Questions tagged [mac-osx-server]

Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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scp to remote server permission denied

I try to copy files to a remote server (OSXServer) using scp. I have 2 user accounts on that server with what I thought the exact same settings. Now I tried the copying files into the respective home folder (every user has one home folder) on the…
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Force permissions non domain Mac server share

I have a Mac server which is accessed by both Macs and PCs. I need every file in this specific samba share to have 777 permissions regardless of the write permissions given by the client. The computers cannot join a domain because of the working…
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Why is my apache basic authentication configuration not prompting for login?

I am running Apache 2.4.9 with PHP 5.5.9 through OS X Server Beta 3.5 (14S171z). I have the following configuration in my .htaccess that resides in a directory that I would like to be protected using basic authentication: AuthType Basic AuthName…
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Point example.com to webserver in DNS record

I have a Mac Mini Server (named Server) with the following DNS setup Primary Zone: example.com mysql-host.example.com machine (10.0.0.101) server.example.com machine (10.0.0.100) server.example.com nameserver (10.0.0.100) www.example.com…
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Ubuntu OS X LDAP Authentication

I just followed this guide on how to setup Ubuntu to authenticate with an Mac OS X 10.4 server. I followed the guide 100% and was left with the ability to see users by running getent passwd and getent passwd (user) Which would come up with all the…
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Mac OSX server wiki 503 Error

I have a Snow Leopard server running in my localhost, and I activated the web service in it. Web Service is not used other than hosting default collaboration tools of the server. I have only one site which has * as IP and Wiki web service is turned…
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How to recognize windows' permissions on a OSX server share

I have a server running OSX (Mountain Lion), accessed by a Windows 7 box. Investigating a permissions problem from the Win client, I open the permissions dialog on a network share's directory and see this: Authentication on workstations are local,…
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Domain/IP mapping behind router

I have a small office in a larger office building. We use a "shared" internet connection maintained by the building, behind several layers of LAN infrastructure that we do not control. I want to expose my server to the outside world, and I'm seeking…
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Dovecot (on Mac OS X Server 3 - Mavericks) giving “Error: Failed to autocreate mailbox INBOX: Permission denied”

I recently upgraded my server to Mavericks and I thought everything had gone perfectly. As it turns out, that was not exactly the case. After everything working fine for a week or so, I created a new user and my mail server flat out stopped working.…
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How to Change the iMessages Conference Hostname in Maverics (Mountion Lion) Server

I was running a iChat Server success on Snow Leopard Server. Connections were running for: ichat.myservername.com And the conference server was: conference.ichat.myservername.com I have new machine with Maverics server installed. I have DNS running…
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Edit DNS records from the command line in Mountain Lion Server

I'm trying to edit a DNS A record in Mountain Lion server using the serveradmin command. I can pull up the list of records using sudo serveradmin settings dns and I get this record I want to change:…
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how to do authentication of xp clients on lion server with shared printers but windows server as a domain controller

i have a LAN with windows xp clients and Windows Server 2008 R2 with server performing the domain authentication . I also have a lion server with network shared printers attached to it . The problem is i want to add the lion server to this LAN and…
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OS X 10.4 Server SMTP Server timeout

I just set up my server today with one of my new static IP addresses to act as a mail and web server. The web server is working fine, and the mail server is working fine to receive mail, but I am unable to send any mail except to my own domain. I've…
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OS X Server ignores virtual hosts

I have a OS X Server 10.8 [with the Server App]. I have enabled the websites service and I've added the path to /Volumes/dev1/http as the root for my Server Website. I've edited the file in /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf and added the following…
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How to encrypt a user and specific services on a Mac Server?

I am setting up a server in an office, and we want to encrypt the hard drive so that in the event of a physical breach, the data is secure. We initially used FileVault2, but since we need to be able to remote into the server, no services start until…
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