Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.
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OS X clients freeze when downloading file to network mounted home
OS X clients freeze completely when users try to download files in Safari, Firefox or Chrome.
Home folder is an AFP share on OS X Server 10.6.
No big deal actually, but the sysadmin must manually ...
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Why would directly connecting (hard wire) to router not work on a Mac but wi-fi is ok? [migrated]
I recently got CenturyLink DSL and they gave me an ActionTec C1000A router that has 4 ports and is also wireless. I want to use both wired (for my main computer)and wireless (for iphones/roku etc..) ...
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Apache Segfaults on OS X at random - how can I diagnose? [closed]
We have been having intermittent Apache crashes on OS X 10.7.5 (Lion Server). These crashes seem to happen at random and we've tried everything to find the cause.
The problem may be with PHP or ...
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mount afp:// on OS X Server ML with servername.private namespace? [closed]
The DNS is working well,
sudo changeip -checkhostname
says "nothing to change". The company's server is running for the first two months with a dynamic DNS-Server-Service setup and will change ...
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Syncrepl support in Mac OSx 10.8 OpenDirectory
From Ryan Faas's article Apple's OpenDirectory does support overlays but I can't seem to enable the syncprov or accesslog overlays. Adding following block to slapd_macosxserver.conf turns the server ...
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Mac OS X Network Accounts Applications Stop Working After Logout
Hey Gurus of Serverfault!
I've encountered an issue with the network accounts on our OS X based system here. We are running OS X Server (Mountain Lion) with network accounts connecting to this local ...
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Adding a TXT DNS record to OS X Server
How would I add a TXT record to a DNS zone in OS X Server.app? There's an option for adding a Service Record that happens to have a Text field, but there's also a required Service Type field that I'm ...
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MAC OS X Server Lion - how to join two subnets?
I've got two routers connected to two different providers. I also have Mac OS X Lion server connected to both of them, so it looks like this:
[INTERNET] [INTERNET]
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You are unable to log in to the user account “user_name” at this time
I have a Mountain Lion server and two Mountain Lion clients.
I have two network users.
From one of the clients I can log on using either of these two accounts, from the other I cannot log using ...
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Mac server architecture and synchronization
I'm currently for an reliable and robust solution to make a bidirectional synchronization for the file between two mac os x server (recent versions). The folder is a corporate architecture of ...
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Is it possible to detect Mac-OSX machines serial number within a BOOTP request?
We have a database that contains serial numbers of all the macs in the company, and which associate them to different OSX versions (10.6, 10.7, 10.8, ...).
When netbooting, I currently use the same ...
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How can I achieve Access-Based Enumeration with Mac OS X Server (10.8)?
I would like to replicate the concept of Access-Based Enumeration on a Mac server, in that a connected user will only see folders they have access to Read or Write to, instead of displaying folders ...
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How to push packages to client Mac OS X machines from OS X server at login of clients?
I wanted to know if there is option to install application at login time in Mac OS X.That is, push packages to client Mac OS X machines from OS X server at login of clients similar to Group Policy ...
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How can I get memory usage reported in SNMP under Mac OS X 10.8 Server?
I have two servers running Mac OS X 10.8.3 Server (Build 12D78) with SNMP reporting enabled. I have a cacti server set up collecting data from these hosts. My Load Average, CPU Usage, Disk Space Usage ...
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Mac OS X Server (10.8) - SMB sharing permissions don't update (when a user is removed from a group)
We're running a Mac OS 10.8.3 server using the File Sharing feature. We have both AFP and SMB sharing enabled.
When we change a user's permissions, their permissions are set properly when accessing ...
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Why does my hosts.deny not work on OSX 10.8? [closed]
For testing it I added these four lines to my /etc/hosts.deny file:
# /etc/hosts.deny
ssh-agent:ALL
sshd:ALL
I waited some time and then I tried to gain ssh access to the loop-back IP address. ...
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Does OS X server support multiple administrative domains which trust each other?
Using Mountain Lion OS X server, we'd like to setup an environment where two OS X servers which are under different administrative control trust each other. That is, Server A has users & other ...
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How Can I Speed Up The Sending Of Emails from my Mac Mini Server? [closed]
I am currently using a Mac Mini Server running OS X Server. The server hosts several Ruby on Rails applications using Phusion Passenger where two of them uses a PostgreSQL database. One of these ...
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How to deal with BYOD users with OSX Server (10.8) and Mobile Accounts
I am moving over to an open directory setup with users able to create mobile profiles to allow for syncing of their home directory on their own machines and the server. However, since we have been ...
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VPN service on OS X 10.8 is starting httpd, why?
When I switch on the VPN service L2TP type on an OSX Server 10.8 I see that it starts also a httpd process, why is that, is this expected?
My problem is that I have MAMP Web server running and then ...
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TXT record for a server behind a router?
I've found this wonderful explanation of SPF on http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax
and i had it working on my older setup.
Setup has changed and i find myself in the ropes again.
I have an ...
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DHCP Requests out of line with lease time, inordinate amount of requests to server
Environment contains an OS X 10.6.8 Server with OS X 10.8.2 clients. DHCP is running on server with a lease time of 1 Day (86400 seconds). The system log is flooded with DHCP REQUEST/ACH messages ...
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VPN connection stalls on SCCRQ send
So, I have an L2TP over IPSec VPN server running on my mac at home. Only problem is that none of my devices seem to be able to connect to it. All of the other services are running and reachable, its ...
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Mac Mountain Lion FTP server accessible from localhost but not from any other computer
I have a super confusing situation going on with my home server.
What I have done:
In Server.app, enabled File Sharing and FTP.
Created some public share points.
Enabled the public share points for ...
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Mac OS X Server SMB mount not responding
I have an OS X 10.7.4 Sever, which I'm trying to share files off of to Windows users. I've selected "Share with Windows clients (SMB)" in the Server app for each share, and I've opened ports 137-139 ...
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Launchctl jobs automatically getting unloaded on snow leapord
We have launchctl jobs loaded on the snow leopard server. Somehow, every few days the jobs gets unloaded and this is causing our periodic jobs not to run. When I logon to the machine, the jobs show up ...
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Stop Apache being controlled by Mountain Lion Server
Before I installed OS X Server through the App Store, everything was working fine. I had a number of virtual hosts, some of which were proxy passing to other servers on the network. I also had Phusion ...
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OS X 10.6 loggen on with network account but no user exist on OS X server workgroup manager [closed]
I had to take over an OSX Server environment which looks a bit messed up and I'm confused by the following: The Macs are bind to OD on the OS X server and logged in with network account, but I see no ...
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DNS on OSX Lion
I run a OSX Server (10.6) that runs a DNS server supporting several domains (A records, MX). All went smooth until two days ago, when I stopped receiving emails.
I didn't change anything to the ...
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OS X Server: Trouble logging into (network home) account on server (guest: off)
Edit (tl;dr): I think I may have found the "error" - Guest access was turned off on the /Homes directory. I turned it on and now I can login as a network user. Can someone explain why this is ...
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Preconfigure Application Settings for new Open Directory Users via Profile Manager
is there a way to preconfigure Apple applications like Mail or iMessage for newly created Users via the ProfileManager web-interface?
I can't find a way to do this, I'm beginning to think this whole ...
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Server Backup Options? [closed]
I currently have a dedicated server running Apache (I can supply more specs if needed), but I'm trying to setup automatic full backups to run every night. Preferably I'd like to be able to put them on ...
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Are backups secured per user when using Time Machine Server on OS X Server (Mountain Lion)?
I have a simple Time Machine Server configuration with 1 destination. Users are defined in Open Directory (but the machines that will be backing up to TMS do not login via Open Directory).
Updated ...
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Xserve 10.6.8: Why do `net.inet.ip.forwarding` & `net.inet.ip.fw.enable` kernel sysctl settings stay enabled even disabling?
Very bizarre situation. I have inherited a few Xservers from a previous admin that I have been charged with cleaning up on various levels. I am familiar with settings in Ubuntu & am very ...
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How do I reconfigure Apache to run as a different user on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Server
I'm trying to get Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Server to run Apache as a different user (Other than _www). I've changed the lines in /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf from
User _www
Group _www
to
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Apple XServe not booting from anything (USB, CD) - Prohibited Sign
I have an XServe (Early 2008) which was working good before, however, I recently deleted all my raid drives because I wanted to recreate them. So now, I have nothing, no recovery partition or ...
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How can I determine valid Mac OS X Server `serveradmin` commands?
I've used Mac OS X Server's serveradmin command line interface for Server Admin.app & now Server.app for starting & stopping services, viewing status & settings, and occasionally running ...
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error in system log - Succeeded authorizing right
Just installed a fresh 10.8.2 server running contacts, DNS, Mail, Open Dir, Profile Manager and Websites. The machine is primerally used for mail which is all fine and as far as i can see there are no ...
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OSX 10.8 Server Wiki file and database location?
OSX 10.8.2 with the Server.app installed.
Wiki server running.
where do these files live? *so that I can customize the CSS as well as back everything up.)
What databases so I need to backup and ...
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Apple XServe 2,1 Questions (ESXi, Temp)
So I have Apple XServe 2, 1 (Earlier 2008 model)
I am trying to install ESXi 5.1 on it. I've read it that it's possible. I'be burnt the ESXi ISO to a dvd-r. I am now trying to boot from it but I have ...
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Apple XServe, Installing Linux on it? [closed]
Basically, I will be running multiple VM's on my XServe.
I wanted the Main OS to be very lightweight and not a memory hog.
I am not sure but I feel like OS X Server is not very lightweight, also ...
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MySQL Replication Monitoring for OS X Server
I have a CentOS 5 MySQL 5.0 server running that I need to replicate. I will setup MYSQL on OS X (Mac mini), but what tool should I use to monitor the replication that runs on OS X?
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SBS 2011 Essentials and too many new Mac users
We currently have about 15 users on a Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Server. I've just been informed that we plan to bring aboard about 15 more users that will be using Macs. We'll be using a Mac ...
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Memcache Error? “Could not find specified socket in poll list.”
For some reason recently I've been getting this error in my apache error log on my server. We have a single instance of memcached running on our Mac OSX 10.7 server.
(20014)Internal error: Unknown ...
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Mail won't start up after migration to Mountain Lion Server
I'm not sure where to start. Our hard disk died on server running 10.6.8. Installed new disk. Followed Apple's migration instructions to 10.8.2. All services are operational except Mail.
Dec 7 ...
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How to enable Postfix filter on OS X server (Lion) without getting overwritten?
I have a Postfix after-queue content filter that works fine on stock Ubuntu Postfix install. However, on a OS X Lion Server I'm testing out, I see this "auto-generated" language in the master.cf ...
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Root being controlled by ARD
I run an educational lab of 20 iMacs, all running Mac OS 10.7.5(11G63) with ARD version 3.6.2. My server and all of the iMacs run Lion. I seem to have crossed something and now my root user is being ...
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Server apache MultiViews trouble
I have a trouble with server I cannot disable MultiViews correctly.
on /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/sites/0000_any_80_wthr.proj.conf
I see config for my host
<VirtualHost wthr.proj:80>
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How do I connect my FreeNAS File Server to my Mac OS X Directory Server?
I am trying to connect my File Server (FreeNAS 8.0.1 / 8.2-RELEASE-p7) with my Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Directory Server's Open Directory... I know that Mac OS X provides an LDAP service via which other ...
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Use a Mac (10.8) as a remote log server
I'm trying to use my Mac Mini server as a remote log server for our router. I set the router to forward the logs to the server but I'm not seeing the logs anywhere in the console app.
Am I missing ...
