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that's a prett good idea, I didn't think of that. The only issue is the user has admin rights, so they could override if they wanted to. Thanks for your help.

The user needs access so an application can install a package from the network drive. But I don't want the user to get a copy of it. So I am tring to hide the network drive.

I am trying to write a script that mounts a network drive. The network drive must be as secure and hidden as possible, including being hidden from commands such as df, etc. Any suggestions?

found my own answer

sed '/^MAC address/ d'

I am looking for a way to remove any line in a text file that contains the string "Mac address". I guess you would grep and sed, but I am not sure how to do this. Thanks for you help.

yeah, i am aware of using a browser, but I hoping to get it from unix directly

Hi all,
I am on a mac and I am trying to get more information about print jobs i have. "lpq" only displays the document printing, size, and job ID. I need the status (if its on hold or not). Anyway...

thanks man, making my own ntp.conf file works great. I tried using ntpdate, but just couldn't get it to work right

found an even better way of doing it

sudo scutil --set ComputerName "newcompname"
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "newhostname"

this is much smoother than editing the plist manually and does...

hey cjajohnson
thanks for your help. I thought there was a "system" user because when i go to get info (im on a mac), it says "system" under owner

when i ran the code "ls -l" on the file, it came...

solved my own problem

user plist buddy (more info at http://www.dreness.com/blog/archives/6)

the plist containing the computer and hostname is located...

im running into changing the ownership of a file. I am trying to change the ownership to "system", but it doesn't want to work. I

sudo chown system /preferences.plist
Password:
chown: system:...

thanks zazzy. I didn't know deleting a user would be so dangerous.

this is what i get

ComputerName ~ $ sudo ntpdate timeserver.something.com
Password:
2 Mar 12:02:13 ntpdate[8910]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
ComputerName ~ $

so then i kill running...

by default, a mac syncs its time and date with time.apple.com (located system prefs->Date&Time). Is there a way in unix to change it to another address?

my attempts to use ntpdate and ntpd have...

is there a way to delete a mac os x user using unix?

I am trying to change my computer name (located in system prefs-> sharing) using unix

i've tried

Macbook-Pro:~ user$ hostname
Macbook-Pro.local
Macbook-Pro:~ user$ sudo hostname hello...