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You don't exist, go away!
Once in a while (3 times over the past four weeks), I don't exist. The message in the title of this question is my response when I try to run ssh while not existing. Also, when I don't exist, if I run ...
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Question about how networked users work
As I'm waiting for my new gleaming iMac to arrive, I'm considering buying OS X Server since it's only $20 now and offers Open Directory.
We have two MacBook Pros, so I'd like to have all of us able ...
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How to fix failing Open Directory (database “cn=authdata” cannot be opened, err 12) after hang
A Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 server running Open Directory hung. SSH was still possible but the sudo reboot command didn't restart the server within 15 minutes. That is why a power cycle was issued. After ...
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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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Can Tiger clients bind to a (Mountain) Lion Open Directory Server?
I'm working with a new client that has a number of PPC machines running 10.4 that are currently connected to an Xserve running 10.4 server.
Due to cost and compatibility issues, they're unable, at ...
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Is it possible to enable Legacy FileVault for a network user?
I am running Mac OS X 10.8 Server with File Sharing and Open Directory providing home directories to network users, so when users log in their home directory is automatically mounted over AFP.
Is it ...
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How can I open something in Mac with same Application every time
I want to play videos always by VLC or GOM player but when I chose Open with-other-then I chose the App and I check for "always open with" = it does work but not all the movie in same extention will ...
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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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HomeSync / Mobile - Settings & keychain missing
I've recently rolled out an Open Directory domain in our office. The domain has been set up so user profiles are synced with the server via HomeSync, so we could use FileVault2 to encrypt the ...
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How do I create a network automount with Open Directory in 10.8 Server?
I am running Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" Server and using Open Directory to provide managed preferences and user accounts to the Macs on our local network.
Any AFP shares on the Open Directory ...
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How to force remove ldap replica in 10.8?
Both of my OD replicas are misbehaving and I'm trying to take them down but I'm not having any luck at all. If I try to destroy the replica I get this:
bash-3.2# slapconfig -destroyldapserver ...
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plutil equivalent or other way to check structure of a user account? [closed]
User accounts on osx can have problems, yet still kind of work.
Is there a way to lint or verify the structure of a users account on osX?
plutil does this for preference files, for example.
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OS X Lion not able to login with regular open directory domain users
I've configured a Lion client machine to connect to my OS X server and use it for network logins. The diradmin works okay, but I tried to use a regular user, and it doesn't allow any other users to ...
