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x_sendfile deprecation warning after Wiki Server upgrade on a Lion Server
Seeing this in a Mac OS X Server's (Lion Server 10.7.4) after upgrading Wiki Services (from Snow Leopard). Do we we need to worry about it?
May 29 10:17:32 myserver com.apple.launchd[1] ...
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Apache's “OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0” running 100% CPU - Runaway httpd process
I have this recurring issue where an httpd processes will randomly start running at 100% CPU. Often other httpd processes will join in, and it will continue until I restart Apache. Oddly, the thing ...
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Mac OS X server daemon cannot connect to WindowServer
I am running the built-in Apache Tomcat 6.0 under Mac OS X Server 10.6.6. Tomcat runs Hudson and Hudson runs a script which needs to connect to the local WindowServer process. This does not seem to be ...
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Mailing lists for virtually hosted domains
I have Mac OS X Server 10.5 Leopard running a Mail service. It is configured with a primary domain (let's say example.com) and also virtually hosts mail services for a second domain (let's say ...
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Dynamically translate posixGroup to groupOfNames in slapd (Apple Open Directory)
I'm setting up an application to authenticate to Open Directory using LDAP.
Open Directory stores groups in RFC 2307 posixGroups format, like this:
cn: mygroup
objectClass: top
objectClass: ...
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Kerberos Login Failed: Cannot resolve network address for KDC in requested realm - Kerio and Open Directory
I'm attempting to connect Kerio to an Open Directory instance. I'm using kinit to test the setup, and I get the following:
$ kinit -V -S host/server.domain.co.uk@server.domain.co.uk ...
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How can I specify which IP address is used for outbound traffic in OS X Lion Server with multiple WAN IPs?
I have a Mac Mini Server running OS X 10.7.4 (Lion). I am using the ethernet port for the LAN and I have a USB->Ethernet adapter for the WAN. I have assigned two external IPs to the USB->Ethernet ...
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OS X Lion Server single user multiple VPN connections
I have an OS X Server set up as a VPN server. The problem is, when I connect my iPhone to the server with my username and password, my laptop is disconnected. Then when I reconnect my laptop, my ...
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Joining an OS X 10.7 client to a 10.x Server on the command line
I have a Mac server that I can join clients to using System Preferences -> Users and Groups -> Login Options -> Network Account Server. However, I'd like to do this remotely without having to touch ...
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Monitoring memory (sharedm buffered, cached) for Xserve
I am trying to monitor detailed memory useage over time for MacOSX /Xserver. NetSNMP version 5.4.2.1 on MacOS 10.6 does not report the following mibs
oid=".1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.11" ...
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Any good bare bone systems the size of a Mac Mini? [closed]
I really like the size, low power draw, and relative power that the Mac Minis provide. Are there any similar bare-bones systems that support about the same amount of power and are approximately the ...
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VPN (on OS X 10.4.11) - Behind two firewalls
How do I properly route VPN traffic past two firewalls?
Network setup: DSL Modem/Gateway/Router(FW1) >> Router(FW2) >> VPN Server
Ports open on both routers/firewalls:
L2TP (UDP 500, 1701, 4500)
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Migrating from OS X Server 10.6.6 to 10.7 (Lion) - any worries?
I use the built-in server features of OS X Snow Leopard Server to run a local copy of Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl. I develop against these so it is very important to me that they stay available after ...
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osx fstab mounting windows share with wrong osx user
My fstab on the osx server is as follows:
192.168.9.99:/TST /Users/HMTS01/BACKUP cifs automated,username=TEST,password=TEST,uid=hmts01,gid=staff,file_mode=0700,dir_mode=0700 0 0
The windows share ...
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Do the Lion or the forthcoming Mountain Lion Servers support public / private keys for VPNs?
I'm looking to setup a VPN for a MacOSX and PC based network. To ensure security I was hoping to use public / private key authentication to allow remote offices and employees to login to our LAN. ...
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warning htmlspecialchars(); - Do I have to install any thing more? [closed]
I just moved from CentOS to Mac server.
I'm currently getting an error while generating my sitemap.
warning htmlspecialchars();
I'm not sure if I have to config php.ini or install anything more ...
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Default localhost on mac lion moving slowly
When developing on my mac the default localhost server runs very slowly compared to the mamp server.
I ran nmap on the both servers and got back a significant difference. Unfortunately, this is out ...
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Mac OS X Server on AWS EC2
I'm thinking of making a dynamic HTTP Live streaming server, and I'm going to need a lot of CPU power that can transcode and segment the files on demand, so naturally I thought of EC2.
I've been ...
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ELOM/ILOM equivalent in Apple servers
Is there a similar solution for low level server management in firmware for hardware like Mac Mini Server? If no, what is the best way to ensure remote management even with serious issues like not ...
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Moving from Mac OS X-Server to which Linux distro? [closed]
We are currently running a movie preview website on a Mac OSX Server.
I am not sure why we are using the Server-version of the Mac OSX.
Anyway, Apple will stop or has already stopped selling new ...
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MAC Server , Ubuntu Virtualized
I am running a mac server (10.0.0.11) lets say on local.domain.com and the server resolves the the mac wiki and what not from public requests for local.domain.com. I am also running a ubuntu ...
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Why can't I use SSL certs imported via Server Admin in a custom Apache install?
I've got a couple of Mac OS X 10.6.8 Server web servers that run a custom AMP255 (Apache 2.x, MySQL 5.x, and PHP 5.x) stack installed using MacPorts. We've got a lot of Mac OS X Server servers and ...
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Xserve from 2009 running Ubuntu or Fedora?
Does anyone have any hints/tutorial for a running Ubuntu or Fedora x64 OS (recent versions) on a Xserve from 2009? I've found some of these machines being underused due to OS constraints. I would like ...
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OSX Workgroup Manager error
When trying to carry out admin in Workgroup Manager - specifically, working with users and groups - I'm getting an 'unexpected' error of type 'eDSEmptyAuthStepData'. The full error message is:
Error ...
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Apache on Lion Server with two IP addresses
I'm trying to run Apache and nginx on the same machine, on different IP addresses.
It's a Mac Mini with one ethernet card. I configured two eth network devices. I tried to change the apache ...
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Remove MySQL (from Apple) on OS X Server Lion
I have a Lion Server (upgraded from a Snow Leopard Server), which still has the Apple provided MySQL 5.0 server [mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.92, for apple-darwin10.0 (i386)]. Without out rebuilding ...
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Active Directory Mapped Drive won't stay connected
WinSrv08R2. I have a drive mapped to Win7 clients via Group Policy that's on another computer (an OS X server, mapped via "\serverIP\folder"). EVERY time the user logs out and then back in, it pops up ...
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Upgrade 10.6 Server to 10.7 server error
I am trying to upgrade 2 Mac mini Servers from OS X Server 10.6 to 10.7. I get the following error:
The additional components needed to install Mac OS X can't be found.
Googling for this ...
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Windows Domain Members can't see OS X Server
I setup Server 2008 R2 running Active Directory and now Win7 clients who are members of the domain can no longer see/access our OS X File Server. Doesn't show up in Network, nor can it be accessed by ...
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host and domain naming questions
I'm the IT manager for a reasonably sided organization. We have 1 main office and 2 branch offices in different cities.
I've been managing things here for the last year or so and I inherited a ...
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Slow git on Mac OS X server: can it be helped?
We've been running git over SSH on our Mac OS X server. (It happens to be a Mini.) Problem is, it's frightfully slow. We often see speeds under 100KiB/s for cloning repositories from this server, and ...
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iCal error with Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 when adding attachments to events
iCal service running on a Leopard server.
When dragging an attachment from the local disk to an event on a calendar, the following error comes up: The request for "xxxxxxxxxxx" in account ...
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Apache and PHP causing first exec call to be really slow (and OS X)
Consider the following PHP program:
<?echo date("c");
`date`
echo date("c");?>
The backtick-operator `` simply executes the specified command via the shell.
Output on my local windows-box ...
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How can I determine the specific file referenced by fs_usage, which is listed by block
I was investigating a problem on a Mac OS X 10.6.8 Server, where users were complaining of access slowdowns. Network throughput slowed to a crawl. It felt like the server was overburdened. System ...
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IPFW settings to allow trusted client to connect to Mac (e.g., over ssh)
I have the following ipfw settings on my Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger:
00100 allow ip from any to 123.123.123.123
00110 allow tcp from any to 123.123.123.123
00120 allow udp from any to 123.123.123.123
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OSX Server 10.5 - Cannot log into Workgroup Manager - diradmin password is correct
I've got a setup where I am trying to rescue a broken AD. We can no longer authenticate on the Workgroup manager, with passwords being rejected all the time - even though it is correct. I can connect ...
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Where do I learn to manage a Mac OS Server network? [closed]
I inherited a network with 2 Mac OS Servers and 20+ Macbook Pros. My background is all Windows server so I get the concept of Open Directory, Server Admin, and Workgroup Manager, but the nuts and ...
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OSX lion server, software update service can't connect to apple
I have a somewhat unique lion server setup, but it's experiencing a couple issues.
The main goal is to provide a transparent update server for computers on the network, but to allow them to default ...
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resolve DNS for specific host over entire LAN
All machines on local LAN are working fine and using a UNIX box as their gateway and primary nameserver. DNS works great for the local domains the server manages and it forwards requests for domains ...
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Setting up a cron job that does a chmod/chown
I would like to set up a cron job that recusively does a chmod/chown on a directory (the dropbox directory).
This works when I execute the commands manually like:
sudo chown -R $USER ~/Dropbox
sudo ...
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Unable to force restart mac server by remote because no free ram left
I have a Mac server and now I'm unable to remote or even to SSH to reboot since its out of free ram and I can't use SSH to force it restart or not even be able to remote to the screen to restart the ...
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It looks like somebody is using my Mac OS X server to brute force attack another server which is LDAP. What can I do to stop it?
An LDAP server on another is reporting an unusually large number of attempts to read the LDAP directory and attempting a number of users, all of which look like hacking attempts to read user/password ...
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How is the performance of network homes under osx server?
We're upgrading our office macs and xserve to osx lion this coming weekend, and wish to fix some issues we're having simultaneously.
One of the big issues we have is mobile home directories. Right ...
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“Password Server: Stopped” on Mac OS Lion Server. Stops with error -1 during startup
Since I've restored the Open Directory from an archive because my Server crashed and the DB was corrupt. The password server does not start anymore.
The log looks like this:
Feb 14 2012 21:41:20 ...
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Mac OS X web server memory depletion issues
I have a Mac mini ram 4GB setup as a web server which has low traffic - it is running single WordPress instance and a forum.
Why is available memory dropping to ~20MB after a while, bringing the ...
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What's the best file system for a 200TB Array on a MacOS 10.7? [closed]
We have a Mac server (10.7) with a 200TB disk array. We're trying to decide between HFS+ and the unsupported ZFS. Which should we use, why, and is there another choice that we haven't considered?
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Setting up multi-user desktop Mac OS X with a single server
We have some developers and designers who need occasional access to a Mac desktop. Is it possible to purchase a single Mac (perhaps a Mini or Pro) and allow multiple users running Windows and Linux to ...
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Repair DNS Hostname mac server
I am getting this problem when checking the hostname of my server
Primary address = 176.16.1.227
Current HostName = grandcentral.xx.xx.xx
The DNS hostname is not available, please repair DNS ...
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PHP mail really slow on Mac OS X
I use PHP to send an email like this:
mail($email_recipient,$mail_subject,$mail_body,"From: $email_sender\r\nReply-to: $email_sender\r\n");
The $mail_body is perhaps 1kb.
$email_recipient = ...
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mysql performance tuning, write, get db into ram
I am trying to improve the performance of a website by optimizing the Mysql server. In addition to general optimization I have a feeling that some write operations take an unacceptably long time.
The ...
