On Mac OS X Snow Leopard and below it was possible to access the Hosts file using this command: sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts In Mac OS X Lion this is no longer possible due to sandboxing. The best option to access hosts file on Lion is Terminal: sudo vim /private/etc/hosts Any terminal editor will do (vi,…
Continue ReadingMozilla Thunderbird: Show Remote Images by Default
In Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client, the default says that every email that has images from the web is going to have it’s images blocked, and you have to enable the remote content BY email address. This can be really annoying. If you are pretty secure in your email manhood and don’t fear the web, you…
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Signing a script doesn’t mean you’re approving or authorizing it, as you might do with a contract or a credit card slip. In the world of digital security, signing is the process of affixing your identity to something and ensuring that the state or condition of that “something” has not been modified in any way.…
Continue ReadingMac OS X: Enable Root Account on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
There are several reasons why someone might want to enable root login on their Mac. From a security perspective, setting a root password is a way to “take ownership” of the super user account and effectively restricts the possibility for someone else to do so in your place. In some other cases, you may need…
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