Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.
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Why can Apache access most of my file system?
I recently discovered that as long as I give a full path, my web server will serve any file on my file system it has read privileges to. In other words, something like
http://www.example.com/Users/john/Desktop/Costa%20Rica/DSC_0058.jpg
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Apahce MPM ITK dropped connections
I am currently using Apache MPM ITK on a dedicated Mac Mini server to allow Apache to run under multiple user accounts for different virtual hosts. I'm running into an issue that about 1-2% of the time, when I refresh a page I'll get a "The server…

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WWW subdomain redirects to default site instead of virtual host?
I am hosting multiple websites on an instance of OS X Server 4.0 with an issue. I have a default personal site that is available on the normal domain and the www subdomain. I tried to configure other sites to have that similar result also. However,…

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3rd party software to connect to AFP protocol from Winbox?
Is there any Windows software that will allow me to use the Macintosh AFP protocol to connect to a server?
I'm using Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Can OpenDirectory on OS X reasonably be configured to use an intermediate CA cert from an existing CA?
We're trying to set up OpenDirectory. It seems to want to create its own CA, and then an intermediate CA with a certificate signed by its own CA. I'd prefer to generate an intermediate CA certificate from our existing internal CA and have it use…

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OS X Server VPN service starts httpd processes
I'm using OS X Server 4, and when I enable its VPN service, two httpd processes start, which locks up port 80.
I run an Apache server separate from OS X Server, so when I enable VPN in OS X Server, I can't start up apache on port 80 anymore.
Is…

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Best practice email setup for "support@", "info@", "sales@" etc... accounts on OS X Server
I'm sure I'm overlooking something as this should be routine... But I'm wondering how admins are setting up generic accounts like "support@domain.com" & "info@domain.com"? With OS X Server you can create aliases in a user's mail account and those…

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Mac Pro says RAID degraded but all drives showing green status
OSX 10.9 -
RAID Utility says RAID array is degraded but all drives are showing green
All started after error log
Drive 3:5000c5004e189ddf missing - Previous drive status was inuse
Now getting errors daily saying
Degraded RAID set RS1 - No…

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resolving DNS issues behind firewall on OS X Server
I have a problem that has recently broken single sign-on with our Mac clients (10.5 & 10.6) to an OS X Server (10.5). hosts seem to resolve on clients & server both forward & reverse. subnet is behind firewall and using 10.0.1.xxx.
preliminary tests…

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dsimport fails to set GeneratedUID for Computers
I'm populating machines into our Apple OpenDirectory (running on a 10.5 Server).
My script will output a file like this:
0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0x2C dsRecTypeStandard:Computers 6 dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName dsAttrTypeStandard:Comment…

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Obtain an offline image of an Xserve disk
We have an Intel Xserve with Mac OS X 10.4. It seems to have been infected by a virus.
We want to obtain the disk image without booting into the OS. Preferably, we would want to boot via a USB disk or dongle.
Any suggestions?

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OS X Mounting Samba shares using logon script - Using Open LDAP
Is it possible to mount a Samba share at logon using a standard OS X logon script, when using an Open LDAP directory for authentication?
Obviously you can get the username from the $1 variable, but can we temporarily capture the password to mount…

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Mac OS X Firewall isn't firewalling
Rather confused by the results I'm getting on a Mac OS X Server running 10.8. I have an app that is running a web server on port 8000, which I want to be visible only to localhost. This seems perfectly suited for the GUI OS X firewall, but after…

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Mavericks OS X Server - Profile Manager - Do Profile Manager ports have to be mapped on the Router for full functionality?
Mavericks OS X Server - Profile Manager - Do Profile Manager ports have to be mapped on the Router for full functionality?
I noticed that Server asks if I want Profile Manager ports to be available. I checked the settings it adds to the Router and…

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Cacti - Check plist file
I followed this guide to get Cacti up and running.
http://10100.org/blog/how-to-install-cacti-on-osx-server-109
Everything is good up until I had to create cacti.plist to configure the poller. In terminal, when i run launchctl it can't find the…

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