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Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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Joining an OS X 10.7 client to a 10.x Server on the command line

I have a Mac server that I can join clients to using System Preferences -> Users and Groups -> Login Options -> Network Account Server. However, I'd like to do this remotely without having to touch every Mac. I have a local user on each machine…
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OS X Login Authentication Against Leopard Server

I am doing a few tests with OS X Server before I have to do a deploy in a few months. I have configured Open Directory, and created a few users. I've configured Directory Utility on a 10.5 client, but the login authentication doesn't work the way…
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OSX lion server, software update service can't connect to apple

I have a somewhat unique lion server setup, but it's experiencing a couple issues. The main goal is to provide a transparent update server for computers on the network, but to allow them to default back to apple's servers when not in the office…
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OSX Cron causing the following error: Could not setup Mach task special port 9: (os/kern) no access

Any ideas how to resolve the error that shows up in the Mac OSX system.log file? Or even what the error means? I have the following cron job that runs every minute: * * * * * cd /Library/[...]/report/ && nice -n 15 /usr/local/php5/bin/php -f…
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Mac OS X users in an Active Directory based network

In your corporate network, how do you handle Mac OS X users on your Active Directory based network? What are some specific things you do to cater to the Mac OS users? We are specifically having issues with the following: Password expirations…
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Connecting FreeNAS 8 to Mac OS X Lion LDAP Server

I currently have Mac OS X Lion Server running from a MacMini and want to use it purely as an LDAP server for authentication for FreeNAS 8. I have FreeNAS setup and running on a VM, all features working correctly and as expected however I cannot…
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small company > Virtualization/server vs laptops vs desktops

We are a rapidly growing startup in our 3rd financial year. As we are expanding our resources (read team members) we feel the need to decide what is best We are about 5-6 people expanding to 10-15 What is suggested? Individual laptops to everyone…
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Why is this Python process running on my Mac OS X Server?

Any way to see what started this process and why? $ ps -e PID TTY TIME CMD ... 41 ?? 0:00.55 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/Python.
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XServe G5 to Ubuntu

I currently have an Apple XServe G5, running OSX server 10.4. As you can imagine, 10.4 has become increasingly annoying due to the high difficulty of updating the server software (Apache, PHP, MySQL, not to mention ClamAV). I am considering putting…
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Slow network-home-folder use, many spinning beachballs

Xserve with 10.4.11 connected to Xserve RAID via FC. 208GB of 1.82TB available. Xserve connects to HP 2848 Gigabit switch Xserve houses network-home-folders for 14 users. Clients (mac mini - intel core solo 1.5GHz running 10.4.11) Symptom: Clients…
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Xvfb alternative for Mac server?

I need to run an applescript that uses Finder; however, I have to run it as a user connected via ssh. So there's no UI. And the script fails with -10810 error when there's no UI. Is there any alternative for X11's Xvfb that I could use for Mac…
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MacOS X 10.6 Portable Home Directory sync fails due to FileSync agent crashing

On one of our cleanly installed MacPro machines running MacOS X 10.6.6 connected to our MacOS X 10.6.6 Server, syncing data using Portable Home Directories fails. It seems to be due to the filesync agent crashing during the home sync. We get -41 and…
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Why is user asked to choose their workgroup?

We running Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 with Mac OS X 10.5.8 clients. Students use network logins to, well, log in. I've been asked to deny internet access to a specific user. I was told that a good way to do it is to create a user workgroup called "No…
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Lag in MCX (Workgroup Manager) controlled Macs

At the beginning of the day and on semi-random days, some of my Mac users are experiencing heavy lag. For example, 5-10 minutes to login, several minutes for Safari to load, visible delays while typing in a text field in Safari (e.g. the login form…
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VPN is working, except for DNS lookups. Firewall (Cisco ASA 5505) issue?

I've got the following set up: LAN -> DHCP / DNS / VPN server (OSX 10.6) -> Cisco ASA 5505 -> WAN Connecting to the LAN via VPN works fine. I get all the details properly and I can ping any host on the internal network using their IP. However, I…
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