Richard Glaser, University of Utah
Track: System Administration
Date: Tuesday, October 26
Time: 5:05pm - 5:50pm
Location: Stevens Creek
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Mac OS X has some options imaging and software distribution, but
Radmind gives you options not available in other tools. Radmind is
open source software that a suite of command line tools with a GUI
front-ends on Mac OS X. At the core, Radmind runs as a tripwire, but
it goes beyond integrity checking because it can reverse those
modifications. You can define and control the managed state of clients
file system customize it to the smallest detail. Radmind offers
granularity from per machine or application or individual file system
object allowing you can upgrade/downgrade OS, application or
individual configuration remotely.
Radmind minimizes network/server utilization by comparing the client
and managed file system locally and doesn't talk over the network
during scan. It offers flexibility in identifying managing clients
from IP, hostnames, IP ranges, wildcards, and SSL certificates.
Radmind allows you to easily control the entire process of
patch/package management. It tracks installation, allows you to
find/correct security issues like world writes or SUID/SGID. You can
add, remove, upgrade/downgrade software, OS & individual updates on
a per client, sub-group or entire organization basis.
This session covers using Radmind to manage the file system of
Mac OS X, including features and benefits of radmind, overview of
concepts, descriptions of command line and GUI tools, and quick
overview of initial baseload, updating client, and creating overloads.
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