Comments for Aaron Adams's Resurrected Blog http://aaronadams.net Back from a long absense Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:21:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Sharing Virtual Box VMs between multiple users by Aaron Adams http://aaronadams.net/2010/05/02/sharing-virtual-box-vms-between-multiple-users/#comment-298 Aaron Adams Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:21:05 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/?p=111#comment-298 Great! Thanks for adding that. I'll put a not in the top of the post telling everyone to read your comments for the complete solution. Great! Thanks for adding that. I’ll put a not in the top of the post telling everyone to read your comments for the complete solution.

]]> Comment on Sharing Virtual Box VMs between multiple users by BruceJ http://aaronadams.net/2010/05/02/sharing-virtual-box-vms-between-multiple-users/#comment-297 BruceJ Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:57:54 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/?p=111#comment-297 Looks like the formatting got kind of wonky there. I found the syntax of the ACL command <a href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006061222075876" rel="nofollow">here</a> at MacOSXHints.com Looks like the formatting got kind of wonky there.

I found the syntax of the ACL command here at MacOSXHints.com

]]> Comment on Sharing Virtual Box VMs between multiple users by BruceJ http://aaronadams.net/2010/05/02/sharing-virtual-box-vms-between-multiple-users/#comment-296 BruceJ Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:56:19 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/?p=111#comment-296 Using a hard link instead of a softlink gets around that problem, but then (at least as of 3.2., you run into issues that the Machines//.xml file gets re-created and is owned by the last user to use the system. You can use ACL's in OS X to get around this: sudo chmod +a "everyone allow list,search,add_file,add_subdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directory_inherit" /Users/Shared/VirtualBox Once you run that command, go into Finder, get info on the /Users/Shared/VirtualBox folder and under the sharing and permissions section, click the gear icon, and select 'Apply to enclosed items'. Now it works, If you look in the Machines folder the .xml file will show -rw----------+ , but everyone can actually write the file, thanks to the ACL. This works under 10.6, I know ACL's were added in 10.4 and I think they were standard in 10.5 Using a hard link instead of a softlink gets around that problem, but then (at least as of 3.2., you run into issues that the Machines//.xml file gets re-created and is owned by the last user to use the system.

You can use ACL’s in OS X to get around this:

sudo chmod +a “everyone allow list,search,add_file,add_subdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directory_inherit” /Users/Shared/VirtualBox

Once you run that command, go into Finder, get info on the /Users/Shared/VirtualBox folder and under the sharing and permissions section, click the gear icon, and select ‘Apply to enclosed items’.

Now it works, If you look in the Machines folder the .xml file will show -rw———-+ , but everyone can actually write the file, thanks to the ACL.

This works under 10.6, I know ACL’s were added in 10.4 and I think they were standard in 10.5

]]> Comment on Safari’s RSS reader remains incomplete by Obi-Wandreas http://aaronadams.net/2010/06/08/safaris-rss-reader-remains-incomplete/#comment-270 Obi-Wandreas Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:18:17 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/?p=119#comment-270 As Pliny the Elder so eloquently said* "F@#$ Yeah!" *prove he never said that. As Pliny the Elder so eloquently said* “F@#$ Yeah!”

*prove he never said that.

]]> Comment on Sharing Virtual Box VMs between multiple users by Aaron Adams http://aaronadams.net/2010/05/02/sharing-virtual-box-vms-between-multiple-users/#comment-266 Aaron Adams Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:20:51 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/?p=111#comment-266 I found a problem with this arrangement. As of VirtualBox 3.2.0, the ~/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml symbolic link gets overwritten by a new VirtualBox.xml file, which causes the VirtualBox instance from another account to not be able to ascertain the correct status of suspended machine and other things. So this sharing method is broken. I'm leaving it up in case a Google searcher finds it useful and has an idea for improving it. I found a problem with this arrangement. As of VirtualBox 3.2.0, the ~/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml symbolic link gets overwritten by a new VirtualBox.xml file, which causes the VirtualBox instance from another account to not be able to ascertain the correct status of suspended machine and other things. So this sharing method is broken. I’m leaving it up in case a Google searcher finds it useful and has an idea for improving it.

]]> Comment on About by Aaron Adams http://aaronadams.net/about/#comment-265 Aaron Adams Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:17:39 +0000 #comment-265 Sorry for taking so long to reply! I have the post about the iSight camera archived and I'd have to dig it out. In my opinion, it's no worth pursuing because there is no good software to control the camera. The iSight is intended to automatically handle the things I want to control manually. Sorry for taking so long to reply!

I have the post about the iSight camera archived and I’d have to dig it out. In my opinion, it’s no worth pursuing because there is no good software to control the camera. The iSight is intended to automatically handle the things I want to control manually.

]]> Comment on About by Gerry Lietz http://aaronadams.net/about/#comment-198 Gerry Lietz Wed, 26 May 2010 14:09:07 +0000 #comment-198 Do you still have the posting about using the iSight camera with your telescope. The link seems to be broken. I don't know if it worth pursuing but I have an iSight and am not using it.It appears that you looked through an eyepiece so the camera lens need not be removed. The shot of Orion is really nice. I may try to hook up my 3.5" scope to my Rebel XT SLR camera but fear it is too heavy for the scope drive. My 6" has no clock drive, so maybe I can't do it. Thanks so much, Gerry Lietz Do you still have the posting about using the iSight camera with your telescope. The link seems to be broken. I don’t know if it worth pursuing but I have an iSight and am not using it.It appears that you looked through an eyepiece so the camera lens need not be removed.

The shot of Orion is really nice. I may try to hook up my 3.5″ scope to my Rebel XT SLR camera but fear it is too heavy for the scope drive. My 6″ has no clock drive, so maybe I can’t do it.
Thanks so much,
Gerry Lietz

]]> Comment on A response to a particular line in Steve Jobs’s “Thoughts on Flash” by Aaron Adams http://aaronadams.net/2010/04/29/a-response-to-a-particular-line-in-steve-jobss-thoughts-on-flash/#comment-170 Aaron Adams Tue, 18 May 2010 22:04:59 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/?p=98#comment-170 Thank you :) Thank you :)

]]> Comment on A response to a particular line in Steve Jobs’s “Thoughts on Flash” by Rob Scott http://aaronadams.net/2010/04/29/a-response-to-a-particular-line-in-steve-jobss-thoughts-on-flash/#comment-160 Rob Scott Tue, 18 May 2010 06:29:59 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/?p=98#comment-160 Glad to see your blog back up, Aaron. I have enjoyed your appearances on the Your Mac Life Show in years past. Rob Glad to see your blog back up, Aaron. I have enjoyed your appearances on the Your Mac Life Show in years past.
Rob

]]> Comment on An interesting quote I found through iGoogle today by Greg Wiesemann http://aaronadams.net/2010/02/16/an-interesting-quote-i-found-through-igoogle-today/#comment-36 Greg Wiesemann Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:49:08 +0000 http://aaronadams.net/2010/02/16/an-interesting-quote-i-found-through-igoogle-today/#comment-36 So true. If you mention the founding fathers you get 2 reactions. 1- a dumbfounded look because most people have no idea who our founders are. 2- a look of being some strange radical who is looking to take down the "chossen one". So true. If you mention the founding fathers you get 2 reactions. 1- a dumbfounded look because most people have no idea who our founders are. 2- a look of being some strange radical who is looking to take down the “chossen one”.

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