Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.
Questions tagged [mac-osx-server]
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OS X Server Profile Manager 3.1 (Mavericks) - Enrolling fails at “Installing certificate”
OS X Server Profile Manager 3.1 (Mavericks) - Enrolling fails at "Installing certificate"
Fresh install, I use my personal server.example.com for my server in my local network dns. I don't have reverse setup yet but my DNS is configured so anyone on…
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Xvfb alternative for Mac server?
I need to run an applescript that uses Finder; however, I have to run it as a user connected via ssh. So there's no UI. And the script fails with -10810 error when there's no UI.
Is there any alternative for X11's Xvfb that I could use for Mac…
Tomas Brambora
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Potential VM growth in DirectoryService since client
I get following message in my System Log
Dec 9 14:09:44 XXXXXXXXXX DirectoryService[26]: Potential VM growth in DirectoryService since client PID: 213, has 9500 open references when the warning limit is 500.
Should I be concern? Is there anything…
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OS X Server - How do I clone or transfer users from an Open Directory I'm planning to disband, to another server?
I have an OS X Server I've been using for the last two years or so.
During this time it has been upgraded and fixed so many times it developed some certificate problems now turning into a gangrene.
I would like to transfer the network users in the…
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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 message only returns a handful of results, which aren't too…
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login based forward proxy control for mac os x 10.6?
Can I do user/login based forward proxy (for website blocking) in Mac OS X server 10.6, or know of a solution that will integrate with the Open Directory of OSX?
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Mavericks OS X Server - Profile Manager - Do Profile Manager ports have to be mapped on the Router for full functionality?
Mavericks OS X Server - Profile Manager - Do Profile Manager ports have to be mapped on the Router for full functionality?
I noticed that Server asks if I want Profile Manager ports to be available. I checked the settings it adds to the Router and…
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Mac mini simple customized, Mac mini server or other?
I'm in front of a big IT choice for my little office and I need some advice.
We have 5 users, 1 super user, 1 HP500 DesignJet Plotter, other 4 laser printers, 1 HP Fax/Print/Scan/Copy machine. All the clients are XP Sp3 boxes.
We would like…
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Snow Lepord Server (?) - Server Preferances Login (Unable to set node credentials)
Ok, to start with i'm a windows dev, helping a friend out.
He runs a business and has purchased a Mac Server (With Snow Lepord etc) he want to use this as a data store and email distributer (At the moment emails are handeled by POP3 accounts for…
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MacOS Server Profile Manager slow to push changes
DNS is fine and I can see in the logs that the server is talking to the laptops but changes sit as 'pending' for a couple of hours before successfully pushing to the machines.
In the Service Helper log I have this
[2017/01/30 08:47:50.518] Building…
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Using a network mount as user home in Mac OS X Server App (v5)
We have an old Mavericks server with a Firewire drive running and about 200 Users (Mac OS Server v3.2.2).
I would like to set up a new server with El Capitan running the latest v5.1.7 Mac OS Server application. For the test phase, I want to use the…
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Just upgraded to OS X Server 5.1 and can't get my mail with imap-login: Info: Aborted login (user disabled)?
Getting this in the logs:
Apr 14 16:29:48 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (user disabled): user=, method=DIGEST-MD5, rip=10.0.10.14, lip=10.0.1.9, TLS: Disconnected
Any ideas?
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On-site and off-site OS X Sever
Good morning community!
Let me explain what I am trying to do and maybe someone can point me into the right direction. Most of my experience is in the Windows server world. I am in the process of starting a small business, and for now I will be…
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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 resources, Server B has different users & other…
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How to 'Stick" OS X system Prefs for Language & Text
Master Client has UK English, UK Date Format and UK currency specified, yet on client's first login at any workstation, they note that Language & Text has defaulted to US rather than English United Kingdom ...
Where do I make this pref 'stick',…
