Profile Manager is part of Lion Server and manages devices (OSX and iOS) including configuration profiles and app deployment
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Where does Lion Server store apps used for iOS deployment?
I was messing around with the "Edit Apps" feature in the Profile Manager. I saw the "Edit Apps" button and I uploaded an app to test it.
Unfortunately it was a commercial app, so I cannot actually ...
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Is it possible to edit the web pages in the Profile Manager 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 ...
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Email addresses contain @HOSTNAME.domain.com when mail is configured using Profile Manager
I'm setting up a Lion server environment for an entire office full of MacBook Pros, all running Lion. Lion server is 10.7.2, running Open Directory, DNS, and Mail. I have successfully set up the mail ...
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Lion Server: Is Mobility in Workgroup Manager related to Profile Manager in the Server.app?
I'm about to set upon a difficult task -- well, difficult for me anyway: Lion Server and Profile Manager with an eye toward managing a couple of MacBooks that will be taken out of the office from ...
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Apple Directory / Profile Manager - Restricting simultaneous same user logins on multiple machines?
We are using Apple Directory for internal user authentication. We want to restrict a user to login from a single machine at any one time. I have been trying to find a way to do this in Apple Directory ...
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How do I copy a user profile between Macs?
I have an Mac Pro running Lion, my wife has a Macbook Air also running Lion.
We have the same apps installed.
I want to steal my wife's Macbook while I'm out of town on business.
To do so, I'll ...
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Lion Server with Profile Manager
I setup a few profiles in the profile manager and when I remove them from the profile they still seem to be applied on the clients. Like to test around I made a change to the dock size and then ...
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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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Can I Add/Remove users from web interface (Profile Manager) on Lion Server?
It appears as though you can do most things in the Lion Server WebUI (Profile Manager), but I can't seem to be able to add/remove users (or find an answer).
Is this possible?
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Device Enrollment works for desktop but fails for iOS devices
I've been doing a ton of reading, and even found this question ( Device enrollment fails, error: server certificate is invalid ) and followed the instructions.
I first installed my Godaddy ...
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User required in Profile Manager Exchange settings
I'm working with Profile Manager in Lion Server 10.7.2
I want the user to be prompted during the installation, not set the value here. To have the user prompted both fields need to be left blank. The ...
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Locking down iOS devices
I have around 200 iOS devices that I have to keep track of in an internal network (they never leave the network) and there are several things I need to do on them.
Completely disable certain ...
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Why do our iDevices give a page not found error when trying to connect to profile manager website?
I want to know if anyone have also encountered this. We can connect to Profile Manager using one of our iPads (server.website.com/mydevices), but we can't connect using the rest of the iDevices we ...
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Profile Manager on Lion and the Workgroup group
The first few times I set up Lion server, we didn't plan on using the default group named Workgroup - but I now see that Profile Manager will create a workgroup with the name "Workgroup" and short ...
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Lion Server: Send remote lock from outside LAN
I've setup the profile manager and locking a laptop works great while on the same LAN as the Lion server but if I'm outside the office it will never get the remote lock request. The Lion server is ...
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Lion 10.7.5 Server Profile Manager Groups Problem
On our Lion 10.7.5 Server we use Profile Manager to manage our iPads on campus. I'm trying to clean up and make this server easier to manage. The part I am unable to figure out is that in Profile ...
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How do you change the default ports for Profile Manager (Lion Server)?
Does anyone know if it's possible to change the default ports for Profile Manager? Mainly, I'm looking to change the 80 and 443 ports (I'm OK leaving 1640) as I'm already using them on another Xserve. ...
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Device Management from WAN with no VPN
We're setting up about a dozen mac mini's across the city that need to be managed from a central lion-server.
Our IT department is willing to open up some ports and forward them to our lion server ...
