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OSX - How to change the root user's shell.

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Or the default shell of any user for that matter. I don’t know if this is recommended or not, but changing from /bin/sh to /bin/bash will enable tab-completion, and since I’m a lazy admin that’s what I’ll do. (Plus, less keystrokes = longer hardware life for my keyboard.)

This command will display the user’s default shell (replace root with desired username):

rivendell:~ root# dscl . -read /Users/root UserShell

Now change the shell (in this case to /bin/bash):

CPAN changing permissions on OSX

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

some Perl code

If you are looking for a Perl module to interface with Amazon’s S3 hosting service, do not use the Net::Amazon::S3 module. It has an unrealistically huge list of modules on which it’s dependent (one of which is more like a framework — a pain in itself) and you’ll likely never get it installed. The Amazon::S3 module by Timothy Appnel installs without a hitch, and it was based on an earlier version of the Net::Amazon::S3 module.

Mac OS X – madplay mp3 player

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This was originally posted on my old blog, ngmarleyDOTnet, on May 8, 2009 @ 11:20 CST. That blog is now defunct and the content is slowly being absorbed into this one. I pretty much do use iTunes exclusively on my Macbook now, but wanted to preserve this for posterity.

I’m not a huge fan of iTunes. On my Linux systems, I use a command-line MP3 player. I simply type the names of the files I want to play as arguments.