Questions tagged [osx-lion]

Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) is the eighth major release of OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
1 vote
2 answers
1k views

rsync fails when trying transfer data from mounted cifs share from Mac OS 10.7.5

I've got an aging mac os X 10.7.5 server running Apple's smb. I'd like to mount a file share from it onto a new file server (ubuntu 16.04.2), and rsync everything from old mac share to the new server. ...
Marc's user avatar
  • 11
1 vote
1 answer
1k views

Local transparent proxy OS X pf

I was trying to create local transparent proxy using this pf rules: rdr pass inet proto tcp from $Out to any port 80 -> 127.0.0.1 port 3129 pass out on $Out route-to lo0 inet proto tcp from $Out ...
Nonxnull's user avatar
-1 votes
2 answers
70 views

Apple OSX with JVM support (or any virtual machine) [duplicate]

Few things I didn't understand on OS X... From 2010 until today... Throughout the internet there were several sources stating that according to Apple's EULA it wasn't legal to run any virtual ...
lionheart's user avatar
  • 113
0 votes
2 answers
2k views

ProFTP on MacPorts: Connection refused

I have a MacPorts installed ProFTPD daemon installed. It worked like a charm for a year. Now it does not work at all anymore. All I get is Connection refused ftp localhost Trying ::1... ftp: Can't ...
rhand's user avatar
  • 264
-2 votes
1 answer
142 views

can not find mysql after Homebrew install [closed]

I installed php54 with mysql, but I can not use mysql -u root in terminal to access mysql (error: does not recognize command), but phpinfo() tells me it is installed what can I do? UPDATE I ...
Richard's user avatar
  • 97
1 vote
1 answer
5k views

multiple postgresql installations in osx

I have multiple installations of PostgreSQL on my machine, and would like to narrow down to a single installation (MacPorts flavor). I believe that OSX comes shipped with some sort of package, but I ...
jml's user avatar
  • 153
7 votes
0 answers
109 views

OS X Lion machines will continually query Active Directory 2008 for every user in the directory [closed]

We are having a problem where our OS X Lion machines will continually query Active Directory 2008 for every user in the directory until a user logs into the machine. When a user logs into the machine, ...
Donna Treubig's user avatar
2 votes
4 answers
10k views

Office 2011, Mac OS Lion, Excel creates temporary file on Windows server 2008, SMB share how to stop?

I have an issue with Macs and a windows SMB share, when using Excel 2011. If I open an excel document from the windows share it will create a "Ghost file" starting with ~$ then the full filename e.g :...
Kevin's user avatar
  • 21
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

How to get around OS X Lion Server SMB "safe save"?

First, there is this problem: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4149 Which says that anything copied to os x server via smb will be "safe saved" and essentially chmod to 600. This is extremely annoying ...
borrrden's user avatar
  • 133
1 vote
2 answers
1k views

reset root password in mysql without access to mysql table [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: reseting mysql root password I am having an issue on OS X 10.7.5 as I used to use MAMP but for .htaccess issues I am now using my own compiled local server from a long time ...
user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
194 views

Virtual host config issues in osx 10.7 server app

I have two mac mini lion servers setup to run as production and staging machines. My sysadmin decided on these machines over the previous CentOS we had because it had an "interface" to be able to ...
Benno's user avatar
  • 227
0 votes
1 answer
2k views

Setup proxy with Apache 2.4 on Mac 10.8 [closed]

I have 1 application (Java) that running on my local machine (localhost:9000). I want to setup Apache as a front end proxy thus I used following configuration in the httpd.conf: <Directory /> ...
Xitrum's user avatar
  • 101
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

Mount VHD from Rackspace, with Windows 7 or Mountain Lion

I'm trying to explore the contents of a VHD form a backup of my Rackspace server. Any idea on how I might be able to mount it and explore it's contents? I've tried using the Computer Management tool ...
Steven Baughman's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
55 views

Server App - Users

I'm using mac OSX lion server, and I'm trying to setup a user account with access to different services. I had to create the user in Prefs > users and groups, because it wouldn't work in the Server ...
Benno's user avatar
  • 227
1 vote
0 answers
356 views

Open Directory authenticated bind succeeds, but creates incomplete record

I have about a dozen Macs running 10.6.7 or 10.6.8, which are all failing to bind properly to my new 10.7.4 Server OD. I can bind them just fine via Directory Utility or dsconfigldap, and it reports ...
Jay Thompson's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
818 views

Unattended silent install of Java on OS X Lion/Mountain Lion (OS X 10.7, 10.8)

As Java is not installed by defaults on Lion and Mountain Lion systems (OS X 10.7, 10.8) I would like to deploy it to all machines on our network. I understand that I can simply download the .pkg and ...
sardean's user avatar
  • 843
2 votes
2 answers
183 views

On OS X Server, only admin users can access email

In OS X Lion Server, when I create admin users via the workgroup manager, they are allowed to log in remotely via ssh and they get email served by dovecot. However, if I remove the option "user can ...
Niko Schwarz's user avatar
5 votes
1 answer
2k views

SharePoint ACL on OSX Lion Server - Posix group always takes over ACLs

Trying to configure a SharePoint on a Lion Server machine. The directory is created by the local server admin (serveradmin) and has rwxr-x--- given to it. The serveradmin user belongs to the local ...
Ben's user avatar
  • 367
0 votes
1 answer
217 views

Is it possible to edit the web pages in the Profile Manager (OSX Lion Server) user portal?

When setting up Profile Manager in Lion Server, there are a few web pages that are generated for web management of both devices and profiles. Is it possible to edit these pages in any way? I am just ...
sglantz's user avatar
  • 113
11 votes
4 answers
22k views

Get the interface and ip address used to connect to a specific host (ip)

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but I wasn't able to find it, so hopefully this will at least link someone to the right place. I want to find out my local interface and ip address ...
umop's user avatar
  • 213
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

Installed PHP 5.4 via OS X binary, but `php` in terminal still uses 5.3 [closed]

I used a nice one-line command to install PHP 5.4 Mac OS X Lion, from php-osx.liip.ch. This is working perfectly in Apache – my local sites are now using PHP 5.4. But when I run php -v from the ...
callum's user avatar
  • 121
0 votes
1 answer
84 views

Disable a wiki in Lion Server?

Any way to disable a wiki in Lion Server's Wiki Server? It's easy enough to delete one but how to temporarily disable one so it can be resurrected later?
Meltemi's user avatar
  • 579
3 votes
1 answer
5k views

Why does "cp -Rp ~/foo /Volumes/KINGSTON" give "cp: chflags: /Volumes/KINGSTON/Proj/Proj/Color.h: Invalid argument" [closed]

This is on Mac OS X Lion, and I use the following to back up a project folder cp -Rp ~/foo /Volumes/KINGSTON or cp -a ~/foo /Volumes/KINGSTON The -p or -a is so that the timestamps of the files ...
nonopolarity's user avatar
1 vote
3 answers
636 views

Mac OSX Lion: Switch on SMB share depending on network connection

we have a Scanner that can save the scanned documents to an SMB share. So I need to switch on SMB sharing on the Mac - should be no problem. Issue: The Mac is a MacBook, which will also be used in ...
Philippp's user avatar
  • 141
2 votes
2 answers
2k views

How are group ids assigned?

I want to create a developers group on my OS-X system. I'm executing: sudo dscl . -create /groups/developers sudo dscl . -append /groups/developers passwd 'blah' My understanding from reading ...
Codie CodeMonkey's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

MySQL on Mac OS X Lion - can't connect over internet

I've installed MySQL on OSX Lion, however I can't connect to the MySQL server via phpMyAdmin (or Sequel Pro). I have a domain with 1and1, and created a sub domain (server.domain.com) and created an A ...
Richard Hedges's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
174 views

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 (...
J Cobb's user avatar
  • 339
3 votes
1 answer
1k views

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 ...
Bill Weiss's user avatar
  • 11.1k
2 votes
1 answer
203 views

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 ...
tacos_tacos_tacos's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
828 views

OS X 10.7 doesn't detect my WPA2 Enterprise server-side password changes

I have a Meraki wifi network that's authenticating via RADIUS to an Active Directory. Users log in with their AD username and password via WPA2. That all works. However, when a user changes their ...
Bill Weiss's user avatar
  • 11.1k
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

Setting up Jenkins and permission issues

I have set up Jenkins on my Mac lion however I am having my share of issues. I am able to connect and download the SVN file repository however as part of my shell build script, I have to do an SVN ...
Strong Like Bull's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
5k views

Cannot access psql after installing postgres

I installed postgresql via homebrew on my 10.7.3. The install seemed successful and I was able to start up the server. However when I try to access psql I get the following error: psql: FATAL: role "...
Andrew Lauer Barinov's user avatar
8 votes
2 answers
8k views

Modifying kernel shared memory settings on a lion install

What's the location of the sysctl.conf file on lion? In Snow Leopard it was in /etc/sysctl.conf but now that folder doesn't contain it anymore. Searching for the file in spotlight yields no results. ...
Andrew Lauer Barinov's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
5k views

Redirect URL using Mac OS X Server Lion

I have just set up a Mac Mini with OS X Lion Server to host my own website. I have registered multiple domain names, but I would like the user to be automatically redirected to my main domain name if ...
pheedsta's user avatar
  • 111
2 votes
0 answers
382 views

Macs to work on 802.1X wired network

We are in the process on 802.1X for all our wired clients. We are using NPS on Server 2008R2 as our Radius server. All our windows clients authenticate using just a computer certificate issued by our ...
NickDa's user avatar
  • 99
5 votes
4 answers
42k views

Active Directory password update not recognized on OS X 10.7.3?

We have a few Macs in our office which are bound to our Active Directory (Server 2k8R2) domain for login authentication and access to file shares. For the most part this has worked without trouble. I ...
eaj's user avatar
  • 443
0 votes
1 answer
600 views

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 ...
Patrick's user avatar
  • 361
1 vote
1 answer
1k views

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 ...
Robert L.'s user avatar
5 votes
1 answer
11k views

Monit won't start: "Cannot translate '<hostname>' to FQDN name -- nodename nor servname provided"

I installed monit-5.3.2 on OS X 10.7 but haven't been able to get it running. When I run sudo monit -t I get: monit: Cannot translate 'hakan' to FQDN name -- nodename nor servname provided, or not ...
Hakan B.'s user avatar
  • 185
3 votes
1 answer
2k views

Why isn't ipfw correctly limiting the bandwidth?

I've played around with the ipfw command on a Mac and tried to limit the bandwidth to 1MBit/s. sudo ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to me sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 1MBit/s These are the statements I'm ...
TheLostOne's user avatar
3 votes
3 answers
1k views

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 ...
user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
2k views

MySql *completely random* Unable to connect

This one is killing me. We have an ASP.NET/Mono application on a MySQL database. For months we've been plagued by a completely random but consistent occurrence of "Unable to connect to any of the ...
hikaru's user avatar
  • 121
1 vote
5 answers
12k views

Adding Lion client to win2008 Active Directory "Unable to add server. Node name wasn’t found. (2000)”

I try and bind a Mac running 10.7.3 to a Windows 2008 active directory using System Preferences and Directory Utility. It comes back saying "Unable to add server. Node name wasn’t found. (2000)”. ...
Tim Lings's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
3k views

"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 ...
V1ru8's user avatar
  • 161
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

OS X Apache giving 503 error for anything in /api directory

I have a locally hosted website that uses Smarty templates, I'm trying to get started on building an API for the site. I've used virtualhost.sh to create a local virtual host for this and other sites....
WilliamMayor's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
171 views

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 ...
MihaiM's user avatar
  • 738
2 votes
3 answers
9k views

How do I debug / fix my apache SSL setup?

The Goal: set up a server that can receive https and http requests from a domain, and forwarded to the rails app running on the server. The rails app is running on localhost:3002, and all attempts ...
NullVoxPopuli's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

Setting up VirtualHost on OSX 10.7 (Lion)

I've finally made the switch to Lion but I'm having trouble setting up an Apache VirtualHost. This is what I've done so far and I'm not sure why it's not working. 1) In /etc/apache2/httpd.conf I ...
Pardoner's user avatar
  • 137
0 votes
1 answer
3k views

Lion DNS Server: How to redirect queries to remote dns server?

I want to set up our Mac OS X Lion DNS server to host a specific domain internally, but redirect all other queries to our providers dns servers. How can I achieve this? I have read the docs but couldn'...
trnc's user avatar
  • 698
7 votes
1 answer
5k views

NGINX on OSX - Performing terribly slow

I I've been trying to get NGINX up and running on my OSX 10.7 Lion computer. I have it running however simple html pages every few are taking a long time to load; for example: <html> <...
Petrogad's user avatar
  • 129