Did you get a new Mac and you can’t figure out how to copy files from your old Windows PC?
Did you bring home a Windows PC from the office and you want to copy your Mac files to it?
Tired of your Mac and just bought a Windows PC?
It’s actually pretty easy to copy files between them.
This assumes you have a high speed internet connection, a working wireless or wired router, an Apple Macintosh running OS 10.x, and Windows XP. This will work with any version of Windows supported by WinSCP.
Make sure your Mac and pc can connect to the internet.
1) download WinSCP from http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
It’s free. Install it on your pc.
2) go into system preferences on the mac
click sharing under network and internet
check ‘Remote Login’
close the window
3) Get your Mac’s ip address:
from the finder go to apple->about this mac
click ‘more info’
click Network
built in Ethernet or airport should have an IPv4 address
4) Use that address in WinSCP to login to your mac from your pc. You’ll
need to enter the user name and password you created on the mac when you
set it up. Once you login you should have 2 panes– the left is the pc,
the right is your mac. Drag files over.
5) The files are not put on your desktop– double click on the hard drive
icon on your mac and the click on your user name on the right of the file
browser.
Casino Free Philadelphia did a nice summary of the day including a copy of the citizen’s search warrant, photos and links to media coverage:
http://www.casinofreephila.org/Operation%20Transparency.html
Hallwatch.org’s coverage is excellent:
http://www.hallwatch.org/photos/optrans20061211
Good shot of Jethro in cuffs:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06346/745397-336.stm
Good photo to the right:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/today/s_483742.htm
two more:
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/nation/16219238.htm and
http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_345134958.html
I participated in Casino Free Philadelphia’s Operation Transparency today.
The day started with a rally on the capitol mall (across from Strawberry Square Mall) asking the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PCGB) to release documents that were not made available for public inspection and we asked for a one year moratorium on further casino licensing. There were probably 75 people in attendance plus members of the print and television media. We then moved as a group to the building that houses the PCGB and asked to be let in to view the documents.
14 of us lined up in groups of two and forcibly but peacefully read the citizen’s search warrant provided by the folks at Casino Free Philadelphia. We read the document over and over one after the other. They asked us to leave, we affirmed that it was our right to see the documents. The police arrived, accused us of trespassing and told us we would be arrested if we did not leave. At this point the 50-75 supporters crowded in the lobby of the building retreated to the public area outside. 14 of us remained. The Harrisburg police arrested each of us one after the other and led us out.
We were treated with the utmost respect by the Harrisburg police. They absolutely know what they are doing.
Some of us were handcuffed with metal cuffs. They tighten when you squirm and become quite uncomfortable.
The police paddy wagon is not very comfortable. It is exacerbated by your hands cuffed behind your back.
I want to thank Casino Free Philadelphia for planning this event. They did a good job of preparing us and planning thoroughly for the event. I think it made a difference.
I’ve posted photos here.
There are (at least) two Apache 2.0 modules that allow ldap authentication against ldap. This is of course not unusual. It is unusual that they have the same name. It would have saved me a lot of time if I’d read a post like this one before attempting to configure Apache’s mod_auth_ldap from an example that used Muhammad Muquit’s mod_auth_ldap.
Redhat AS4 and FC5 ship with Apache’s mod_auth_ldap.
Muhammad’s mod_auth_ldap seems to provide a few more options, notably ldap debugging.
Details here:
The syntax is different. The basic functionality is the same. Muhammad’s module seems a little more configurable. They both work fine. Here are examples of each:
Muhammad’s mod_auth_ldap:
# ...
AuthType Basic
LDAP_Debug On
LDAP_Port 389
Base_DN "dc=morganjones,dc=org"
LDAP_Protocol_Version 3
LDAP_Server ldap.morganjones.org
LDAP_Port 389
# I have not tried require valid-user with Muhammad's mod_auth_ldap but
# I surmise it will work.
# I have seen require user work like this:
# require user user1 user2 user3
require valid-user
Apache’s mod_auth_ldap:
# ...
AuthLDAPURL ldap://ldap.morganjones.org/dc=morganjones,dc=org
Require valid-user
