What does it mean in your shell prompt (terminal) if the last charater of the shell prompt is # (pound) instead of $ (dollar sign)?
That you are logged in as root.
How to troubleshoot a computer with Open Firmware Password enabled
How to troubleshoot a computer with Open Firmware Password enabled If you cannot access the Open Firmware Password application and…
Kerberos – Does kerberos require service discovery to be present?
No, Kerberos is however based on properly domain name resolution.
In Mac OS X – where do kernal extensions (“kext”) load from?
/System/Library/Extensions/
cp, ditto, du, pwd, CpMac — which one of these commands is not installed by Mac OS X 10.3 installer by default, but does get added to your system if you install the developer tools?
CpMac — for copying resource forks and metadata This feature was built-in to OS 10.4 TIgers cp command by default,…
What is the location and name of the kernal panic log file?
/Library/Logs/panic.log
In Mac OS X, during the boot sequence, where are the rc scripts located?
located inside of /etc/ examples: /etc/rc.common /etc/rc.boot rc.boot has the main job of figuring out the type of boot (Multi-User,…
What kinds of DNS records can you configure in Server Admins DNS configuration?
A (Address) – stores the IP associated with name CNAME (canonical name) – stores the real name of a server…