Questions tagged [mac-osx-server]

Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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Mac OS X server keeps prompting for passwords on all devices

I'm running an Mac OS X Server (10.6.7) with iCal, Address Book and Mail enabled. My issue is that the clients (iCal and Calendar in iOS) keeps asking for passwords on strange intervals, and it usually results in it not accepting the right password…
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OSX Server 10.6.7 + Apache2: Setting Up IP-Based Virtual Hosting

I've developed a small Rails app that I need to run on my local network. I got Apache2 and Phusion Passenger set up, and the app is running on the server at http://myapp.dev, but I am not sure how to set it up so that I can access the app from any…
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Kerio Connect: Backup in progress in queue for a long time

In the web interface I have messages queuing up, and it tells me that Backup is in progress. This is not my main server, but I am attempting to help with this queue issue. Apparently this is a long term issue, and happens every now and again. Any…
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Some clients cannot reach DHCP server

For the office we recently bought a WNDR3700 (v1) to accomodate our growing (from one wired and about four wireless to four wired and about eight wireless clients, so not really large) network. We have a Mac Mini server set up as DHCP and DNS server…
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How can I rename a shortname in OpenLDAP on OS X Server 10.6 (Invalid DN syntax (34))

The company I work for is running OS X Server 10.6. All of the users were created with a first.last username syntax. This is causing problems and so we are trying to change the usernames to firstlast without deleting and recreating all of the user…
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Mac OS X Server 10.6.7: Disable Apache?

I'm doing some Rails dev, and I'm trying to get Pow running. After making the appropriate symlink, if I try to go to idealm_web.dev/ (idealm_web being the name of my Rails project), I get this: I was told that this was Apache. How do I disable…
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OS X Server Workgroup Manager takes very long to load

When I open Workgroup Manager on the mac mini server it takes forever to load. I have changed the servers DNS to it's 'public' IP instead of it's loopback address, but that didn't work.
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Best way to migrate data?

I have a new Mac OS X Server 10.6 on a Mac mini. I also have another Mac mini with Mac OS X Client. Whats the best way to transfer all data over Ethernet (I have the two computers connected via Ethernet)
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What is the best way to share a folder over the Internet using OSX 10.6 Server?

I have a new OSX Snow Leopard server and would like to be able to have other Macs mount drives from this server over the Internet. FTP is not good enough for sharing files because we want the files to be updated without having to re-upload them. I…
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Backing up Mac OS X Server & User Home Directories

We're setting up Mac OS X Server on a Mac Mini Server for the first time an just getting to grips with it. Now I'm trying to sort out a good backup solution for both the server and the user's home directories. I've setup Time Machine in the System…
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How to 'Stick" OS X system Prefs for Language & Text

Master Client has UK English, UK Date Format and UK currency specified, yet on client's first login at any workstation, they note that Language & Text has defaulted to US rather than English United Kingdom ... Where do I make this pref 'stick',…
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How to configure mod_autoindex on Mac OS X server

I'm using Mac OS X server 10.6.6. I want to have a custom configuration for mod_autoindex. There is a mod_autoindex section in the httpd.conf, however, if I edit the httpd.conf file manually (/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf), some of the changes I…
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Mac OS X Server 10.6.6 - Copying files to SMB share results in access denied

I've setup the server. Opendirectory LDAP is running. Created a group called ArchitectureOffice and i've got 4 accounts as members of that group. Created a folder on the Server HD under Shared Items, called OFShared. Configured a SMB share point…
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New hard disks for Xserve RAID

We have an Xserve in our office: MAC OSX 10.4 2 X 2Ghz Dual Core Xeon 2GB RAM It has 4x250GB drives in it and we need to expand. What I am wondering is: Are we limited to what sort of drives we put in the RAID? (ie do they have to be the same…
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How do you enable and configure syslog server in OSX server 10.6?

I am completely new to OSX server. How do I turn on the syslog service? I also need it to accept connections from remote network switches. This seems to answer the second part of my question.
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