Simple Steps for Setting Up L2TP VPN macOS SierraReady to set up L2TP VPN macOS Sierra? This post will take you through the simple steps to getting everything squared away. Moving from IPSec to L2TP is easier then you may have thought.

OpenLDAP is a free, open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) developed by the OpenLDAP Project. It is released under its own BSD-style license called the OpenLDAP Public License. LDAP is a platform independent protocol. LDAP is also used to store your credentials in a network security system and retrieve it with your password and a decrypted key giving you access to the services. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a directory service protocol that runs on a layer above the TCP/IP stack. LDAP is referenced as lightweight because it is a smaller and easier protocol which was derived from the X.500 DAP (Directory Access Protocol) defined in the OSI network protocol stack. Lastly, LDAP is a software protocol for enabling anyone to locate organizations, individuals, and other resources such as files and devices in a network, whether on the public Internet or on a corporate intranet.

Homebrew is a free and open source software package management system which allows for software to install in a more simplistic process. Homebrew was written by Max Howell in 2009. While it does use Ruby and integrates with github, the body of the packages covered will now be easier to grow. Homebrew usually uses public github repositories as its source, alongside it will use Ruby scripts to confirm the metadata about the package. In the end, if you are interested in installing software from the UNIX community on your macOS cloud server, this would be a great start.

Reported around noon time on the 28th of November 2017, Developer Lemi Ergin discovered a bug. The bug may allow any user intermittently, to log into an admin account utilizing the username “root” with no password. Our security team here at HostMyApple have tried to replicate this bug remotely on a macOS High Sierra cloud server with no success of remotely accessing a HostMyApple server without first authenticating VNC, SSH or through macOS login.

Generally using “sudo” privileges in terminal provide most users with the administrative access they need to perform most tasks in macOS. While not necessary or recommended some users may wish to enable the “root” account of macOS and here’s how..

How to fix macOS error “/usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set”