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Mac OS X Server Essentials - Apple Training Series 'A Guide to Using and Supporting Mac OS X Server 10.4' Schoun Regan, editor. 2006, Peachpit Press. Flexibility: Apple is constantly upgrading OS X, and most modern hardware comes along for the ride. Apps are constantly being updated to take advantage of new features. Apps are constantly being.
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OS X Server 5.1
Server App
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11.4
Impact: An administrator may unknowingly store backups on a volume without permissions enabled
Description: An issue in Time Machine server did not properly warn administrators if permissions were ignored when performing a server backup. This issue was addressed through improved warnings.
CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1774 : CJKApps
Web Server
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11.4
Impact: An attacker may be able to exploit weaknesses in the RC4 cryptographic algorithm
Description: RC4 was removed as a supported cipher.
CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1777 : Pepi Zawodsky
Web Server
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11.4
Antivirus mac apple. Impact: A remote user may be able to view sensitive configuration information
Description: A file access issue existed in Apache with .DS_Store and .htaccess files. This issue was addressed through improved access restrictions.
CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1776 : Shawn Pullum of University of California, Irvine
- Wiki Server
Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11.4
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: An access issue existed in some Wiki pages. This issue was addressed through improved access restrictions.
CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1787 : an anonymous researcher
OS X Server 5.1 requires OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 for security improvements.
So, the answer to this is no. But a more round-about answer is sort of (as far as driver delivery and config), depending on your infrastructure.
Ok, base answer. There is no 'print server' in OS X Server any more. Apple seagate backup plus. Instead, you can add printers to the server and share them using system preferences. But if they are network printers (or AirPrint printers) they are already broadcasting on the network so resharing them will only result in multiple broadcast queues. Likewise, OS X and Server alone can not 'deliver' print drivers to devices.
Mac Os X Server 1.0
Now, there are products that can accomplish this. For example, you can look at something as simple as Apple Remote Desktop. Now, the process would still be manual in that you would have to push the drivers to the device and you would have to have credentials for the device. So if these are not devices owned by you that is likely not going to work. If you have a fleet of devices, JAMF is a great solution as all software can be delivered dynamically and transparently to the end user. But, that is really for environments over 50 devices.
But, all that said, if you have a device that is not configured to the printer and you select the printer, is the device able to find the driver in Apple's software repository? For small deployments where you may not control the individual systems, that is likely the easiest way.
Or, you can place the drivers and a configuration script on a file share.
Reid
Apple Consultants Network
OS X Server 5.1 requires OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 for security improvements.
So, the answer to this is no. But a more round-about answer is sort of (as far as driver delivery and config), depending on your infrastructure.
Ok, base answer. There is no 'print server' in OS X Server any more. Apple seagate backup plus. Instead, you can add printers to the server and share them using system preferences. But if they are network printers (or AirPrint printers) they are already broadcasting on the network so resharing them will only result in multiple broadcast queues. Likewise, OS X and Server alone can not 'deliver' print drivers to devices.
Mac Os X Server 1.0
Now, there are products that can accomplish this. For example, you can look at something as simple as Apple Remote Desktop. Now, the process would still be manual in that you would have to push the drivers to the device and you would have to have credentials for the device. So if these are not devices owned by you that is likely not going to work. If you have a fleet of devices, JAMF is a great solution as all software can be delivered dynamically and transparently to the end user. But, that is really for environments over 50 devices.
But, all that said, if you have a device that is not configured to the printer and you select the printer, is the device able to find the driver in Apple's software repository? For small deployments where you may not control the individual systems, that is likely the easiest way.
Or, you can place the drivers and a configuration script on a file share.
Reid
Apple Consultants Network
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