It can be used for different network protocols including HTTP, FTP, IMAP, NNTP and other types such as SMB, Telnet etc. It also gives you facility of creating your own authentication type. It also includes extra options of load and resume, so process can be paused when required and you can resume process when you want.
Connecting to SMB shares with Mac OS X. This tutorial will walk you through connecting your Macs to SMB (Server Message Block) shares, hosted on Windows Servers, Windows Desktops, or network attached storage devices. Problem - when opening 'VLC for mobile' on IOS devices like iPhone, iPad or even MAC or none apple devices, the NAME that is discovered automatically on the connection session is considered by all of us (by mistake) as a 'display name' but actually, it's a 'HOST NAME', the hostname is not being resolved to the IP address of the remote SMB. Like smb://username:password@yoursmbserver/yourpath I have also krusader (alternative file explorer) installed which works much better with smb and also I can open video files from smb shares in vlc from there. Although I don't use vlc much for media playback. I have a chroot with only xbmc for that. Which also handles my smb shares very well.
| Click here to return to the 'Enable automatic login with automatic screen lock' hint |
Question: will this work if I otherwise set my screensaver to 'Never' turn on? I'd like to restrict login access to the machine (which is in a semi-public space), but once logged in keep the screensaver from coming on.
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Yes, it should -- the 'Never' setting is just how long the computer will wait before activating the screensaver application when you're idle, whereas this just opens it at login.
How are about this:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend > /dev/null
Um, couldn't this 'security' be bypassed by holding the shift key at startup?
First rule in security: If someone has physical access to the machine, it isn't secure.
For example, even if the screen was already locked, someone can just come up and pull the power cord and hold command-S when restarting the machine. All security is bypassed.
If you have an open firmware password, the person can simply open the case, pull a RAM stick and restart the machine.
This method is pretty good for locking down a machine in a trusted environment; i.e. one where you don't expect people to deliberately work at compromising your machine, but might mess you up without intending to do so or see something they shouldn't (like a payroll spreadsheet) if your machine wasn't locked at all.
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Changing RAM configuration on a machine protected by the Open-Firmware Password disables the password.
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If you use FileVault though, you do have some protection, since the attacker will have to find a way to decrypt the files, which is really hard. The downside is that FileVault is a little buggy? or at least seems that way in the reports I've read. Moviesfnaf downloads.
safe boot disables automatic login, at least in tiger.8 (goes to login window).
for a shell script which you can run at log-in. You can adjust the idle time to less if you want the screen saver to kick in quicker.
I use OSX-vnc to do this. It has a startup item so it can run in the background of the login screen. Free instrument downloads for garagebandyellowray. I can remotely login using the vnc password, and then login using the computer account. I can also lock the machine using fast user switch/login window. It is not seemless though, I usually get kicked off vnc upon logging in/out, and i must re-login the vnc session.
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I knew someone else would have worked this out for me. Excellent!
This is really bad security. If an attacker has physical access to your machine, holding down shift while it automatically logs you in will disable the Login Items and then you're wide open.
Of course if they have physical access and half a clue, you're probably screwed at that point anyway.
On the VNC route, user-based server apps (Vine Server, etc) can give you access to your desktop while a login screen is displayed (user switching required) but you'll get odd results from a context that isn't in charge (think audio and video hardware access. Some apps can crash or misbehave). This can give you to the GUI, albeit not 100% compatible, but still a step up from just command line.
Alternatively, I think if you enable Remote Desktop with VNC access enabled, that being system wide, you can actually access the login screen by remote. The downside is of course, you can't hide behind the login screen like you can with a user-bound server app, but has the advantage that its always present, and autologin isn't needed. Also, the built-in server doesn't support all the traffic-reducing features of user apps, but I think this solution will become much more useful in Leopard. Apple is touting Screen Sharing as a real feature. Imagine it combined with back-to-my-mac (personal VPN, requires .Mac)
Killer combination of features.
http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backtomymac.html
! Note: But it doesnt work with filevault.
Please bear in mind that useing login hooks can render your machine un-usable. To safeguard against such events its recommended to write down the restoration command on a piece of paper. Login hooks are run as root, they can be disabled from single-user mode (press 's' on startup).
This above script is nice under normal circumstances because you dont really notice it and no 'second wait' while user account is still loaded.
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jason209 - nice script, however under Snow Leopard this causes the system to just display a blue screen after you click the 'Already Logged In User' and enter your password (logging into another account, such as the Guest Account, works fine).
Any ideas how to get this working with Snow Leopard?