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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 ...
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Wide Area Bonjour using DNS SRV Records
Running Apple's Lion Server (10.7.3). I am trying to get VPN clients (clients on another subnet) to see the server's Apple File share. I know that Bonjour doesn't route over a VPN or subnet, so I am ...
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Migrate calendar data from Snow Leo server to Lion server
I have a big problem that doesn't seem to be covered by the migration documentation from Apple. I installed a fresh Lion server on a backup MacMini and I started migrating services. Wiki and OD ...
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Can I map a Mac OS Extended Journaled partition on a Windows PC
I have a shared directory on a Mac Server that I want to map to my Windows 7 PC.
It worked fine on the old mac server as the hard drive was formatted as NTFS, but on this new one (which we got ...
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jabberd/iChat Server Randomly Restarting on OS X Server Lion 10.7
Our organization recently upgraded to Lion Server. So far, it has been pretty smooth and reliable except for our chat server started restarting randomly. 7 restarts in less than 1 week. It has ...
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Migrating from Windows Domain (SBS) to Macs (workstations and servers)
So a couple of Mac consultants walked into one of my customers office and convinced the business owner that they could completely swap in Macs across the board for the entire office.
Being a Mac ...
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Equivalent of logrotate on OSX
Is logrotate hiding somewhere on OSX, or is there an equivalent? It's not in /usr/sbin.
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How to change NFS export allowed IP addresses on Mac OS X Server (Tiger)?
I am running NFS on a Mac OS X Server 10.4. I had originally set up the NFS exports in the GUI, and restricted the IP addresses in the GUI to which it can export.
Right now, I only have command-line ...
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Run an ubuntu instance with virtualbox in bash?
I've used VirtualBox on a mac server, to run Ubuntu server instances, and I've liked it.
However I have a little bit of difficulty, because VirtualBox seems to be a GUI thing, so I SVN into my mac ...
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Setting up single sign-on between Mac client & OS X Server
I'm not "single sign-on" is the right terminology for what I'm trying to accomplish, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
We have a Mac OS X Server and Mac clients. Kerberos and Open Directory are ...
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Install freetype on OSX Server 10.5.8
I'm running a webserver on my Mac Mini (OSX Server 10.5.8) which has GD installed but not with freetype support. Is it possible to install freetype on this machine? I searched the net but couldn't ...
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MacOS X Server Lion with multi-domain mailserver?
Is a Mac OS X Lion Server capable of servicing multiple e-mail domains? We want to get a Mac to use as a standalone mailserver, but the Apple web site doesn't appear to provide an answer.
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SSH connection gives no prompt, unresponsive
I'm ssh'ing from my OSX laptop to an OSX server. It worked a couple of days ago. Now, when I try and connect, no text is output. My session (with -v option) looks like:
~ $ ssh myserver
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Why isn't Samba authenticating an Open Directory username that arrives in all caps?
I have a Mac OS X 10.6 server that acts as an Open Directory master and allows file sharing from the Open Directory users' home directories. Today, for unknown reasons, it's stopped permitting our ...
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OSX 10.6 Wiki Server mailserver link redirection
Anybody knows which JS / HTML files shall be changed in order to redirect Snow Leopard Wiki Server link to mail server to an external address / domain instead of OSX local mail server.
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How to use Open Directory login credentials when offline?
When using Active Directory, I can log into a machine while on the network using my AD credentials, then later take that machine offline and still be able to log into it.
I'd like to do the same ...
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Webhosting control panel for Mac OS X server
Are there any web hosting control panels for Mac Os X server with support for resellers?
I couldn't find any mentioned below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_hosting_control_panels
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Mac OS X Server: This root certificate is not trusted
I don't know much about certificates but one of them on a Snow Leopard Server just expired and I'm trying to replace it. It was self-signed at "birth" with the Mac mini server it came installed on.
I ...
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Tiger Server 10.4.11 Massive Headache
I'm having an issue with a MacPro1,1 running Tiger Server 10.4.11. These symptoms appear about every three months, and the only solution I can find is to reformat the server partition and reinstall ...
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Mac OS X User home drive share via AFP - Allowing Admin group access?
I have recently setup a small Mac-only network that utilise a Mac OS X Server which also shares out the user's auto-mounted home drives (/Users) via AFP.
This is all working fine, but one of the ...
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Windows XP cannot execute binary file on Network Share
I'm having a Network Share provided by a Mac OS X Lion Server on a recent Mac Mini Server (CIFS / SMB); mounting the share in Windows (XP) is no problem, reading and writing neither. But when ever I ...
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How do you set up a Fossil SCM server on OSX
I'd like to run the Fossil SCM as a service that is called when needed on my Mac Mini Server. How should I go about configuring this?
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How to reinstall Mac OS Leopard server without the original disc
We just received a Mac Xserve (donated!) and now I have to find something to do with it. There are personal files scattered all over and a bunch of services running, so I'd like to just reinstall ...
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Managing preference domains with MCX vs. Profiles
In both Workgroup Manager and Profile Manager, you can drop in arbitrary plist files to be delivered to clients. If an application gets its preferences from MCX will it automatically work with ...
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How to monitor a network device which is on it's own local network attached to a publicly reachable machine
I would like to monitor a network device (a disarray) which is attached to a server with its own local network (10.0.0.x). The server is reachable from another private space (172.16.x.x).
I can do ...
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Using Workgroup Manager to Manage a Preference inside a folder
I'm working on setting up several Brother MFC-6490CW printers on Mac OS X 10.5 and every time a new user logs into a computer with the software installed they are forced to setup the printer. Using ...
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Why is there a sites-enabled sometimes, and there isn't in other times?
Why is it that on my mac server, the Apache installed with Macports doesn't have a sites-enabled folder, like my Apache on my Ubuntu server?
Are there different Apache distributions for different ...
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LDAP: error code 49 - Invalid Credentials when connecting jira to Mac OS X Lion Server LDAP
I have the following setup:
- LDAP Server from Mac OS X running with default configuration
- JIRA Standlone installation
I want to:
Use LDAP for user authentication for jura
username: ...
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Any Linux distro which is supported on EFI enabled XServe
I am looking into installing Linux on a test XServe machine and see how it goes overall. We have our entire infrastructure on OSX and would like to move to Linux servers.
Is there any distribution ...
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Mac Os Server, how to make bind point www.mydomain.com to the same machine bind is installed on?
I want to set my server's IP as DNS and then be able to to make domains like myproject.com, and also www.myproject.com, and *.applications.com point to the same server where I will be hosting these ...
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Route an IP from WAN to a host on LAN on OpenWRT
EDIT: I know how to use NAT, I specifically want the server to be reachable on two IP's, one private, one public, with the firewall of the OpenWRT in between, if feasible.
At the office we have ...
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Replicate Active Directory to Mac OS X Server Lion OpenLDAP
Is there anyway to setup OS X Server so it is a replica of my Windows Server AD or do I need to do the "magic triangle" setup?
My goal is to allow SSO with my Mac users but would like to take ...
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OS X Server script to archive (or empty) a users mailbox every morning
I have a requirement (SpamAssassin 'training') to archive (or delete) two user's (users are junkmail and notjunkmail) inboxes at a given time every day if there is anything in them.
Can anyone help ...
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Disable OS X Portable Home Directories for specific hosts for all users, not just individuals? [closed]
Duplicate posting of:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/35653/disable-os-x-portable-home-directories-for-specific-hosts-for-all-users-not-jus
Would it be possible to block any and all ...
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Mac OS X Server 10.6: Change hostname/DNS name of running server
Because DynDNS stopped offering a specific domain name, my customer had to change this.
This will end up in changing the server settings at all.
Situation:
Mac Mini Server with MacOS Server 10.6.8
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NAS for Mac OS X Server
I'm using Mac OS X Server and want to allow the users that connect to their network accounts to store their data on a NAS drive. I want the users to connect to the Lion server as this allows for ...
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Using OSX home directories from linux
I'm running an OSX (Snow Leopard) Server with OpenDirectory, which is nothing else than a modified OpenLDAP with some Apple-specific schemas. However, I want to reuse this directory on some of my ...
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Modifying OSX Server 10.5's DNS from the command-line
I'm trying to figure out how to add records to my server's DNS from the command-line. I've investigated the 'serveradmin' tool, plus 'scutil', but neither appear to give me access to modify the DNS ...
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copy on OSX server preserving posix & acl
I am looking to move my fileserver from one xserve to a new one. Both are bound to the same open directory master.
I am having trouble copying and preserving all of the posix and acl permissions.
I ...
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Isolated FTP dropbox on Mac OSX Server reached with login credentials
So imagine yourself I would do the following FTP setup. Would my "isolated" folder actually be isolated and safe or do I actually run the risk of clients breeching through the borders of that folder?
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OS X Lion Server not able to set Open Directory user account to store home directory on server
I'm setting up a new Mac Mini server for a client that came with Lion Server. The Mac Mini will act as an Open Directory server and will store each Mac user in the office's home directory on it.
It's ...
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Connecting FreeNAS 8 to Mac OS X Lion LDAP Server
I currently have Mac OS X Lion Server running from a MacMini and want to use it purely as an LDAP server for authentication for FreeNAS 8. I have FreeNAS setup and running on a VM, all features ...
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How do I increase the size of file descriptors on mac
I am getting an error from squid
WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors
What should i do in my mac to prevent this error?
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mysql variable resets after exit
The web interface for accounting / time tracking software (Clients and Profits X) requires a open connection to its mysql database. Right now the web interface is not used on a regular basis and this ...
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How do I bind fedora sssd to os x lion server open directory?
I have all my macs authenticating properly… I even have user ids and groups resolving but I can't login with an OD user!
Please help if you've had luck with this.
I can't tell if it's a kerberos ...
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OSX SL Server CalDav/DirectoryServices Authentication Error
I have a OSX SL Server (Version 10.6.8) that has been in production with about 40 users for approximately a year now. Since day one I have had problems where occasionally a users iCal client throws ...
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How to avoid maximum Workgroup Manager connections in Mac OS X Server 10.6
Is there a limit on the Mac OS X Server (10.6) Workgroup Manager in respect to concurrent connections to a server?
I have an OS X server up and running and Open Directory configured but I am not able ...
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OS X 10.4 VPN Problem
I have an OS X 10.4 Server (I know it's old; I just need it to survive a few more months), running a VPN Server. For the past few weeks, all VPN clients have been unable to connect; this is the tail ...
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Is the Xgrid Controller still a 32-bit process?
So Lion generally represented a pretty serious move toward 64-bit systems for Mac OS X. But while I was poking around the Lion Server: Advanced Administration guidelines here:
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