Dotmac.AU

Dotmac.AU covers Information Technology administration in education. The site is primarly a resource for integrating Mac OS X and Windows (for NSW DET schools) in an educational setting. That said, the information provided on this site may still be useful in other applications.

Introduction - About the School and its requirements for cross platform integration
Bulk/New user utility
- Filemaker Pro 5 based script for creating data for new users
Useful bookmarks
- links to specific pages

Mac OS X

Setting up LDAP mappings - What goes where in Mac OS X Directory Services LDAPv3 plugin
Setting up Active Directory plugin (10.4)
- How to setup the AD plugin on Tiger 10.4
Creating bulk home directories - Creating user home directories to be used with AD bulk import
Software Update via terminal
Clearing desktop pictures cache

Refresh software update service contents
Get to know Mac OS X Admin Tools part 1 - overview of Mac OS X Server’s admin tools
Get to know Mac OS X Admin Tools part 2
dirt: testing directory services - tool to test directories

Windows

Bulk importing - How to use the tool csvde including Mac OS directory information
Office 2003 network deployment - Deployment via Group Policy
Helpful group policies

Misc

Pi benchmark - Comparitive benchmark of Apple and “Wintel” systems
Aus Snow Cam
- Australian snow cam dashboard widget