NetInfo uses

ghost_user_name

Anyone found anything constructive to do with NetInfo? I just built an OS X Server machine with a WebObjects deployment package on it for internal testing, and I set it up as a NetInfo Parent, and binded all my clients to it. I was able to run authentication through it, but that was about it, and it was kind of slow, and I don't run enough machines here to really justify that.



Has anyone played around with it, or is there anything 'cool' or interesting I can do with it other than remote authentication?



I've had an uneventful weekend as you can tell

torifile

I use it to set up different machines on my powerbook. That way I can have different websites hosted locally for development and testing purposes. Type <a href="http://localhost/"; target="_blank">http://localhost/</a>; and get one website, type <a href="http://otherhost/"; target="_blank">http://otherhost/</a>; and get another, each with it's own doc root. It helps keep paths manageable. It's like name based virtual hosts without having to be connected to the internet.



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jared

[quote]Originally posted by torifile:

<strong>I use it to set up different machines on my powerbook. That way I can have different websites hosted locally for development and testing purposes. Type <a href="http://localhost/"; target="_blank">http://localhost/</a>; and get one website, type <a href="http://otherhost/"; target="_blank">http://otherhost/</a>; and get another, each with it's own doc root. It helps keep paths manageable. It's like name based virtual hosts without having to be connected to the internet.



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How do yo do that? lol

ghost_user_name

hmm, that is an interesting use. I run a linux box on my intranet with Apache for testing sites that are in development (with the exception of WebObjects clients, who go on the X Server box). I'm going to have to play around with that though



Jared: To edit something like that you would open up NetInfo Manager in Applications/Utilities. You have to authenticate yourself, then you can make modifications to the NetInfo database.

jared

[quote]Originally posted by M3D Jack:

<strong>Jared: To edit something like that you would open up NetInfo Manager in Applications/Utilities. You have to authenticate yourself, then you can make modifications to the NetInfo database.</strong><hr></blockquote>



I know how to do all of that except make the modifications to Netinfo...

torifile

It's super easy. Just go to NetInfo and duplicate the machine localhost. Change the name to whatever you want and restart your netinfo domain. I'm working on a site called cyberpharm, so that the name of that machine.

torifile

<a href="http://www.evolt.org/article/Enabling_Virtual_Hosts_on_MacOS_X/18/13138/"; target="_blank">Link to article.</a> This the article I read a while ago about how to do what I described above. Enjoy.