Covers all versions of Mac OS X Server, focusing most on 10.5-10.7 server.
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Settings on Mountain Lion Server for Publishing Calendar
mountain lion server offers the possibility to publish calendars. Such a calendar (I assume an ics file) could be published on a webserver that could be hosted on the same mountain lion server. ...
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OS X Server network sync issues
I've been running an Open Directory environment for over a year now, and this issue has never, ever stopped plaguing my network. Users constantly have syncing errors, seemingly due to permissions ...
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URL of calendar running on mac server (to subscribe in google calendar)
I am running OS 10.8 server on a mac mini. I have the calenddar service enabled and created an extra user for calendars.
I have no problem subscribing to those calendars by creating an OSX server ...
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Xserve VPN L2TP cannot see LDAP
After quite a bit of mucking around and getting no VPN activity through my router, I finally resolved that issue.
Only my local users can authenticate through VPN, any user from LDAP receives "The ...
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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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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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How does one fix incorrect dates of mail messages after migrating a mailbox from one OS X Server to another?
I have OS X Server 2.2.1 (running on OS X Mountain Lion). I migrated from one OS X Server to another and migrated a mailbox with 4GB of mail. On OS X Mountain Lion client, I connected to the mailbox ...
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OSX Server File Sharing - Allow users to change password?
We are running OSX Server 10.7.5 in our small office. On the machine, in the Server application, I have each employee setup as a user, with file sharing turned on.
This allows each employee to login ...
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Netboot Image - Where is the user generated data stored
I have a OS X Lion Server hosting netboot images. I also have a 10.8 Server for creating 10.8 images, but am hosting all images from one 10.7 NetBoot server.
When a client machine boots a specific ...
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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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OS X Server: Wiki embed youtube video on page
On OS X server using the wiki feature, I want to embed a youtube.com video onto a page. I thought the process would be to switch to HTML coding when making the Wiki Entry and cut and paste the HTML ...
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How to deploy Mac OS X 10.6.8 to several clients?
I am working for an Apple Premium Reseller and we are looking for the best way to deploy installations Snow Leopard and newer. Before I started looking into this, we were using the retail version of ...
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Updating and migrating a Mac OSX 10.6.8 server to a new Mac OSX 10.7 server
There is no good instruction on the internet on how to upgrade and migrate a Mac OSX 10.6.8 server to a new Mac OSX 10.7 server (not just updating the 10.6.8, but also migrating). For my employer, I ...
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Mac Mini, users with permissions cannot connect
I have a Mac Mini Server with File Sharing enabled, but when I go to connect any of my users that aren't allowed to "Administer this server" I get a connection failed error. But If I give them Admin ...
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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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Can OS X services be split up across multiple OS X Servers at different locations?
My company has two offices, in two different cities. I'd like to use a colo (http://macminicolo.net) to host our OS X Server, which will manage Open Directory data, device management, VPN, shared ...
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Why do certain packages fail in NetInstall?
We are using NetInstall to image Macs at work. I build the NetInstall images with System Image Utility, and customize them with the "Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts" workflow item. NetInstall ...
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Restoring OS X Server Data from Time Machine
How does one restore OS X Server data from time machine on another server?
I had a Mac mini with OS X Server (Mountain Lion). It had Time Machine backups and this weekend the server experienced a ...
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In OS X Server.app, what's the number in the app icon?
I have Server.app on 10.7, and when I start it, I get the neverending beachball, and in the Dock, the Server.app's icon has a red number in it, which is continuously increasing.
What's the number ...
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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 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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OS X Server (10.6) Logon crashes
I have a very serious problem. The logon screen crashes everytime I am trying to connect via my user account(other accounts crash as well).
I have already recovered a time machine backup from some ...
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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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Disable password authentication on SSH server on OS X Server 10.8
I want to disable the password authentication of the SSH server on my OS X Server. this should be done in /etc/sshd_config, right? But I’m not sure which setting I should change…
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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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AirPort Extreme, OS X Server, DHCP and Dynamic DNS
I have a AirPort Extreme and OS X Server (Mountain Lion). On my local network, I have a number of OS X, Windows, Ubuntu and other machines using DHCP to obtain network addresses. Almost all ...
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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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What differences are there between using the Server.app Time Machine server and simply sharing the attached backup HDD?
I'll get a Mac mini next week and apart from other things, I'd like to use it as a backup server via Time Machine and an external HDD.
As I want to be able to access the HDD from remote anyway, I ...
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Directory contents not updating for external clients
We have a series of directories that various applications use for keeping track of assets (graphics). Some of these systems copy these assets into the directories (either via an NFS mount or an AFP ...
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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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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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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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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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Best way to remotely/offsite backup a Mac Mini file server? [closed]
I'm procuring a Mac Mini 10.8 server for a small workgroup (6 Macs) and want to ensure that the files stored on this server are backed up properly and offsite. Anyone have any recommendations?
I've ...
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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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Considering Switch to Mac workstations and OS X Server; what unforeseen consequences should I be wary of? [closed]
I've been a Mac user for about five years, have a high degree of technology literacy (I'm a Ruby developer by trade), and don't mind digging deeper into the networking aspects (in fact, it's a ...
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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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Mac OS X Server ignores remote HTTP connections, but accepts local ones
I cannot get Mac OS X Server's web server to accept connections from other machines on the same LAN. This is on OS X 10.8.2, running on a Mac mini which originally shipped with Lion Server.
I can ...
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Backups using Mac Mini Server & Time Machine
I'm currently trying to set up a fool-proof plan to secure backups of all of our files all the time.
What I'm generally thinking is using our Mac Mini Server I can backup our files (3 - 6 iMac's ...
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Require login to be able to see anything on wiki server?
In addition to having wikis, the wiki server built into OS X Server also allows users to host blogs and personal file storage. By default, it appears that these functions are enabled, even if you are ...
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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 ...
