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step by step for us dummies
Section 1
Open the Terminal App Enter the following command: sudo pico /etc/hostconfig when prompted for your password, enter it and hit return Add an entry at the bottom looking like this: ISHARING=-YES- Use the key command Control - X to exit Hit the Y key for yes Enter or Return This is just for having an easy way of disabling this feature if you want to. Change -YES- to -NO- and it will not start on boot. Section 2 Next, you need to create a new StartupItems directory and the required startup files. Do this by typing each of the following lines at the% prompt and hitting enter or return after each line: cd /Library/StartupItems/ sudo mkdir ISharing cd ISharing sudo pico ISharing The last step will open the pico editor on a new, blank "ISharing" file. In this file, copy and paste the following: #!/bin/sh . /etc/rc.common ## # Start up Internet Sharing ## if [ "${ISHARING:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then ConsoleMessage "Starting Internet Sharing" /usr/libexec/InternetSharing fi Use the key command Control - X to exit Hit the Y key for yes Enter or Return Section 3 Enter the following command: sudo pico StartupParameters.plist When prompted for your password, enter it and hit return Copy and paste the following into the blank file just like above: { Description = "Internet Sharing"; Provides = ("ISharing"); Requires = ("Network", "NetworkExtensions", "Resolver"); OrderPreference = "Late"; Messages = { start = "Starting Internet Sharing"; stop = "Stopping Internet Sharing"; }; } Use the key command Control - X to exit Hit the Y key for yes Enter or Return Section 4 Just one more thing, making sure the permissions are right. Do this by typing each of the following lines at the% prompt and hitting enter or return after each line: sudo chmod 755 ISharing sudo chown root:wheel ISharing sudo chown root:admin StartupParameters.plist sudo chmod 644 StartupParameters.plist Type exit to end your Terminal terminal session Now restart your machine.
step by step for us dummies
First post worked fine for me under 10.2.4
Works great with Airport under 10.2.8
A great thank you for the original post and this refined step-by-step explanation. I am using my iMac 17" flat panel with Mac OS 10.2.8 as an "Airport base station" - and the hint works great. I just start up the computer and the Airport Icon in the menu bar shows that arrow pointing upwards just as I like it. :-) |
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