Trouble backing up Macbook (10.4.11) and some newbie questions...

I am using a MacBook OS X 10.4.11 and do not have Time Machine. I have a couple newbie questions...
What is the best way to back up everything? I am using Disk Utility's Restore tab but it is taking forever. I first tried to do it though Disk Utility's First Aid tab but it wouldn't let me make a New Image because the "source was in use", I think it is because I don't have the Install Disc to begin with (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1553).
Secondly, does this include everything in "Home" (bookmarks, iPhoto library, iTunes library and so forth), Documents, and Desktop? Or must these be archived and transferred to the external hard drive separately from Macintosh HD?
Thanks in advance for any help!

I tried restarting the phone and switching to another USB cable and now it is working so never mind.

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Hi.
I'm currently evaluating njawin, and some questions came up:
Will there be a command line interface for jcomgen?
The interactive GUI isn't really suitable for an automated build process.
njawin compared to jawin:
njawin seems to be more advanced, but there's no source available.
Does anybody know if this will change in the future?
regards,
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Carl,
The njawin distribution available for "evaluation" download around the web comes with no license, as it is a version of OLE for Java (OLEJA), a commercial product, which was developed before OLEJA went retail.
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How to be most popular and some finance questions.

Hi i'm interested how to make business podcasts.
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Voxdel,
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Does this computer just need a new battery for the clock? Also, will that battery also improve the general sluggishness?
What battery does it need and how can I replace it?
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You can run the top command in the terminal to get an idea about system and memory usage.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
type
top -u
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Look for this line. The number in yours will be different.
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so
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used + free = installed memory (768 off by a meg )
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The next line
VM: 4.22G + 118M 22499(0) pageins, 0(0) pageouts
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programmer's side.
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used as a "generic" component?
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available to anonymous third parties (hence the wsdl), WebServices
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name=value format to the server and use e4x xml as the resultFormat
in flex.
Even though you said "roughly", that is still an impossible
question to answer, there are too many variables: On the back-end,
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Morning -
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Check the below links -
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KB29087 Unable to browse the Internet over a Wi-Fi connection on the BlackBerry smartphone
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CR XI and charts -newb question within

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1/04/06
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Hi All,
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Checksum failed and some newbie questiions

Hi people,
I have tried the GSS-API without JAAS tutorial for java 1.5 at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/security/jgss/tutorials/BasicClientServer.html with that config:
1) Environment config:
- JKD 1.5.0 update 11
- Windows XP pro against Active Directory on a Windows Server
2) The bcsLogin.conf jaas config file exactly as it appears in the tutorial
3) My krb5.conf file:
 [libdefaults]
 default_realm = MYCOMPANY.COM
 default_tkt_enctypes = rc4-hmac
 default_tgs_enctypes = rc4-hmac
 [realms]
 MYCOMPANY.COM = {
 kdc = MYCOMPANY.COM
 admin_server = MYCOMPANY.COM
 default_domain = MYCOMPANY.COM
 [domain_realm]
 MYCOMPANY = MYCOMPANY.COM4) Parameters for the SampleServer program:
Program arguments
4444
VM arguments
-Djavax.security.auth.useSubjectCredsOnly=false
-Djava.security.krb5.conf=krb5.conf
-Djava.security.auth.login.config=bcsLogin.conf
5) Parameters for the SampleClient program:
Program arguments
krbtgt localhost 4444
VM arguments
-Djavax.security.auth.useSubjectCredsOnly=false
-Djava.security.krb5.conf=krb5.conf
-Djava.security.auth.login.config=bcsLogin.conf
After executing it I obtained the below checksum exception:
Checksum failed !
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: GSSException: Failure unspecified at GSS-API level (Mechanism level: Checksum failed)
 at SampleServer.main(SampleServer.java:121)
Caused by: GSSException: Failure unspecified at GSS-API level (Mechanism level: Checksum failed)
 at sun.security.jgss.krb5.Krb5Context.acceptSecContext(Krb5Context.java:730)
 at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.acceptSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:300)
 at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.acceptSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:246)
 at SampleServer.main(SampleServer.java:118)
Caused by: KrbException: Checksum failed
 at sun.security.krb5.internal.crypto.ArcFourHmacEType.decrypt(ArcFourHmacEType.java:85)
 at sun.security.krb5.internal.crypto.ArcFourHmacEType.decrypt(ArcFourHmacEType.java:77)
 at sun.security.krb5.EncryptedData.decrypt(EncryptedData.java:167)
 at sun.security.krb5.KrbApReq.authenticate(KrbApReq.java:267)
 at sun.security.krb5.KrbApReq.<init>(KrbApReq.java:134)
 at sun.security.jgss.krb5.InitSecContextToken.<init>(InitSecContextToken.java:79)
 at sun.security.jgss.krb5.Krb5Context.acceptSecContext(Krb5Context.java:715)
 ... 3 more
Caused by: java.security.GeneralSecurityException: Checksum failed
 at sun.security.krb5.internal.crypto.dk.ArcFourCrypto.decrypt(ArcFourCrypto.java:387)
 at sun.security.krb5.internal.crypto.ArcFourHmac.decrypt(ArcFourHmac.java:74)
 at sun.security.krb5.internal.crypto.ArcFourHmacEType.decrypt(ArcFourHmacEType.java:83)
 ... 9 moreApart from help for the exception itselft I have some questions:
1- For the SampleClient program I use krbtgt as the server name but I don�t know exactly why this works. Other values don�t work and I don�t know exactly what this server name is, who creates it, etc. I would be grateful for some explanation about it
2- I use the same username-password (mine) for authentication in the SampleServer and in the SampleClient, is that correct?
Thank you very much in advance.

Hello wangwj,
I don�t know what you want to say exactly with �trying the username you used for ServerClient�.
In the SampleServer code (I believe that you refer it as ServerClient) there is no place where I can give a username (apart from my credentials when I do a login).
Debugging SampleClient the program generates the next error when I use a server name different from krbtgt:
KRBError: sTime is Fri Mar 09 09:32:16 CET 2007 1173429136000
 suSec is 407323
 error code is 7
 error Message is Server not found in Kerberos database
 realm is ADGBS.COM
 sname is V442596
 eData provided.
 msgType is 30When I use krbtgt as the server name all goes ok for the client (well, it shows an error but is expected):
KRBError: sTime is Fri Mar 09 09:42:33 CET 2007 1173429753000
 suSec is 711423
 error code is 52
 error Message is Response too big for UDP, retry with TCP
 realm is ADGBS.COM
 sname is krbtgt
 msgType is 30After that:
1) It�s possible that I have to create a new server account in Kerberos and pass his username to the client parameter?
2) In the first post I wrote it shows a checksum exception. I have read that It�s needed that Active Directoy configures to DES encryption for interoperability. Someone knows something about that?
Thanks in advance,

Planning 11.1.1.3 application comparison, and some BR questions

1) Does anyone know how to compare 2 versions of the same Classic 11.1.1.3 Planning apps? Hiearchies, forms? Lets say, I have QA and DEV versions, and I want to see if they are in sync/identical? I remember that Ver 9 had Manage Models option in Administration menu that with some tricking was doing comparison of the two models (their file xtracts), but can't find anything like that in v 11.
2) Anyone knows the way to easily export the code of BRs into a file? The export XML doesn't always have the readable code in it, so its not reliable. Any suggestions?
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FTP Proxy not being denied (and some other questions)

I have a simple BM37+NW6SP5 test server for testing rules prior to moving them to production (2x BM38+NW65SP6). Recently we tried to block all access to FTP sites and allow only a select group of users access. The rules on the test proxy looked something like this:
1. Action: Deny / Source: Any / Access: URL / Dest: SurfControl
2. Action: Allow / Source: FTP_User_Group / Access: FTP Proxy / Dest: Any
3. Action: Allow / Source: WWW_User_Group / Access: URL / Dest: Any URL
Default Rule:
4. Action: Deny / Source: Any / Access: Any / Dest: Any
Yet with this setup, anybody in the WWW_User_Group (but not in the FTP_User_Group) was able to access FTP. I temporarily closed the hole by doing this ruleset:
1. Action: Deny / Source: Any / Access: URL / Dest: SurfControl
2. Action: Allow / Source: FTP_User_Group / Access: FTP Proxy / Dest: Any
3. Action: Deny / Source: Any / Access: FTP Proxy / Dest: Any
4. Action: Allow / Source: WWW_User_Group / Access: URL / Dest: Any URL
Default Rule:
5. Action: Deny / Source: Any / Access: Any / Dest: Any
I don't understand why I have to explicitly deny access to FTP Proxy for this to work. I think the rule that grants access to URL for WWW_User_Group is also allowing FTP access. If I turn that rule into a Deny rule in the first ruleset, it deny's all FTP (as well as all HTTP).
Also, we are using SurfControl to block access to certain categories. I read that the URL rule only affects port 80 requests (which would seem weird when its affecting my ftp proxy over port 21 above). How would I go about blocking those same categories over HTTPS?
Finally, does anybody have any general guidelines on how many rules should exist in a typical medium business BM environment (assuming modern hardware)? I'm trying to get the customer to avoid adding so many adhoc rules as the production environment is pretty complex which is why I am testing on a test proxy with few rules to avoid accidental rule overlap. I'm going to have to do an audit of their existing production environment and prefer the KISS principle when it comes to rule definitions.
P.S. Since most sites require both a HTTP and HTTPS rule, almost every desired "rule" in BM needs to be repeated twice to allow (or deny) secure communication as most websites switch to SSL from the launcher (non-ssl) parent page. The rulebase expands quite quickly and gets confusing due to this.

cam wrote:
> Perhaps I should have said that this was being tested using normal dos
> FTP. Open a command prompt, type FTP proxyservername, open
> [email protected](for example), etc... no browser involved, but
> that does bring up another point of WHY do I need a dozen rules to block
> access to a single site over a single protocol?
Then you're doing something wrong or you're not telling the whole
settings. your rule was calling nds groups so you need authentication
enable and the checkbox for " Authenticate only when user......."
unchecked. Then the syntax once you open the connection to the ftp proxy
is ndsusername@[email protected]. In your example there is not
nds authentication.
you do not need ANY rule to block a single site. The default rule will
do for you. If you do not make an specific allow one, then sites will be
blocked.
Even if I use a web
> browser and access it as ftp://, it should use the FTP protocol, not
> the HTTP protocol.
When your browser is configure to go thru proxy and you access a ftp
site, you'll hit two situations with IE:
1. With default settings, IE will use its miniftp client build in and
try to access the ftp site directly. that can fail if there is a
firewall stopping this traffic as it will bypass bm.
2. If the option "enable ftp folder view" is unchecked and the "use pasv
ftp..." checked, IE will encapsulate ftp traffic into http and send it
to border, to the http proxy. So bm gets http traffic, remove the http
envelope and makes a ftp connection to the ftp server. But to apply
rules, this is a http traffic thru http proxy. A single LAN trace on the
server will show you this behavior
Firefox always uses the configured proxy settings.
> Regarding the point you bring up about HTTPS, I can't wrap my mind
> around how if this is true, we can still keep things secure and safe.
> Let's look at a single website, www.novell.com. The novell.com domain
> is not listed in a SurfControl category filter that places would
> normally block. Therefore most approved internet users would be able
> to access it. Now let's say you go to www.novell.com and log into the
> user portal; it switches to HTTPS! Without an allow port 443 rule,
> this should fail then. However, if that's the case, I need to know
> that this website needs access to port 443, so I am forced to manage
> another rule for port 443. This rules destination filter will grow to
> thousands if not millions of websites as almost every valid website
> known to man requires HTTPS if they want you to create a login on their
> site. This is unmanageable.
You;re exaggerating here.You will need indeed an port 443 rule but this
is how it works. SSL traffic and normal http traffic are two very
different things. But with a single allow all port 443 you can
accomplish here. Read below
> So you're solution is to create a Destination ALL rule for Port 443.
> While this removes the need to manage a list of millions of websites,
> it now opens you to all the vicious websites (domains listed in blocked
> categories in SurfControl for example) which use https. My company pays
> Websense thousands of dollars a year to block certain categories of
> websites, but if any of those websites use HTTPS, based on what you are
> telling me it seems it is impossible to block it using SurfControl since
> the Deny Port rule does not allow a Destination of ANY third party
> filter.
The allow all port 443 it has to be placed after the surfcontrol one and
after other third party rule or websense or whatever you use to block
specific sites. that means that the allow all port 443 only will be hit
if surfcontrol and other rules above this one did not find a match. If a
match is find, bm applies the rule and stop reading so if it hits a site
that websense or SF blocks, it will block it, regardless of the allow
all port 443.
Also you can make an allow port 443 with a domain name destination, just
for specific destination
if sites are on the blocked category for SF then it will blocked. You
can go to SF website an check it and if it is not blocked then is a SF
problem not a bm and you should contact them.
Gonzalo

Aspect ratio and some other questions...

I haven't purchased an Apple TV yet (emphasizing YET) but I'm very interested and may make the leap tomorrow. I've been reading a lot on the discussion boards but still had a few questions. I have a widescreen 46" Samsung LCD TV that I'm planning to use as my primary TV. The wife and I have rented a few movies from the iTunes store and noticed the aspect ratio leaves the picture fairly small. I wasn't expecting a full screen picture, but something a little more than barely half the screen. Will the Apple TV improve the picture size or is this what I'm going to expect going forward? Any pictures would be great!
Second, as far as I've read, you cannot connect an external hard drive to the Apple TV itself, but if I hook it to my PowerBook and use my external HDD as my iTunes Library source, will everything work fairly seamlessly? I have an Airport Extreme base station so I'm hoping things work pretty well.
Next, between the 40GB and 160GB Apple TV's -- is there an overwhelming reason to get one or another?
And last (I think), I've started ripping some of my old movies using Handbrake and was curious how the picture comes out on an Apple TV after extracting from DVD's. I've been using the standard "Apple TV" settings within Handbrake.
Thanks in advance for the help, I appreciate it! BTW, definitely a BIG fan of the iTunes rentals!
Brad

I don't know what monitor you have but there is a fair chance it has a resolution of at least 1600 x 1000 which is why your 640 x 480 rental doesn't fill it although itunes does have an option tto show movies full screen.
Tv's typically have much lower resolutions than monitors and the output from the tv is matched to such resolutions. In short your rentals will fill the screen on your tv when played on the tv.
Many of us here use external drives attached to either a desktop or a laptop to hold out libraries, yes they work flawlessly.
We can't actually discuss methods for ripping commercial DVD's but needless to say handbrake does give good quality exports, I've used it on a few non commercial discs and found the results to be more or less the same quality as the original. In addition to the  preset I always enable 2 pass encoding.

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