Does it work? The answer is yes! 
All you have to do is edit the sshd_config file on the OpenBSD machine and set X11Forwarding to yes, then fire up X (I’m using XQuartz 2.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple18)) and in an xterm (or Terminal.app!) enter
ssh -Y user@openbsd_machine program
Voila!
P.S.: Actually, you don’t even have to start X on either end of this connection, it will still work. I just tried
The DHCP server at my office was reconfigured yesterday and it started forcing my macbook pro to change it’s name. I like having my host name remain constant for various reasons, so I asked in #macosx and some kind user there pointed me to this blog post:
It works on leopard, in case you’re wondering! Solved my problem after a reboot.
If you installed Security Update 002 for leopard and suddenly ssh tells you “bus error”, the answer lies here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6863360#6863360
Apparently the guys at rogue amoeba have some work to do – we need instant hijack!
If you are too lazy to read that thread, the fix is:
sudo /usr/local/hermes/bin/hermesctl unload
thereby uninstalling instant hijack and fixing the problem. Somehow…
… and here’s the fix from Rogue Amoeba:
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/2008/03/19/security-update-2008-002-compatibility-fix/
I just noticed that when you use the mysql 5 client from MacPorts (installed as /opt/local/bin/mysql5) to connect to a mysql5 server running on localhost that was installed via the package at dev.mysql.com, an error is generated:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock’ (2)
This is because the installation of mysql 5 server from the mysql site uses /tmp to hold the socket file. Of course if you read the README you’d know this:
“The installation layout is similar to that of a `tar’ file binary
distribution; all MySQL binaries are located in the directory
`/usr/local/mysql/bin’. The MySQL socket file is created as
`/tmp/mysql.sock’ by default.”
I, of course, did not read the README first, and so I wondered what I was doing wrong. The fix is easy, just add
-S /tmp/mysql.sock
to your mysql5 command to use it without any configuration (i.e. changing the location of the socket).
I’m experimenting with Spam Sieve to see if it can replace Mail.app’s dumb junk mail filters. I trained Mail’s junk filters for about a year and I still got spam last week. Obvious spam at that. It’s just silly. Thunderbird for Mac has great junk filters but no direct tie-in to the Addressbook. SpamSieve adds better bayesian filtering to Mail and entourage (but please don’t use entourage – it’s a tech support nightmare. thx.) I’ve been training it for a couple days now and it’s doing well. I’ll post again in a few days to note the progress. At the end of my 30 day trial I’ll definitely be posting whether or not I feel that it’s worth the $25 that the devs are asking for it Stay tuned!
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