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How can i reset my Terminal?
just some time ago i installed the OS X Server app on my mac and since this day it always appears server as the chosen directory in my terminal.
But because i dont really like the Server application ...
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Can an Open Directory (10.8) user's home directory be changed from the terminal?
I'd like to use SFTP/SSH for users (students and faculty) to manage their web content. The default home directory is "/Users//". I'd like to point them to something like "/Users//web" to block access ...
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How can I move the groups folder to the 2nd volume on Mac OS X Server 10.8.x?
The server comes with 2 disks:
1) System Disk
2) Macintosh HD
By default, the users and groups shares are stored on the System Disk.
When you create a new user or a new group, their home folder, or ...
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Default permissions for new users in OS X Server
I'm creating mobile users in MT Lion Server through Workgroup Manager 10.8. I've set it up so that when the user logs in to the client machine, the network share point auto mounts. This gives access ...
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How to use VPN with OS X Server?
I have recently set up a server on my Mac mini with the OS X Mountain Lion Server app. I would like to have remote access (from outside of my home's wifi network) to the files and folders in my home ...
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Error with OS X Server web service, cannot access website!
Everything was running fine for months and now suddenly when I try to access my site I get this error:
"Index of /
Apache/2.2.22 (Unix) PHP/5.3.15 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.22 OpenSSL/0.9.8r ...
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How Can I Speed Up The Sending Of Emails from my Mac Mini Server?
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 do I get com.apple.servermgrd to use a non-self-signed SSL certificate?
I have received a valid SSL certificate for my Mountain Lion Server (10.8.2 Build 12C3104) and have installed that cert for use by all services (and SSL and other services do not pop up the "Verify ...
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Time Machine error in server.app 10.8
I currently have a Mac Mini with 10.8 and server.app 2.2 installed. The server is currently only set up with File Sharing and Time Machine services running. It is handing out network Time Machine ...
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LAN Chat via OS X Server — Will Messages App Suffice?
I'm setting up a network for a small business with two geographic sites, which will be run on OS X Server.
We need a "chat" tool of some sort, and the contents of those chats could possibly contain ...
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How do I prevent OS X Server from issuing dynamic DHCP leases?
Prior to "upgrading" to Mountain Lion Server, I used OS X Server as my DHCP server. The purpose of the configuration I had was to provide MAC filtering, assigning static leases based on hardware MAC ...
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Embedding Web Snippets in Wiki Server and Security Settings
I want to edit the embed security settings in Mountain Lion Server's Wiki Service because with the default settings you can't embed anything on pages, which makes it a lot less useful. We're in a ...
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DHCP server settings not loading
I’m trying to activate a DHCP server using Server.app but all I get is an empty window "Loading…" and a spinning wheel "Getting service state…" which spins forever. All other services seem to run ...
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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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Mountain Lion on brand new MacBook Air gives warning that it's using Legacy FileVault?
I set up FileVault a month ago on this new machine. Everything seemed to be working fine. But now when I go to System Preferences>Security & Privacy>FileVault when logged into a Mobile ...
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Unable to activate mobile account
I am in a dead end.
I am trying to settup mobile account on 10.8 Server, with 10.8 clients.
So far, I got my Open Directory seted up server.name.private
I created a new user in the Users tab, named ...
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Is there a way to get the OS X 10.8 Server to create multiple ftp shares?
I have a set of academic web hosts. I need to provide access to a web server so that multiple users can have private web space. The default setting hosts a single share.
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Running Growl without a user logged into a graphical session?
I currently have an OS X server (running 10.8.2) that has irssi installed, and is set up to send Growl notifications to my laptop when I am mentioned or have received a private message on IRC. ...
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Can I update from Lion Server to Mountain Lion Server through Remote Desktop?
I currently have a Lion Server providing DHCP for my network, and access that server exclusively through screen sharing over Apple Remote Desktop. I would like to upgrade from Lion Server to Mountain ...
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Mountain Lion Server + Snow Leopard Clients
Does anyone know if there will be troubles if i run a Mountain Lion Server with Snow Leopard Clients?
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Free online resources for System Image Utility for Mountain Lion Server?
I cannot find any documentation on how to actually use SIU for Mountain Lion Server, can anyone point me in the right direction? Is this because of how new it is, or how little SIU has changed? I'm ...
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How to fix OS X Server mail forwarding to multiple addresses?
Under OS X Server Mountain Lion, we are creating accounts in LDAP via Workgroup Manager. We would like to be able to manage forwarding-only mail accounts from within the GUI (i.e. no editing of the ...
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How to fix OD diradmin account?
I am unable to add new accounts nor delete existing accounts in Open Directory despite being authenticated as diradmin. I can change existing user passwords though. Tried rebooting, no change. I ...
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OSX Server guest within VirtualBox … where do I get the ISO
I'm trying to do things legit and purchased a copy of OSX Server to go along with my OSX install. I am running a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion... so I'm OK from a hardware perspective.
Now I'm ...
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Postfix confusion: how does mail get sent on Mountain Lion server?
I inherited a Mountain Lion Server system that hosts a PHP web app. Among the things this app does is send email using the php mail() command, which executes the sendmail binary. In addition to ...
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How to disable concurrent user login on Mountain Lion Server?
I just finished (after trying 10 Times) to set up a Mountain Lion Server on a Mac mini. We have only 10 network users with their home directory served from the server and a Drobo 5D.
For reasons ...
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OS X Server: Multiple Mobile Homes syncing to a single Network Home Directory?
Looking for validation that Profile Manager in Mountain Lion Server can be used to keep Portable (Mobile) Home Directories on multiple Macs in sync with one Network Home.
Users have "main" desktop ...
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How do I fix 'servermgr_certs' error when clicking on ProfileManager in OSX Server Server.app?
When clicking on the Profile Manager service in the side bar in Server.app, I receive an error:
An error occurred on the server while processing a command.
The error occurred while processing a ...
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Routing incoming networking traffic from a specific source to a VPN
I have a local network with an OS X Mountain Lion server (ip 10.0.0.2), which is connected to a VPN (interface ppp0). This Server is the default gateway for the computers in the network.
The VPN is ...
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VPN mountain lion server not working
I cannot connect to my mac server using a VPN connection from outside my LAN. I can connect from inside which means that the VPN server on Mountain Lion is working. When I look at the logs on my ...
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OS X Server Websites - How can i make mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com to go directly to http://www.mydomain.com/wiki/projects
OS X Server Websites - How can i make mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com to go directly to http://www.mydomain.com/wiki/projects
I have wikis setup correctly. I want visitors that come to mydomain.com ...
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Why are 2 Mac Pros on a separate subnet directly connected seeing very low transfer rates?
I have two Mac Pros and as one is primarily utilized for storage, I thought connecting the two directly under a different subnet would be a worthwhile endeavor that would directly transfer data ...
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Creating a system/service user (update-proof)
I want to run a couple of web apps and services on my Mac. (10.8.2 Server)
For every webapp/service I create a seperate user to make it more secure. (So i can sandbox them in their home directory)
I ...
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How do I set up a VPN on a DMZ'd iMac?
I have an iMac set up as my server machine. On the network, it is in the DMZ. The rest of the computers in the network use an internal 10.0.0.x IP.
I have OS X Server's VPN set to give clients IPs in ...
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Is there a way to change the timeout setting for iCal / Calendar in 10.8?
I have a user connected via iCal to an overworked old CalDAV server (running OS X Server 10.5.8) who was doing fine in OS X 10.6.8. The data (from a number of groups, and his own individual calendar) ...
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PostgreSQL on Mountain Lion Server Autostart
PostgreSQL now comes with Server on 10.8+. However, postgres seems to require restarting often. How can I keep postgres running without having to restart it so often?
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Is it possible to tame the change notifications each reboot from Mountain Lion Server?
I have Server.app installed on 10.8.1. The only service that is configured is file sharing. No DNS, no OD. After every single reboot I get a push notification and email with the following:
Network ...
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How to set up OS X Server Mail to auto-configure Mac Mail IMAP clients?
Our Thunderbird mail clients successfully pick up their IMAP settings for their accounts on (Mountain Lion) OS X Server automatically. They just supply their email addresses and Open Directory ...
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OS X Server Wiki - unable to download attachments in Chrome
We've been using the wiki (currently running os x mountain lion) for a while now and most people seem to like it. The attachments, however, don't seem to be downloadable or even "quick-view-able" in ...
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Apache 2 `UserDir` problem in OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) Server after upgrade from Lion (10.7)
I had a Mac under OS X Lion. I upgrade it to Mountain Lion, and buy the OS X Server software in the AppStore.
Since the beginning, I use the Apache version bundled in Mac OS, and it work fine.
But ...
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How can I administer my Lion Server from a Mountain Lion client
I have a Mac OS X Lion (10.7) server, and I would like to administer it remotely from a client running Mountain Lion non-server (10.8).
I naively assumed that I could install the freely downloaded ...
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How to preserve DHCP server settings when migrating from Lion Server to Mountain Lion Server?
I understand that DHCP server features will be "removed" from OS X Server with Mountain Lion and that there will be no way to manage these using the only remaining app for managing server features ...
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Time Machine backup to a shared Xserve volume does not work anymore on Mountain Lion
I do a backup to my xserve (because I do not like the Lion and Mountain Lion servers, still on and continuing on Snow Leopard) So now time machine cannot backup to a shared backup disk. It makes the ...
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What is assistantd?
Ever since I upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion and installed OS X Server, I keep getting prompts for my Keychain password from a process called assistantd. I'm pretty sure that it's an OS X process, but ...
