Here some unconfirmed instructions for how to setup Amd on a MAC OS-X machine. Please direct all comments about this information, as well fixes, updates, and corrections to the am-utils mailing list (see www.am-utils.org). Thanks, Erez. --cut--here----cut--here----cut--here----cut--here----cut--here----cut--here-- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:53:50 -0800 From: Kevin Layer The stock amd didn't work for us in Mac OS X 10.3. Here's how we installed am-utils-6.1-20031025: ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install Create /System/Library/StartupItems/AMD with the files: AMD Resources/ -- copy from other directories in .. StartupParameters.plist Then, make sure that AMDSERVER=-YES- is added to /etc/hostconfig. ******************* the file AMD: #!/bin/sh ## # Start AMD ## . /etc/rc.common if [ "${AMDSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then ConsoleMessage "Starting AMD server" if [ ! -f /etc/amd.conf -a -r /etc/amd.conf.template ]; then cp /etc/amd.conf.template /etc/amd.conf fi if [ ! -f /etc/amd.map -a -r /etc/amd.map.template ]; then cp /etc/amd.map.template /etc/amd.map fi /usr/sbin/amd fi ******************* the file StartupParameters.plist: { Description = "AMD server"; Provides = ("AMD"); Requires = ("Resolver"); OrderPreference = "None"; Messages = { start = "Starting AMD server"; stop = "Stopping AMD server"; }; } ******************* With the beta's of 10.4 (64-bit) we're having issues with realpath() and amd mounted directories, but hopefully this is just a bug that they'll fix. -- Kevin Layer http://www.franz.com/