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Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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What Is The Recommended Way To Backup OS X Open Directory?

We have recently bought a Mac Mini preloaded with Mountain Lion Server to use as an Open Directory master, and I'm not clear on how the data for Open Directory is supposed to be backed up. We are currently using Time Machine to backup the system,…
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Dynamically translate posixGroup to groupOfNames in slapd (Apple Open Directory)

I'm setting up an application to authenticate to Open Directory using LDAP. Open Directory stores groups in RFC 2307 posixGroups format, like this: cn: mygroup objectClass: top objectClass: apple-group objectClass: posixGroup apple-group-memberguid:…
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Setting up multi-user desktop Mac OS X with a single server

We have some developers and designers who need occasional access to a Mac desktop. Is it possible to purchase a single Mac (perhaps a Mini or Pro) and allow multiple users running Windows and Linux to remote desktop into their own accounts on that…
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How do I determine if an Apple Open Directory user is disabled via LDAP?

I have an Open Directory user that has the "Access Account" box unchecked in Workgroup Manager so they cannot login. Is there a way to determine this using an LDAP query? It would also be good to be able to check their Login Shell setting for…
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Mac OSX Server 10.6 DNS Issues

The server was upgraded from 10.5 from 10.6, during the upgrade the Reverse Zones were lost so I tried to recreate these but found that it's best to delete all zones, definitions and start again. So I've started again and Reverse Zones are appearing…
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Postfix: How to make aliases work for virtual domains?

I'm trying to set up a local mailserver. I run Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard, and it uses Postfix as server. I set the server up using the GUI and I'm doing all virtual settings via the terminal. The situation: the server is on a domain, let's…
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How do I host 2 different website names at the same IP address?

I'd like to host two websites with different domain names, on a single server, with a single IP address. I have a fixed IP address with my service provider. It points to my router which port forwards everything on port 80 to a mac mini server on my…
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Windows 7 joining OS X Server domain

We're having trouble getting a new Windows 7 Ultimate machine joined to an OS X domain. I found this Apple KB article discussing the very same issue we're having. Basically, when entering all the information to join the domain (which all works fine…
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Move Windows accounts and settings to OpenLDAP

I need to transfer my machine-based accounts to a directory service, namingly OpenLDAP, run behind a Mac OS X server. The idea is that I have to make sure that the settings, the programs installed and their configuration, and pretty much…
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Snow Leopard Servers built in Wiki vs Mediawiki?

I recently installed Snow Leopard Server and am trying to get the most out of the services it offers, but one thing that currently seems pretty barebones is the Wiki it provides. Can Snow Leopard Servers wiki be modified with plugins the way…
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Mac OS X Server (10.5) mail trapped in queue

We've got mail accumulating in our Leopard Server's queue and not sure exactly why. This machine has required little maintenance over the years so I'm hoping someone here spot the obvious and save us some time. Let me know what other information…
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Authentication issues when clients access domain-joined server from non Samba4 subdomain DNS name

We have an issue we’ve been struggling with for quite some time since we rolled out 10 Samba4 domain controllers at our main office and all remote sites about 3 years ago. Simplified Current Configuration: 2 DCs at main site with internal DNS using…
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How do I get disabling SMTP plaintext authentication to stick on OS X 10.10 Yosemite's Server.app

I've got an SMTP relay server that I recently replaced with OS X 10.10 Yosemite running Server.app. It is running as an SMTP-only relay allowing only hosts from the LAN to relay out through it. We do this so that all mail from our subnet is…
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How to change the sshd listen address on Mac OS X?

This question is similar to the question here, about changing the sshd port on Mac OSX, but instead of changing the port number, I want to change the listen address of my Mac's ssh server. Setting it in /etc/sshd_config doesn't work (just like it…
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Root chmod operation not permitted on file

I am unable to add group write to a file on Mac OSX server using root. I'm guessing root on OSX is not really root then. Does anyone know how I can proceed? Any operation on this file that requires privileged user fails. server:WEBSITE root# whoami…
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