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Questions regarding Apple Mac Server editions of OS X.

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Mass deployment of OSX software?

I'm stuck. I'd like to think I'm reasonably good looking info up, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to deploy mac software in an enterprise, like with Group Policy.) I'm not talking about deploying images, I mean, for example how to make…
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How to resolve `bootpd` crashing constantly on Mac OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Server?

I've got a Mac Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Server and it's recently started getting numerous 'kNetworkError's in Server Admin.app when viewing services. It's acting as a gateway w/NAT and has been so for quite some time. There is one…
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Explain why folder's permissions differ depending on HOW user is accessing server AFP vs SSH

Hoping someone can explain what is probably fairly obvious...but confuses me. Imagine two users with admin privileges on our server (Mac OS X Server 10.5). Call them joe & bob. both users are members of these groups: Staff Group ID: 20 …
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Easy workflow for migrating home folders (from clients to OS X server)?

Let's say you have an office with 20 free range iMacs. One day they buy an Xserve to host network home folders. What steps would you perform to move their local accounts, and local home folders, to the Xserve? How do you handle file permissions?…
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Make a SAMBA file system visible to all users with mount_smbfs

We have a Macintosh OS10.6 server and a big storage system accessible via SMB. Right now we can mount partitions, but when we mount them they are only accessible to the user that did the mount. All other users get "Access Denied." It there any…
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Use Mac OS X Server As Development Environment

I've installed Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 on my laptop to use as my normal OS. I do a lot of web development and thought it would be handy to run OS X Server so I could more easily manage my local development environment (Apache Virtual Hosts, Hostnames…
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Adobe Acrobat Sqlite errors with Mac OS X network accounts

We have set up network accounts for our Snow Leopard Users on several Macs, which work great except for applications that use a local Sqlite database for their preferences/cache. The biggest problem being Acrobat reader which launches and crashes…
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How to add an Open Directory server via a script?

What is the best method to add an Open Directory server via a shell script on a brandly new imaged computer? I've created a new image with InstaDMG and I'd like to add the Open Directory Server via a shell script rather than having to do it manually…
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Apache LDAP authentication (mod_auth_ldap) on MacOS Server (10.5)

A - Is there a LDAP authentication module (mod_auth_ldap) for the version of Apache that comes built into MacOS Server 10.5? (I'm pretty sure no, but maybe someone compiled one.) B - If not, can it be compiled into MacOS' version of Apache? (Man,…
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Locked out of Snow Leopard Server. How do I get back in?

I have an XServe running Snow Leopard Server (10.6.2). It has some local administrator accounts on it and it is also an OpenDirectory master. I noticed earlier today that I was not able to login with local administrator credentials via a VNC …
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Is it possible to start a docker-machine at macOS (Server) boot?

Now that Apple is dropping certain services in Server.app (postfix, dovecot, DNS, to name a few) it is important to find solutions to keep these running. Apple suggests moving to open source versions, but their document describing the migration is…
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Potential VM growth in DirectoryService since client

I get following message in my System Log Dec 9 14:09:44 XXXXXXXXXX DirectoryService[26]: Potential VM growth in DirectoryService since client PID: 213, has 9500 open references when the warning limit is 500. Should I be concern? Is there anything…
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MacOS Server Wiki Main Page Won't Load

I started playing around with the Wiki feature of MacOS Server recently. I built out a really nice, simple wiki for my department and I love it. However, recently when I go to the list of Wikis and select the one I created for my area, the main page…
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How to test macOS afctl (the built-in adaptive firewall)?

Setting up macOS afctl (the adaptive firewall) on a 10.12 server. We had problems with this on a 10.11 server, and numerous online discussions reported that the thing just didn't work as advertised on 10.10 and 10.11. So I'm kicking the tires on…
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OSX Home Directory permissions

I'm having some trouble with OSX setting odd permissions (Everyone/Deny/Delete) on users folders when they login to a Mac for the first time and I don't have enough experience with Macs to get it working properly. Our file server and domain…
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