In Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you could use Finder (GUI) to mount an SMB mount which was being tunneled through ssh
For example:
From Terminal establish the tunnel:
ssh -L 139:remote_machine:139 user@remote_machine
Then, in Finder, Go ? Connect to Server…
In “Server Address”, smb://localhost/mountpoint
However, this doesn’t work in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard anymore!
The workaround is instead of [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Kirk Ireson
Filed under: Mac OS X | 3 Comments »
There are a few complaints and bugs with the X11.app which shipped with Leopard Mac OS X 10.5.0. You can download and install updates from x.org which incorporate many fixes. Works great. Also, you can get Darwin 9.0 source code.
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by Kirk Ireson
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It’s coming up to that time of the year (Christmas) when most people buy gifts for friends and family, but I’ve found it much more rewarding to give to those who really need a helping hand. One place which comes in handy in helping me to evaluate an organization is
Charity Navigator (abbreviated CN below).
Here’s my [...]
Posted on November 15th, 2007 by Kirk Ireson
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Mathworks Matlab version 2007b in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has a scrolling bug where the desktop GUI is sluggish and scrolls slowly. There is a bug fix posted at the Mathworks website, bug #412219, (login required). It’s due to a different default Java Graphics2D rendering engine used by OS X 10.5 (Sun2D), where OS [...]
Posted on November 15th, 2007 by Kirk Ireson
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Newsyland blog starts today.
Yes, the world is treated to yet another blog. I have wanted to have a blog for some time now, to share, give back if you will, things I have learned – some internet wisdom and some of my own discoveries. I spent some time looking at CMS software and wanted to [...]
Posted on November 11th, 2007 by Kirk Ireson
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