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Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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IPFW settings to allow trusted client to connect to Mac (e.g., over ssh)

I have the following ipfw settings on my Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: 00100 allow ip from any to 123.123.123.123 00110 allow tcp from any to 123.123.123.123 00120 allow udp from any to 123.123.123.123 00130 allow ip from 123.123.123.123 to any 00140 allow…
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Mac OS X web server memory depletion issues

I have a Mac mini ram 4GB setup as a web server which has low traffic - it is running single WordPress instance and a forum. Why is available memory dropping to ~20MB after a while, bringing the whole server down? I see httpd processes climbing more…
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How to change NFS export allowed IP addresses on Mac OS X Server (Tiger)?

I am running NFS on a Mac OS X Server 10.4. I had originally set up the NFS exports in the GUI, and restricted the IP addresses in the GUI to which it can export. Right now, I only have command-line (ssh) access to the Mac. When I run showmount -e,…
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Why isn't Samba authenticating an Open Directory username that arrives in all caps?

I have a Mac OS X 10.6 server that acts as an Open Directory master and allows file sharing from the Open Directory users' home directories. Today, for unknown reasons, it's stopped permitting our printer to connect via SMB for users who only have…
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How to use Open Directory login credentials when offline?

When using Active Directory, I can log into a machine while on the network using my AD credentials, then later take that machine offline and still be able to log into it. I'd like to do the same thing using OS X Lion Server and Open Directory. I…
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Replicate Active Directory to Mac OS X Server Lion OpenLDAP

Is there anyway to setup OS X Server so it is a replica of my Windows Server AD or do I need to do the "magic triangle" setup? My goal is to allow SSO with my Mac users but would like to take advantage of some of Mac's server features like central…
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Modifying OSX Server 10.5's DNS from the command-line

I'm trying to figure out how to add records to my server's DNS from the command-line. I've investigated the 'serveradmin' tool, plus 'scutil', but neither appear to give me access to modify the DNS records. Anyone know how I might be able to do…
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Add multiple Time Machine shares in Mac OS X Lion server?

Under Mac OS X 10.6 Server (and perhaps older), when setting up a share I had an option I could check to make the share available as a TimeMachine backup location. By doing so, I could have multiple separate TM backup destinations on a single…
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OS X Lion Server not able to set Open Directory user account to store home directory on server

I'm setting up a new Mac Mini server for a client that came with Lion Server. The Mac Mini will act as an Open Directory server and will store each Mac user in the office's home directory on it. It's easy to set this by using the Server.app tool and…
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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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How to make Hudson write to remote disk?

I have a problem writing to a remote disk using Hudson. When I write in it manually, it works. The two computers implied: one is on Windows XP and the other is a Mac mini server. The disk that needs to be accessed remotely is on the Mac. I succeeded…
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What is the difference between using ipfw and hosts.deny in terms of security?

I'm in the middle of securing an OSX server that is the target of hundreds of automated requests per second from Chinese, Russian and US servers (see: Recovering a server from being an open relay). I've used ipfw to set up rules that exclude all but…
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Mac address filtering radius server

I would like to use the radius server on mac os x server (10.6.8) to allow users to access wireless. However the restriction i would like to use is Mac address filtering. Is this possible? how can i do this if it is?
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Trouble running a virtual machine in the background on osx server

On a computer running OSX (snow leopard server) with VMWare Fusion installed I'm trying to start a VM via SSH without being directly logged in to the GUI. Based on looking around I figured the following command should do the trick vmrun -T fusion…
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Apple Open Directory and FOSS desktops

Is it possible, (seeing as Apple Open Directory is LDAP), to manage the users names and passwords for Ubuntu and Fedora based systems?
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