I recently needed to establish an ad-hoc ssh connection to a server behind a firewall. I didn't control the firewall and couldn't get a port mapped through it for incoming ssh access, so I had to use a reverse ssh...
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Fix SMB Permissions on OS X Server for Newly Created Files and Folders
I don't know why it is, but SMB on OS X Server is slower and less reliable than the AFP that it replaces. Despite Apple making it the default for OS X to OS X Server file sharing connections, AFP...
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Set OS X Server to Deny SMB 3 Connections
Sometimes an OS X Server will have very poor SMB file sharing performance - whilst I haven't been able to ascertain with 100% certainty what causes it, something that may be a factor is the use of SMB 3 connections...
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Mount a Windows partition of an optical disc on OS X
Today I needed to install some software on a Windows server - the software only came on an optical disc and the Windows server didn't have an optical drive. "No problem" I thought to myself, I'll just put the DVD...
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