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Questions tagged [mac-osx-server]

Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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Prompt for user group when logging into OSX domain

When a user is a member of more than one group, when logging in to a 10.6 machine, it shows a prompt asking for what group to apply settings for. We're using the groups to mount different shares, e.g. Production and Accounts, based on user…
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Snow Leopard iSCSI initiator

I'm getting ready for a large Snow Leopard migration and am having problems with the standard iSCSI initiator from globalSAN. After some research I found out that the initiator is just incompatible with Snow Leopard. My question is what iSCSI…
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Is it possible to install Mac OS X Server on a Mac Mini without hacking it?

I'd like to have a Software Update Server (SUS) for my clients. Since this service would not be critical, redundancy and availability are not an issue for me. Given the fact that SUS is only available on Mac OS X Server (I'd be happy to be denied),…
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OS X Server: How/where is the server app changing the Apache configuration?

When I view the "Websites" section in the OSX Server app, I am able to manage what appear to be virtual hosts. However, when I go to check Apache's vhosts configuration, there doesn't seem to be anything configured. Is there some kind of magic going…
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Migrating from Windows Domain (SBS) to Macs (workstations and servers)

So a couple of Mac consultants walked into one of my customers office and convinced the business owner that they could completely swap in Macs across the board for the entire office. Being a Mac lover at home (and who isn't?), the business owner…
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Centralised Authentication - Recommendations?

I have a challenge presented before me, and that is to centralise authentication. Period. That's because me and my big mouth said I like LDAP, and anything can authenticate against it. I have pretty much every type of desktop here, Macs, Windows XP…
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How do I startup Xserve OS X without the GUI?

I'd like to start-up Xserves at Unix run level 3. At least turn off the GUI and have all the service app (networking, ssh, apache, mysql, etc.) running in the background. Is this possible? How do I configure this?
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How can one enable DES-encrypted keys on an Apple KDC?

We are running a KDC on OS X 10.10 Yosemite, to which we have added a service principal for remotely accessing a (legacy) host: $ kadmin add -r host/a.b.c.d@REALM Since the host only supports des-cbc-crc key encryption, we then tried…
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How can I disable a User Account from the CLI with Mac OS X Server?

Is there any possible solution to disable a User from the CLI e.g. over SSH? There has to be a dscl command for that. Or is there a dsAttrTypeStandard attribute that I can set accordingly? Any pointers ?
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Best way of integrating Mac OS X clients with Active Directory

I have more than 50 Macs on the network and I think it's time to put some controls in place so I'm scouting for ways to integrate the Mac OS X clients into Active Directory. The primary objective is to enforce GPOs from the AD to the Mac OS X…
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Upgrade openssl/mod_ssl on Mac OS X Server?

Context: I'm trying to set up an SVN server on a Mac OS X Server 10.6.7, and I'm running into the “SSL error parse tlsext” issue. I've tried changing the SSLProtocol option as described, but then I just get the "bad decompression" error. The other…
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Workaround SpamAssassin Y2K10 Bug (Mac OS X Server)

Bug Report: https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6269 It turns out that SpamAssassin is adding a score of 3.2 (FH_DATE_PAST_20XX) to all email going through my mail server (Mac OS X 10.6 Server) because of the above bug. See…
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Using Mac OS X Server e-mail and calendering

I'd love some feedback from folks on using the e-mail server and calendering features of Mac OS X Leopard server. How well has the e-mail server worked for you? Can you get your e-mail on a variety of (Mac and Windows) clients? Do you have the…
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VPN server not responding, no indications of blocked traffic

I have a Mac OS X Server (10.9) machine running a L2TP/IPSec VPN server. Configuration appears to be fine, and the hostname of both the server and the VPN is set to a DynDNS hostname. The server is configured behind an AirPort Extreme router with…
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What will prevent a reboot?

I've got a Mac fileserver that isn't acting right (and was acting strangely yesterday as well). I set up an audible ping to it, and sshed into it and, as root, issued the reboot command. It did nothing! I sshed in again and issues another reboot…
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