds like email messages, a surprisingly efficient concept.

I have added basically every site I normally visit and am now using their mobile version. Might not be news to you but thought I would post it if you have not played
with it yet .

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For anyone interested in deleting Mobile (Portable) accounts after a certain number of days ( most likely a lab environment ) I have created a bash with an accompanying loginhook and package installer(w/postflight). Any feedback or code additions would be greatly appreciated. Static Link here

Elmer “Rabbit Droppings” remover v1.9

These scripts are designed to remove mobile home directories after 15 days of inactivity, test in a non production environment before deploying!

You can find the package maker project ->here<- and the installer package ->here<-

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Backing up share point data on Mac OS X Server.

In response to this article on afp548 and a job I had to today here is a quick, if not old school way to backup share points.

nidump -r /config/SharePoints . >shares.nidump
To restore from the backup.
niload -r /config/SharePoints . <shares.nidump
Perhaps more later…
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