Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.
Questions tagged [mac-osx-server]
610 questions
1
vote
3 answers
How to use Xgrid?
I have read a little about Xgrid on Mac OS X, and I read that I can use it to get more power for some applications.
What type of software can use Xgrid? And how can I use it?

ParisNakitaKejser
- 261
- 3
- 10
1
vote
2 answers
My server is compatible with TLS 1.2?
I just need to know if this server i compatible with TLS 1.2, through this message:
remote:~ Xserver$ openssl s_client -connect X:443 -tls1_2
CONNECTED(00000003)
140735304528736:error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version…

marafado88
- 412
- 2
- 9
- 31
1
vote
1 answer
Mount filesystem from MacOS server on Windows
I have a MacOS server with a large RAID attached to it, and I would like people with accounts on the server to be able to read and write to the server from a windows machine through the file explorer.
The windows machines can only connect to the…

Dan
- 113
- 5
1
vote
1 answer
Restrict group permissions on OS X networked home folders?
It was brought to my attention recently the user's home folders on our server have group read permissions.
The subfolders within them - Documents, Movies, Pictures, etc. do not have group permissions, but any files and directories created at the top…

Steve Folly
- 575
- 3
- 12
1
vote
1 answer
How can I setup automatic renewal for Kerberos tickets and make the ticket life longer, in an OSX Server mail server
I have to renew tickets manually in my server terminal for users to have access to their mail accounts. I am using kerberos as a login authentication to access a local mail server. My local machine has a name of remote.X.pt and is providing mail to…

marafado88
- 412
- 2
- 9
- 31
1
vote
0 answers
Authentication works for filesystem but not reverse proxy
I have a Mac Mini with OS X Server 5.1.7 running.
I have a service running locally accessible via http://127.0.0.1:3000/ask (without authentication) and I want to make it available to the outside but with authentication using OS X Server…

Miguel Ribeiro
- 129
- 1
- 1
- 5
1
vote
3 answers
Monitoring a Mac-centric network
Our network has several sites, each with a Mac server (most of which are running Leopard Server), Airport Extremes, Cisco switches, printers, lots of Mac clients, and then a back-end server room with things such as a firewall, a VOIP system, mail…

Clinton Blackmore
- 3,520
- 6
- 36
- 61
1
vote
0 answers
launchd script cannot use StandardOutPath to /var/log when run as non privileged user
I'm created a LaunchDaemon script to run backups for our git repos.
I want to run the process as a particular user (git) with the Std & Err logs output to /var/log
I get permission denied when launchd tries to create the logs.
Aug 18 10:15:00 server…

Rob
- 247
- 1
- 3
- 13
1
vote
1 answer
How to include spaces in mount points for automount?
On macOS I am attempting to set up an automount for a mount point with spaces.
/etc/auto_master contains:
#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master # Use directory service
/net -hosts …

ylluminate
- 1,155
- 2
- 17
- 35
1
vote
0 answers
Using Open Directory to automatically authenticate shares on QNAP NAS
I'm trying to get some client OS X machine to automatically authenticate to a QNAP share using a separate LDAP Open Directory server.
(Note: I'm using example.com below to hide the real server name as it's currently exposed)
The networks has:
An…

Ben
- 367
- 3
- 21
1
vote
1 answer
Which server should generate the CSR when running SSL with Apache ProxyPass
I have an apache 2.4 server which uses proxypass to forward SSL connections for one domain to an OSX server 5.1.5 on the same local network. I generated my CSR on the apache server and it seems to work but throws a network error when using device…

Matkey
- 43
- 5
1
vote
1 answer
How can I clear the DHCP GUI in OSX Server? Ghost clients in the building
I have a few client machines showing up in the network (not only in Server.app but also in various logs), which have "Computer Names" (Bonjour names in Apple-speak) which I don't recognize, but probably are old clients or more likely old names of…

bourneN5years
- 219
- 1
- 2
- 11
1
vote
1 answer
Disabling SSLv2 on Dovecot v1
I'm still using Dovecot v1 (1.1.20) on an osx server. I'm trying to disable SSLv2. Seem like the default config already disabled it:
ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL
But when I test my web server with ssllabs, it complaints my…

Francis
- 481
- 2
- 7
- 19
1
vote
1 answer
NetInstall Windows/Linux/Other from OS X Server
Just recently added OS X Server to my work Mac Pro, and found the NetInstall suite of tools... And I love it!
But after setting up El Capitan for Boot/Install/Restore... I want more: Is it possible to create NetBoot/NetInstall/NetRestore images of…

Ash
- 13
- 1
- 3
1
vote
0 answers
Edit apache environment path in OS X 10.10 Server
My phpinfo displays that the Environment Path for Apache is:
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
I would like to add:
/opt/local/bin/
I'm using OS X 10.10 Server with the Website functionality of the Server.app

fnllc
- 131
- 3