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Right side of OS X menu bar frozen, take two

So there's a command line solution to a frozen right side menu bar in OS X that I posted about a while back. You can also fix it using a gui if you are so inclined. 1. Open Activity Monitor from /Applications/Utilities 2. Find process name SystemUIServer 3. Click Quit then Force Quit Right side of menu bar should now restart

Command line mailing in Linux

Mail a file with a subject and attach a file. mail -s "Subject goes here" 'email addresses here, comma separated if more than one' < /path/to/filetoattachment

/var/audit filling with files on OS X

Coworker discovered that installed antivirus software enabled auditing, for real time auto-protect, which results in /var/audit filling up with files. Details about the configuration file and related commands can be found here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man5/audit_control.5.html