upgrade and restart symantec services silently
When installing a Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 package, a reboot is usually required somewhere within the workflow in order to ensure that services are restarted properly, etc. Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say however, and I like to have as little end user interaction as possible – within reason, of course. I […]
Posted at 4:54 pm on December 10, 2013 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Bash Scripting, Packaging and Distribution, Symantec | Tagged: daemon, restart, symantec endpoint protection, upgrade | Continue reading
use ldapsearch to query a directory from an unbound Mac
I’ve written about using both dscl and netstat to query a Microsoft Active Directory to see if a Mac is bound to a particular directory, and what domain controller it is authenticated against. These commands work well when the Mac you run them from is bound to the same directory, but what if it is […]
Posted at 3:43 pm on April 14, 2013 | 3 comments | Filed Under: Active Directory, Bash Scripting, Mac/Windows Integration | Tagged: directory account, ldapsearch, netboot image, unbound | Continue reading
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