Tools for advanced users – Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual
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Tools for Advanced Users
This chapter describes tools, and techniques intended for use by experienced server
administrators. The following table summarizes them.
Tool or technique
Use to
For more
information, see
Terminal
Run command-line tools
Secure shell (SSH)
Use Terminal to run command-line tools for
remote servers
dsimportexport
Import and export user and group accounts
using XML or text files
log rolling scripts
Periodically roll, compress, and delete server
log files
diskspacemonitor
Monitor percentage-full disk thresholds and
execute scripts that generate email alerts and
reclaim disk space when thresholds are
reached
diskutil
Manage Mac OS X Server disks and volumes
remotely
installer
Install software packages remotely
softwareupdate
Find new versions of software and install them
remotely on a server
systemsetup
Configure system preferences on a remote
server
networksetup
Configure network services for a particular
network hardware port on a remote server