Open terminal and create a link to the utility.

sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport


Now that the utility is available, run airport -I for all of your wireless information.

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sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd

This will enable NetExtender to once again work its magic.

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Boot Keyboard Shortcut

Hold down the ‘6′ and ‘4′ keys while you are booting. Conversly, you can boot into 32bit by holding down the ‘3′ and the ‘2′ keys.

NVRAM setting

Set a nvram setting to boot into 64bit.

nvram boot-args="arch=x86_64"

Apple Configuration File

Set to Apple configuration file to boot into 64bit by editing /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<  !DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
< plist version="1.0">
< dict>
	< key>Kernel< /key>
	< string>mach_kernel< /string>
	< key>Kernel Flags< /key>
	< string>arch=x86_64< /string>
< /dict>
< /plist>

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Don’t bother trying to install the Windows 2003 Admin Tool Pack in Windows 7.  It will not work.

Microsoft has released the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7.  Download and install this little jewel.  Once installed, hop into your “Control Panel”.  Click on “Programs” and then “Turn Windows features on or off”.  You will see a new section called “Remote Server Administration Tools”.  Mark which tools you need and then click Ok.  No reboot needed.

That was half the problem…  Now onto the Exchange tools.  Microsoft seems to not have much information about the Exchange tools for 2003.  I can’t blame them.  I would like to be running Exchange 2007 right now but it is not in the cards for another year.  By that time, probably jump right into Exchange 2010.  In the meantime, I found a download over at Will Dove’s website.  What he has done is take the official ESM for Vista build from Microsoft and removed the check for Vista in the install process.  This works like a charm.  I have not run into any issues using this on my system.

Next up for my admin tool build project, Citrix Tools and OCS.

Updates:

• 20090817 – Updated the link to the Remote Server Administration Tools

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   1:  ' Root DN of the Users

   2:  LDAPRootDN = "LDAP://OU=HCL Users,DC=hcl,DC=internal"

   3:   

   4:  ' Infra database DSN

   5:  InfraDSN = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=data01.hcl.internal;Database=infraEnterprise;Trusted_Connection=TRUE"

   6:   

   7:  set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

   8:  objConnection.ConnectionString = InfraDSN

   9:  objConnection.open

  10:   

  11:  ' Start the process

  12:  ProcessOU(LDAPRootDN)

  13:   

  14:  function ProcessOU ( DN )

  15:      set CNUsers = GetObject(DN)

  16:      for each User in CNUsers

  17:          select case User.class

  18:              case "user"

  19:                  ' Migrate manager information if a manager is defined

  20:                  if ( User.manager <> "" ) then

  21:                      MigrationCount = MigrationCount + 1

  22:                      MigrateManager User.distinguishedName, User.manager

  23:                  else

  24:                      ' No manager information on file

  25:                  end if

  26:              case "organizationalUnit", "container"

  27:                  ' This is an OU, recurse into

  28:                  ProcessOU( User.ADsPath )

  29:          end select

  30:      next

  31:  end function

  32:   

  33:  function MigrateManager ( StaffDN, ManagerDN )

  34:      set Staff = GetObject("LDAP://" + StaffDN)

  35:      set Manager = GetObject("LDAP://" + ManagerDN)

  36:      strQuery = "exec sp_MigrateManager '" + Staff.GUID + "', '" + Manager.GUID + "'"

  37:      set rs = objConnection.execute(strQuery)

  38:  end function

The following is the supporting TSQL for the sp_MigrateManager procedure.

   1:  USE infraEnterprise

   2:  GO

   3:   

   4:  IF EXISTS ( (SELECT NAME FROM sysobjects WHERE NAME = 'sp_MigrateManager' AND TYPE = 'P'))

   5:  BEGIN

   6:      DROP PROCEDURE sp_MigrateManager

   7:  END

   8:  GO

   9:   

  10:  CREATE PROCEDURE sp_MigrateManager 

  11:      @StaffGUID NVARCHAR(300),

  12:      @ManagerGUID NVARCHAR(300)

  13:  AS

  14:  BEGIN

  15:   

  16:      DECLARE @ManagerRef INT

  17:      

  18:      SELECT @ManagerRef = COALESCE(REF, 0) FROM AR_USER_ATTRIBUTES WHERE ldap_object_id = @ManagerGUID

  19:      

  20:      UPDATE AR_USER_ATTRIBUTES

  21:      SET

  22:          MANAGER_REF = @ManagerRef

  23:      WHERE

  24:          ldap_object_id = @StaffGUID

  25:      

  26:  END

  27:  GO

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• IBM Thinkpad
• Cingular Aircard 875 (note, this is really a Sierra card)
• Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 (updated system as of 20080510)

The first step was to make sure the drivers were being loaded into the system correctly when the hardware was inserted. The simple way to do this is tail the message log.

sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

Upon inserting the card, I saw that the card was recognized and that the device was assigned some ttyUSB device nodes.

Upon inserting card…

May 10 10:00:49 spicy kernel: [ 688.462393] sierra 5-1:1.0: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter detected
May 10 10:00:49 spicy kernel: [ 688.463909] usb 5-1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
May 10 10:00:49 spicy kernel: [ 688.464288] usb 5-1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
May 10 10:00:49 spicy kernel: [ 688.464599] usb 5-1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
May 10 10:00:49 spicy kernel: [ 688.464833] usbcore: registered new interface driver sierra
May 10 10:00:49 spicy kernel: [ 688.464839] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c: USB Driver for Sierra Wireless USB modems: v.1.2.5b

Make sure that you see the lines similar to “usb 5-1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0”. This tells you that you will be able to use device ttyUSB0 to make your connection.

Now, this is the point where I could have used some of the config files in the previous post but I wanted to focus on using the GUI configuration tools.

So, click on the Network Manager applet and select “Manual Configuration”. Once this appears on your screen, click the “Unlock” button and authenticate.

Select the “Point to Point” connection and then click on the “Properties” button.

On the general tab, enter the following information:

• Connection Type: Serial Modem
• Phone Number: *99***1#
• Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
• Password: cingular1

On the modem tab, enter the following information:

• Modem port: /dev/ttyUSB0

On the options tab, select the following check boxes:

• Set modem as default route to Internet
• Use the Internet service providers nameservers

Click the “OK” button. Your ppp connection is now configured. You can close the “Network Settings” window. Now, logout of your gnome session. The key here is to restart the Network Manager applet so that it recognizes the new ppp connection.

Once you log back in, click on the Network Manager applet and select the “Dial Up Connections” option and then”Connect to ppp0 via Modem”. This will start you Cingular connection and you should be good to go.

Notes:

• You can monitor the connection progress by having a terminal widow open and executing the following command: ’sudo tail -f /var/log/messages’
• Firefox may think that it is working offline when you first start the application. Click on ‘File’ → ‘Work Offline’ to make sure the option is not set. I was then able to browse with no problems.

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This has been a great experience reconnecting with old friends. It has also given me the opportunity to perform once again. My sister, who plays in the mello line, found these clips on the Internet. The audio is pretty rough. Enjoy!

Part 1

Part 2

PS, I am working on a Westshoremen tribute website. I am looking for any photographs or personal stories that you would like to share. Feel free to contact me.

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