Tag: Mavericks

Fix SpamAssassin Error on Mavericks Server 3

November 5, 2014 / Chris Brewer / 0 Comments

Every once in awhile Apple’s shitty Server 3 throws errors that prevent SpamAssassin from processing new spam. The error shows up when I run spam trainer. The error it throws looks like:

ERROR: Bayes dump returned an error, please re-run with -D for more information
bayes: cannot open bayes databases /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/bayes_* R/O: tie failed: Permission denied

Fix it by issuing these commands from Terminal:

sudo chown -R amavisd:amavisd /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/
sudo chmod u+rw /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/bayes_seen
sudo chmod u+rw /Library/Server/Mail/Data/scanner/amavis/.spamassassin/bayes_toks

Set up Mavericks Server 3 for email and train bayes spam filter

August 11, 2014 / Chris Brewer / 0 Comments

OS X Mavericks 10.9 Server 3 ships with SpamAssassin, but there are almost no controls available to admins (shame on you, Apple). Of course, a well-trained Bayes spam filter will cut down on annoying spam messages.

Thanks to the good folks at topicdesk.com, it’s super easy to set up the server for training the onboard SpamAssassin bayesian spam filter.

Here’s how:
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Clear the DNS cache on Mac OS

May 19, 2014 / Chris Brewer / 1 Comment

So you want to clear the DNS cache on Mac OS X Mavericks through the now-current Mac OS 26? Well, Mac OS since ‘Mavericks’ has some DNS changes under the hood. Unlike previous versions, to effectively clear the cache you need to execute these two commands in Terminal:

dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Add this as an alias to your .profile under something easy to remember like ‘flushdns’ and you’re good to go!

Now you know how to clear the DNS cache on Mac OS.

Create a Dropbox clone on Mac OS X Mavericks using OwnCloud

November 14, 2013 / Chris Brewer / 0 Comments

My company uses Dropbox extensively for sharing project files. It truly is an enhancement to our workflow. But, we don’t like the privacy concerns of hosting our contracts and other confidential information in their cloud, nor do we like the cost. We like everything else.

OwnCloud is an open source alternative to Dropbox, and provides the same features.

I decided to install it on our Mac mini server to give it a trial run. Here’s how I did it:

Add Internationalization extension to PHP on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Server

November 14, 2013 / Chris Brewer / 1 Comment

You can easily install the intl international support extension to PHP 5.4 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Server. Here’s how:

Add mcrypt PHP extension to Mac OS X Mavericks server

November 14, 2013 / Chris Brewer / 3 Comments

You can easily install the mcrypt extension to PHP 5.4 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Server. Here’s how:

Add the ssh2 extension for PHP on Mac OS X Mavericks server

November 14, 2013 / Chris Brewer / 2 Comments

You can easily install the PHP SSH2 extension to PHP 5.4 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Server to support the CDN features of SocialEngine 4. Here’s how:

Install memcached and APC on Mavericks Server 3 (Mac OS X 10.9)

November 14, 2013 / Chris Brewer / 6 Comments

Dramatically speed speed up sites hosted using Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Server (like SocialEngine, Drupal, WordPress, or other PHP/MySQL web site) by adding APC and Memcache.

Here’s how to install APC and memcache on Mac OS X Mavericks server, which runs PHP 5.4:

Rebuilding PHP extensions to work with Mac OS X Mavericks server and PHP 5.4