[PHP] Re: [Slightly OT] Apple MacBook MAMP and Logic
Brady Mitchell wrote: I don't use a mac myself but a colleague does. He seems to have apache and PHP installed on the machine but he generally uses the Xampp package. I don't know if this is the official home page or but but start here: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html Thanks Colin, That's what I use on PC so it will probably do me fine on Mac too. I've been using XAMPP on Windows for a few years, so when I bought a MBP in December I was happy to find that they have a version for OS X as well. The one thing I didn't like about it is that on OS X you have to type in your password every time you want to start or stop anything. So I wrote some simple applescripts that I use instead of the included control panel that handle the authentication for me. If anyone is interested, just contact me off-list and I'll gladly share these simple scripts. That's just how sudo works tho' right? You can configure sudo to not require a password for certain commands run by certain users. Not sure how it works on the mac as there may be some kind of wrapper but I'm sure there would be a way to allow your user to not enter a password for loading xampp It's a mac. It's like *nix. It's tweakable ;) Col -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: [Slightly OT] Apple MacBook MAMP and Logic
On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 10:58 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: That's just how sudo works tho' right? You can configure sudo to not require a password for certain commands run by certain users. Not sure how it works on the mac as there may be some kind of wrapper but I'm sure there would be a way to allow your user to not enter a password for loading xampp It's a mac. It's like *nix. It's tweakable ;) For sure! Although not recommended, I change that behaviour as soon as I finish installing my system (generally Ubuntu). I really *hate* typing my password on my own system! What I do is create a root login by using sudo passwd root which asks for my password (one last time) then I get to have a root pass. --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: [Slightly OT] Apple MacBook MAMP and Logic
Tom Chubb wrote: Thanks for all your responses. Rich, I guess you're right! Anyway PHP is only a hobby for personal sites, so I shouldn't really worry too much but wanted to get a general feel from people. The only big advantage for the MBP is that it has Firewire 800 which would be better for that big hard-drive that I'll need ;) I don't use a mac myself but a colleague does. He seems to have apache and PHP installed on the machine but he generally uses the Xampp package. I don't know if this is the official home page or but but start here: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html HTH Col -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: [Slightly OT] Apple MacBook MAMP and Logic
On 31/01/2008, Colin Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Chubb wrote: Thanks for all your responses. Rich, I guess you're right! Anyway PHP is only a hobby for personal sites, so I shouldn't really worry too much but wanted to get a general feel from people. The only big advantage for the MBP is that it has Firewire 800 which would be better for that big hard-drive that I'll need ;) I don't use a mac myself but a colleague does. He seems to have apache and PHP installed on the machine but he generally uses the Xampp package. I don't know if this is the official home page or but but start here: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html HTH Col -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Thanks Colin, That's what I use on PC so it will probably do me fine on Mac too.
Re: [PHP] Re: [Slightly OT] Apple MacBook MAMP and Logic
I don't use a mac myself but a colleague does. He seems to have apache and PHP installed on the machine but he generally uses the Xampp package. I don't know if this is the official home page or but but start here: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html Thanks Colin, That's what I use on PC so it will probably do me fine on Mac too. I've been using XAMPP on Windows for a few years, so when I bought a MBP in December I was happy to find that they have a version for OS X as well. The one thing I didn't like about it is that on OS X you have to type in your password every time you want to start or stop anything. So I wrote some simple applescripts that I use instead of the included control panel that handle the authentication for me. If anyone is interested, just contact me off-list and I'll gladly share these simple scripts. Brady -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
