Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.
Questions tagged [mac-osx-server]
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Suddenly RADIUS authentication is gone on macOS server (TLS session fails)
Suddenly my RADIUS authentication is gone on my MacOS Server running 10.13.6 and Server Version 5.6.1 (17S2109.
I already restored the Open Directory Server.
$ host name.domain.tld
name.domain.tld has address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
host…

SEJU
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Apache2.4 Require IP not working because 127.0.0.1
I am trying to configure .htaccess on Apache 2.4 using Require ip X.X.X.X
The problem I am experiencing is that all requests appear to be coming from 127.0.0.1 and not the public IP of the request. I found through searching online that this is…

broccolifarmer
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Propogate internal DNS changes quickly on OS X
This morning, we found that (due to a changeover) one of our DNS records to an important service is wrong. It has been changed on our primary DNS server, but clients at secondary sites do not see the change. (Our network is running almost entirely…

Clinton Blackmore
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OSX Server Reverse Proxy, Preserve IP Address
I'm having trouble getting OSX Server's Apache service proxy to preserve the client's IP address when forwarding traffic to a Go-based server that I wrote.
Since I have OSX Server's "Websites" feature turned off and want to leave it that way, I…

Matt Mc
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Mac OSX server 10.5 external DNS questions
I bought an old xserve with 10.5 server. I have followed all the books and tutorials online, but none of them seem to explain setting up name servers for use outside of my network (I would like to run a dev server that other people can use)
I have…

camilian
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Unable to remove users in Workgroup Manager, they just keep coming back!
When I try to remove a user in the Workgroup Manager on OS X Server 10.6.2, it looks as though the user is removed correctly at first. But when refreshing, the user pops right back into view without any error messages. I can change any attributes of…

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How do I create a new user and migrate email from another account in OS X 10.6 Server?
I'm having lot's of problems with one specific account that was configured before I got to administer this server. I'm thinking about removing and recreating the account, but I'm not sure how to do a backup of it's emails. That's really the only…

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In mac OS Server, why don't virus & filtering settings seem to have any effect?
In mac OS Server, when configuring the Mail service, it is possible to configure the virus & junk mail filtering settings. It's just a GUI front-end for clamav, amavis, spamassassin, greylisting, and RBL checking. But even with junk mail filtering…

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Reconfigure Apache to serve a Subversion repository over HTTPS (instead of HTTP)
I had a working setup of Apache, Redmine (3.3.2.stable) as well as Subversion (1.6.17); the server is a Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Security concerns prompted us to change the server protocol to HTTPS, so we signed with our certificate authority.…

Sebastian Sulger
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Unable to authenticate Windows XP clients agains Snow Leopard Server PDC after 10.6.2 upgrade
I have setup a Snow Leopard Server 10.6.1 as a PDC without problems to authenticate Windows XP clients. Joining a Windows XP client to the SLS PDC Domain and log in from a Windows XP client to the SLS PDC Domain are working.
After the update to Snow…

Roland
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How to get LDAP password hash for MacOS Server user?
Is there a way of getting the password hash for a named LDAP user where the user is defined within Open Directory on a MacOS Server running OSX Sierra and MacOS Server 5.2?
My use case:
I am setting up a CI/CD node using Jenkins within a Docker…

John
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NetInstall working on some systems, not working on others
I'm having an issue where my NetInstall setup works on some computers and fails on others. I am not able to diagnose the issue.
I created an image of a Mac Mini and then created a NetRestore image using the System Image Utility found on Snow Leopard…

cduruk
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What is equivalent of smbpasswd -a on OS X Server? How to add Local Network Directory Users in Samba?
When a user is created on a Mac OS X Server 5.2 (Sierra), it can be created either on:
Local Directory (which is simply a local user)
or
Local Network Directory (which is actually Open Directory Services (LDAP))
The problem is that those users in…

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pf on os x server 10.10 doesn't block addresses added to a table
I'm trying to understand the issue with pf on OS X 10.10 El Capitan.
I have installed sshguard and try to make it work by adding
table persist
block in quick proto tcp from
into /etc/pf.conf.
The problem here is that while pf…

Захар Joe
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Configure VPN ciphers on Mac OS Server
I'm trying to harden the L2TP/IPSec VPN on an El Capitan server. All the resources I can find either just walk you through the basic setup (adding a shared key, etc.) or are for third-party servers. The closest I found was this question, but it only…

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