10.5.1 Server Setup - Help Make it all Work!

Hello Everyone, I currently have a new MacMini running 10.5.1 with our Calendar, Wiki and File Sharing. I have recently just returned from the Mac OS 10.5 Training Session from Chicago Columbia College and was astonished at what their demo servers did versus what mine has never done lol. We are a small tech company and there isn't much yet in the way of documentation or training or even training materials for Leopard Server. So I wanted to share some of what we learned from the training seminar and hopefully someone will know the proper answers to my questions. This is going to be a bit long winded but I think it's important to convey my questions/concerns.
1. Ok initial setup of our Leopard server requires you to input a host name and then the domain name. Well after the first install of Leopard we found as I have read amongst the posts for the past 2 hours that if you place let's say macmini in the host-name field then place domain.com in the domain field. After the server setup is complete Leopard Server wants you to chat, vpn, and browse to http://macmini.domain.com/groups as well as mail. This is all well and good if you have access to DNS like I do and can easily make changes to the MX & A records but if your a typical SMB user then you won't and this means that once your e-mail is setup and your ready to start using your server anyone you e-mail will come from [email protected] and not [email protected] which is a huge problem. So be cautious here. I was instructed by Apple after scratching their head to leave the host-name blank and only fill in the domain name here if your on let's say a T1 or other medium with a static IP pointed at your machine or router. So this is my first pet peve, there is a sloppy work around to this by telling the server to receive e-mail for domain.com as well but still whenever you send it comes from the original domain.
2. Application Setup - Single Sign-on - When I attended Leopard training this week in Chicago I was amazed at how whenever a user (demo -lab environment) logged into ichat, ical, wiki or e-mail there was simple single sign-on kerberos auth. What I mean by this is once the server is up and running and your Mac connects to the network for the first time either by manual add thru the directory application or a new Mac that finds the Leopard server automatically at first boot and you auth a user on the server to that Mac then there is just a single signon from that point on, NOT! For us our users log into their machines, (mind u they are already users on the Leopard server and can log in just fine) and they try to go to their e-mail for the first time it always fails. We then have to disable SSL over SMTP and IMAP and manually type in their passwords because the MacMail clients cannot trust the SSL cert or we simply just delete their accounts and recreate them from scratch. Same happens with iChat. By design when you auth your Mac against the server, the server auto configs the security and client apps, i.e. mail, ichat, directory, VPN, ical. But iCal has consistently failed setup across 5 server builds and 10 clients. What will happen is when you go to prefs in ichat you see your account but it can't auth you and doesn't show up in ical for your personal server calendar. If you manually remove your user account and re-add it works great. But next time you go to ichat, once again you have to recreate. And I can recreate this all day long. But at the demo it worked like magic. So that is problem number two, SSL and single sign-on does not really work and app auto-config does not work at all.
3. Apple Airport Extreme 802.11N. - As a test and per Apple's recommendation for SMB clients we picked up a new Airport. We patched it and setup user/pass info and setup DHCP on the device for so if server fails we have internet. And during server setup it logged into Airport and tried to configure settings. We were on the net and all was good after server setup. However with VPN enabled per user in Standard mode on server we have only been able to gain VPN access for clients if they are actually inside the network. I have spent about 10 hours back and forth with Apple Support trying to get VPN to work outside. The Manual setup of new Airport Port-Mapping is simple but crude. It does not seem to work. And there is a default hosts setting which should translate to an open DMZ but does not. So that is third on my list, running a MacMini with 2gig's of RAM which is within SPEC for Leopard Server and using the Apple Recommended solution of an Airport Extreme N does not work for s&*% and I would be very surprised if anyone here has gotten that to work.
4. E-Mail Services - As stated prior Leopards auto app setup utility does not work for crap unless by some magic there are other steps besides the ones outlined and printed with the purchase of server. But the main thing about mail is that we are missing the basics. I mean your going to be hard pressed to find ANY e-mail application on the market today, Notes, Exchange, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, iMail or other that does not include basic vacation/out of the office message replies. This is a huge issue for any small business or for that matter any size business that wants to automate things when they are out and I think this is one of my small peeves but certainly worth a listing here.
5. VPN - We have tried like **** to get the VPN to work thru the Airport as previously noted but we have also connected MacPro with 2 nics, one for net and one for LAN and not been able to connect to the server from outside our network. Here is my largest frustration, we currently run SBS2003 from MSFT and they run flawlessly. I have literally sat with clients in their office during a new setup for SBS and in 3-4 hours we were up and running with minimal system level changes from the guided path. And for Apple to advertise this in the manual and all online materials as being SMB friendly is a complete slap in the face. Now don't confuse my above descriptions of problems we have seen across 5 Leopard builds as being a rant because it's not but seriously I am a network engineer with 10 years in the field working with 20+ product ranges and in our office we only use Mac because of stability and uptime. But OS X 10.5 is not Small Business Friendly at all even with the half hearted attempt at the new System Admin console for SMB users. However that being said I will still push on and try to get all these little bugs worked out and what I would really like to see is some feedback on my issues and I would love to know if anyone else has had similar issues. I really had hoped that 10.5 could help my firm finally push the proper solution (Mac OS X) for our SMB clients but it just isn't there yet.
Cheers,
DM

Thanks for the quick read and response. Do you feel the issue might lie with the fact that it is a Mac Mini? And possibly just not powerful enough to run Leopard Server? I have to say in our trials with MacPro it was like night and day as to how they performed. And if you could elaborate on this "Many VPNs don't play well with NAT so your VPN server should have a direct connection to the public network (preferably firewalled, of course, but not NATted)." Most every SoHo and for that matter uses simple NAT translation for security even our multi thousand dollar Cisco PIX and ASA's are basic NAT devices to start with. How would you put the VPN on public net while keeping the attack surface low for the rest of the services like file, web, mail and print?
Don't get me wrong I want this to work more than you can imagine. We are so tired of supporting MSFT technologies that cost thousands a year in antivirus, antispyware, antispam and other malware protection for the enterprise. We know that Leopard has great potential but for an integrator, getting this system up and functional is not an easy task. And the worst part of it is every time we have called for support the tech always lets out a sigh when they hear we have run standard setup because they are not allowed to walk us thru the server console to make repairs. And have been told by 3 techs so far that this is a new product and the support avenues are not there for standard since it just supposed to work out of the box. But when it doesn't then ohh well. Which is sorta sad...
DM

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BT Voyager 205 & iChat - How to make it all work! (repost)

First posted by Solidsilver, reposting for reference just in case we loss it.
Tony
I have just been going through ** to get iChat working with a BT Voyager 205 modem/router.
In the end I contacted Apple and an extremely helpful iChat Engineer from Apple contacted me. With his patient advice and tutor-ship we succeeded in making it all work perfectly.
And what you have to do is a 2 minute job. This is a direct cut n paste of his email to me less my IP address, you just put in yours. No port forwarding or port triggering nonsense. No static IP rubbish. It's all in the Voyager.
Here you go:
Open up a web browser and access the 205 control panel at http://192.168.1.1
Select the 'Advanced' option on the left of the screen to open up the advanced configuration page and then click the 'Advanced....' option.
Enter your username and password when prompted, the default username is 'admin' and the default password is also 'admin'.
Select the 'IP Routing' option in the menu on the left and then choose 'NAT Virtual Server/DMZ' from the NAT Options.
Left click on the 'Add' button and then select 'DMZ' from the rule flavour menu.
Enter a number not previously used by another rule into the 'Rule ID' box, '60' should be fine for most people.
In the 'LAN IP Address' enter the IP address of the Mac found in Network Prefs(I guess it is 192.168.1.XX)
Left click on the 'Apply' button and then left click on the red 'Save' button on the left.
You should then get a confirmation window which you can just close.
All done.
You have now put your Mac in front of the Voyagers Firewall in something called the DMZ or DeMilitarized Zone. If you don't want anymore tinkering, turn your Firewall off in Sharing Prefs and you are good to go.
If you feel insecure you then need to open a few ports in your Mac's Firewall in Sharing prefs.
Click Add and a sheet opens.
In the Port Name select Other
TCP Ports add 5190, 5298 (type them in exactly as I write them here)
UDP Port Numbers add 5060, 5190, 5297, 5298, 5353, 5678, 16384-16403 (type them in exactly as I write them here)
Description add iChat AV to give it a name.
Click OK
Then turn your Mac Firewall on. What you have just done means that though your Mac is not protected by the Voyagers Firewall, it is protecting itself. However, opening those ports allows iChat to communicate through the Mac's Firewall.
Now enjoy iChat.
This tutorial assumes you are using Tiger and Panther.

Hi People,
TCP Ports add 5190, 5220, 5222, 5223, 5298 (type them in exactly as I write them here)
UDP Port Numbers add 5060, 5190, 5297, 5298, 5353, 5678, 16384-16403 (type them in exactly as I write them here)
I have re-posted the port info here Adding Jabber ports
The others are colour coded for emphasis
iChat Login, text Chat and File sending
A/V Ports
And Bonjour
8:08 PM Friday; May 11, 2007

BT Voyager 205 & iChat - How to make it all work!

I have just been going through **** to get iChat working with a BT Voyager 205 modem/router.
In the end I contacted Apple and an extremely helpful iChat Engineer from Apple contacted me. With his patient advice and tutor-ship we succeeded in making it all work perfectly.
And what you have to do is a 2 minute job. This is a direct cut n paste of his email to me less my IP address, you just put in yours. No port forwarding or port triggering nonsense. No static IP rubbish. It's all in the Voyager.
Here you go:
Open up a web browser and access the 205 control panel at http://192.168.1.1
Select the 'Advanced' option on the left of the screen to open up the advanced configuration page and then click the 'Advanced....' option.
Enter your username and password when prompted, the default username is 'admin' and the default password is also 'admin'.
Select the 'IP Routing' option in the menu on the left and then choose 'NAT Virtual Server/DMZ' from the NAT Options.
Left click on the 'Add' button and then select 'DMZ' from the rule flavour menu.
Enter a number not previously used by another rule into the 'Rule ID' box, '60' should be fine for most people.
In the 'LAN IP Address' enter the IP address of the Mac found in Network Prefs(I guess it is 192.168.1.XX)
Left click on the 'Apply' button and then left click on the red 'Save' button on the left.
You should then get a confirmation window which you can just close.
All done.
You have now put your Mac in front of the Voyagers Firewall in something called the DMZ or DeMilitarized Zone. If you don't want anymore tinkering, turn your Firewall off in Sharing Prefs and you are good to go.
If you feel insecure you then need to open a few ports in your Mac's Firewall in Sharing prefs.
Click Add and a sheet opens.
In the Port Name select Other
TCP Ports add 5190, 5298 (type them in exactly as I write them here)
UDP Port Numbers add 5060, 5190, 5297, 5298, 5353, 5678, 16384-16403 (type them in exactly as I write them here)
Description add iChat AV to give it a name.
Click OK
Then turn your Mac Firewall on. What you have just done means that though your Mac is not protected by the Voyagers Firewall, it is protecting itself. However, opening those ports allows iChat to communicate through the Mac's Firewall.
Now enjoy iChat.
This tutorial assumes you are using Tiger and Panther.

Hi SolidSilver,
That's a different way of doing things.
He has led you through this
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/BT/Voyager205/iChat.htm
but has gone for DMZ rather than the 23 ports that need to be set up. (the pics only show port 5190 and you need more to AV chat)
If you do fancy the tinkering to get the 205 to be a Firewall as well you have to follow the page to set up port 5190 fo both TCP and UDP
Next you need to do the other 22 ports on UDP
They have to be entered one at a time in the 205 so it is time consuming.
5060
5678
16384
16385
16386...
and the others in between
....16402
16403
The above form your post and this will only work if your computer always gets the smae IP address from the 205 each time it is turned on.
If you have any connection problems check the System Preferences > Network for your current IP and see if that is where the 205 is send ing the data and amend as required.
Ralph

ICal Server setup help !!!

Hello All,
I would like to share my experience with setting up the iCal server and all the hick ups I had to get it finally working. At least what worked for me. Check the basics before you start.
This is all done from after installing the server in Advanced setup or so to say normal installation as it was under Tiger. I'm trying to summarize what I have done. It took me a lot of hours do. So if I mis something feel free to reply with the missing things. Maybe together we can setup a working manual for all others that have problems with the setup and lack documentation from Apple.
1) Make sure your DNS is setup properly and working. Test it with:
type: “named-checkconf” in de root account of the terminal. Nothing should happen thats OK
type: “named-checkzone” in de root account of the terminal make sure you use the complete path and bare in mind that Apple changed the DNS setup again pointing to something like var/named/zones/db.example.come.zone.apple. The serial of the DNS should load and you should receive a OK. Make sure that your server IP is also mentioned in the system preferences/network DNS so you can use for example the server.example.com in server admin.
2) Either use SSL or don't when you want to use, use it everywhere otherwise it something will slip trough and want work. Without SSL it appears to work easier in the setup from local iCal client to server. But SSL is of course more secure. I want talk about Kerberos because I'm not able to get that to work yet.
3) Make sure you set it up from an "Open directory", "Local directory" should/could work to but I haven't test that yet and I seriously doubt it would work properly.
That being said I now can share my setup with you (switch your firewall of during setup it's easier to troubleshoot, switch it on again if everything works. If it stops working after the firewall is on again, well you know where to look for the problem :-)):
1) After setting up the Open Directory Master I switched on SSL and created a own certificate for my server. I didn't protected the certificate with a password as it gives a lot of extra problems with setting things it up. You can than select the certificate under Server Admin/Open Directory click on setting and click the tab LDAP. There you can select it.
2) Make sure your webserver is running and you have a working website where you can go to. Under Server Admin make sure that under the selection Sites that your FQDN is filled out. Being something like www.example.com and not example.com. The second one could cause iCal web part to not work accordingly at least that is my experience. After that choose security and make sure SSL is on and your certificate is selected. The rest of the website settings is pretty basic I didn't changed to much. I do know that I switched on some extra modules. Being bonjour_module, authzsvnmodule, davsvnmodule. This prevented further in the installation the 210 error when I went to the Calendar under my webbrowser. I wouldn't know which of the 3 is doing the trick I only know that after this it worked for me.
3) Pffffff OK go to the iCal Server settings under the Server Admin. The settings are straight forward but again make sure SSL is on and your certificate is selected. And look at your host name which should be someting like server.example.com. If you are not able to get DNS setup properly you could try your machines example.local name. But that again could give troubles when you want to use local iCal client outside the door on a laptop for example.
These where all the server admin setting. Now go to the Workgroup Manager and selected the group/groups you want to have Calendaring switched on and choose the way people are able to logon. This you can do by going to the group select the default website and services you want to give. Then select under Allow the way people can logon to this website or iCal services.
When that's done you should have everything up and running on the server site. So now go to a local iCal client and go to preferences/accounts/server setting. Click the + on the left bottom site and fill out a name and password leave the server option for now to auto. This way and when everything is setup properly you should get something like https://server.example.com:8443/principals/_uids_/14A0DD22-86CA-4F55-96D9-9CB461640D52/. The end number should refer to your name and password account so the number want be the same as in this example. Well if it works you are one of the lucky people and you are able to setup a shared Calendar from there. It would help a lot if you have more than one machine to test. Because it didn't worked on my MacBook Pro getting a famous error "iCal unexpected secure name resolution" But it did worked on my wifes iMac. So the server settings are OK. Now the good part when it's not working is that you can go to your webbrowser and type or copy the following: https://www.example.com:8443/principals/users/shortname (naturally use your own server name and user name). There you can see details of the principals settings. Including youre uids number. This number is unique for your name and password. Copy this number. Then go back to iCal switch of the auto find in iCal client under preferences/accounts/server settings. The first part of the link is https://server.example.com:8443/principals/uids/(Now paste you number here). Hit enter and see what happens. It the name server is not working for you than use for example iso server the name mail if you have it setup in the DNS is should work. It did worked for me and it gave me a nice shared calendar which you can name for yourself. Every group member should be able to see this agenda once hooked up to it via iCal client and prefences/accounts/server settings.
If you go to your website or www.example.com/groups you should see youre shared group. Sorry I only tried it with one group sofar. If you make changes to the calendar from the webbrowser it will show up after a refresh in your iCal client and visa versa. The only thing I still have problems with is the events for more days. They show up on the web as events but when I click them they produce a unwanted error. But when it's based on a single day than it work perfectly.
Hopefully you have a working iCal server to now. If you find something interesting or you think I left some important things out. Please reply and fill out the blanks.
I just hope that it will save some time for the new once setting this up.

Thank you for sharing your experiences. I am looking at setting up an iCal server myself for our business. However, our situation is a bit different. Could you also share what kind of workgroup you set it up for? And maybe help me answer a few questions below. Thanks in advance!
First a little background. We are a small management company. We have individual clients that we manage. We need to have access to their calendars to schedule events, etc. The thing is that we would be the only ones looking at everyone else's calendars at once so that we can coordinate our own schedules so that we can be where it is most important but still not lose track of other activities.
1. What kind of machine are you running the iCal Server on? Xserve? MacPro?
2. Is it possible to view multiple users' calendars within a single calendar view?
3. Does setting up this kind of calendar server sound like the setup for our situation where only we, the management, will be able to view all calendars?
4. How difficult will this set up be on our clients and their machines since we have little control over their personal machines? (The majority of our clients are all Mac users. There may be one PC user.)

Server Setup Help - DNS

Hi,
Hopefully someone can shine a light on this for me. I am sure I have confused myself more by doing all this research.
I am attempting to setup OS X Server (Leopard Server 10.5.4) on my server and am getting a little confused at the primary DNS Name setup screen.
I have a domain, lets call it macserver.com. It currently does not have any hosting. I plan on hosting it on my own server. I also created an A record (remote.macserver.com) and pointed it to my static IP address that my ISP gave me for remote desktop purposes, and eventually forward all MX records to it as well.
I can ping the A record address (remote.macserver.com) from any other network just fine so I know that is working.
My question is what do I put into the Primary DNS Name section during the setup? Would that be my domain name (macserver.com) or the remote.macserver.com? Should my server name be remote? Or could it be anything I want?
I currently don't have any dns servers. The AEBS is doing DHCP and handling the DNS as well. From my understanding I can setup the server to handle the DNS, and then just put in the DNS information (ip address) for my server in the AEBS setup screen and all should be good.
Thanks for the help.!!
I am not an expert at DNS so any help would be appreciated

My question is what do I put into the Primary DNS Name section during the setup? Would that be my domain name (macserver.com) or the remote.macserver.com? Should my server name be remote? Or could it be anything I want?
From your description, your 'domain name' is 'macserver.com'.
Your server name is 'remote', and your fully-qualified domain name is 'remote.macserver.com'.
Note that you don't have to call your machine 'remote'. You can have multiple DNS records pointing to the same machine, so your machine could be called 'fred', but have DNS CNAME's that point 'remote.macserver.com', 'jack.macserver.com', and 'www.macserver.com' to the same machine. Other users use one (or any) of the names to get to the machine.

Home mail server setup help.

I admit that I am pretty much clueless when it comes to setting up a mail server.
The setup:
I have a local network at home with about 5 computers. Inside the network we have a router, a store-brought one that has bulit in DSL modem and wireless. It is out central DNS server and provides us with a local network domain name. Then we have a domain for the outside world to see us. Let's just call it "shadow.dot.com". I opened up the ports on the router to allow in port 80 and all POP3 addresses. I installed apache, php, mysql, and postfix on my Linux machine. I used webmin to configure postfix. Users can recieve emails, let's say from my hotmail account to [email protected] However, when I use webmins view usermail feature fromt he postfix area, I click on a user, then compose but my home local domain is listed instead of my shadow.do.com domain. I had in the configuration to place that outside domain in the address. Well, either way, I cannot send a message. It remains in the message queue and refuses to send.
I do not have smtp ports open because I want this secure. I only want to be able to send email from inside my local network. This way there is no chance at someone hacking my smtp part and sending tons of email spam with my address.
For this setup, what do I need in my main.cf configuration file? Can someone just put all the options in there that I need so I can copy and paste for the most part? I need to be able to send out, and I also need PHP to use it to send email to people. Do I need to unblock smtp? Do I need to change any settings with PHP or will it use postfix by default?
Thanks.

There is a send mail queue that is viewable via webmin. I don't know if it errored or not, it just stayed in the queue and never sent.
I uninstalled postfix and then reinstalled it with default configs again. I modified a few settings to reflect my outside domain. Then I set up sasl to log into my ISPs mail server. Not mail sorta sends. Some PHP scripts still have trouble with it. I guess I need to fix those manually because some PHP scripts work and some don't so it might be an error with the script itself.
Mail is only sent via smtp via port 25, not recieved. Recieving port is in the one hundreds. That is the only port needed to be open for recieving of mail.
Thanks for you tips. I have I dynamic IP so liem clued me in on what to do. I don't know if it was a combination of bad config and dynamic IP, but it sorta works now, so I guess have more tweaking to do.

Server setup help

Hi everyone,
I have just installed Os X Server 10.5 on a new iMac. I am using it to manage a bunch of tother macs on my network. in the initial setup I choose "Standard Setup" and continued the rest of the config. Now every time I try to add a new user or group I get the following message:
"The server reported the error '-14120' while trying to create the group."
Has has anyone else seen this problem?
What is error '-14120'
Thanks
Tim

"Has has anyone else seen this problem?
What is error '-14120'"
Yes. See the [Error '-14120'|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1205369] thread, as a starting point.
Looks to be an existing and nasty and as-yet unresolved bug in Leopard.

DW CS5.5 Testing server setup - Help!!

Hi everyone,
Sorry if this is in the incorrect place for this error but I an having difficulties running a test server for php testing.
I am running MacBook Pro, Lion and have Xampp installed. DW CS5.5 Databases access via phpmyadmin works fine.
Ok so this is what I do:
1. Create a new site in DW CS5.5
     Under Site Tab:
          Site Name: test
          Local folder: desktop/test
2. Unser server tab:
          Basic tab
               Sever name: whatever.
               Connect with: local/network
               Server folder: placed in the htdocs/mysite
                    (Note: When creating the new folder in htdocs a pop up states that the folder is read only, so I am hoping its something to do with that)
               Web URL to http://127.0.0.1/xampp
          Advance tab
               maintain sync info: Checked
               automatically upload on save: Checked
               Testing Server Model: PHP MySQL
          Save
               Remote: unchecked
                Testing: checked
          Save
3. Create new php file and open it, save it, making sure that the cursor is still flashing within the document.
4. Open the Databases tab
     Click the + and select MySQL Connection
          name: MyConnection
          mySQL server: localhost
          username: root
          password:
     Pressing select gives the following errors:
          HTTP 404 error MMHTTPDB.php does not exist
          Unidentified error
     Attempts:
          renaming Web URL to http://127.0.0.1/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/mysite/_mmServerScripts as thats where I found the MMHTPDB.php file. No avail
          changing local folder from desktop/test to htdocs/mysite. No Avail
Please could someone show me why DW is teasing me
thanks in advance

Hi SnakEyez02,
Thanks for that... I have updated the thread so that it works now
ANSWER
1. Create a new site in DW CS5.5
     Under Site Tab:
          Site Name: test
          Local folder: desktop/test
2. Unser server tab:
          Basic tab
               Sever name: whatever.
               Connect with: local/network
               Server folder: htdocs/xampp/mysite
               Web URL to http://127.0.0.1/xampp/mysite
          Advance tab
               maintain sync info: Checked
               automatically upload on save: Checked
               Testing Server Model: PHP MySQL
          Save
               Remote: unchecked
                Testing: checked
          Save
3. Create new php file and open it, save it, making sure that the cursor is still flashing within the document.
4. Open the Databases tab
     Click the + and select MySQL Connection
          name: MyConnection
          mySQL server: localhost
          username: root
          password:
          select database/ table and press OK
Now at the top of the php doc press "discover"
THATS IT:)

HELP! Need advice to help make my macbook work!

My brother spilt a splash of lemonade onto the keyboard of my macbook. He dried it up quickly, and turned it off. Since then i have taken the battery out and have left to dry. I have tried to turn it back on, but nothing works! Can anybody help me? Or suggest what else i can do?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi Dave,
Applecare does not come free with your Macbook but you do have one years warranty from date of purchase. Apple will see when you bought your MB if you registered it online.
So i'd get it looked at asap. Applecare is an extended 2 years of warranty that you have to buy separately - but it has to be bought within the first year of you owning your MB.

Apps purchased under two accounts.. Can I make them all work under one?

So, I managed to get my purchased apps all transferred into iTunes. I ended up figuring out that I had purchased most of my apps under an older account I no longer use.
The problem is, if I switch to my new account in iTunes, when I try doing anything with the apps (such as updating them) I get an error. Is there no way to make these apps switch to my new account? Do I really have to switch back and forth between two accounts just to manage my apps and such?
One thing I figured out is I can re-download the apps and they are now under my new account. HOWEVER, it seems to charge me again for non-free apps.. I tried downloading a 99 cent app I had just to test and it did not prompt me saying I already owned it.. It must have charged me 99 cents and then downloaded it.
Also, I have some games with lots of saved data I do not want to lose.
Any thoughts?

You cannot.
Sorry.

Need advice on how to make this all work together

Not really sure where to post this, so I decided to post here. I'm trying to streamline devices and move more into the cloud. Because of some weird network issues it is complicated.
Currently I have a MacMini at home. I am a teacher so office-type documents are important. I'm currently using Mac Office 2011. I have a netbook that I use to show PowerPoint at school and to have access to documents. I use Dropbox to keep them in sync. I also have an iPhone 4 and 3rd gen iPad with unlimited 3G/4G data.
The big fly in the ointment is that Dropbox is blocked on our school network. This causes all kinds of problems because it means I have to sync my netbook in the mornings and afternoons or I get conflicts. Its also a pain to get things off the net. I have to use my school PC, then USB it to my netbook because it has no net access.
I also want to keep school and personal items completely separate.
Things I have been considering....
Moving to iWork apps to make use of Apple's cloud.
Replacing my mini with a MBP to use as a base at home, and to then be able to take to school. I would not want to use it on my projector so that's an issue.
Using an iPod Touch to show keynote presentations.
Laptop thoughts usually creep in, but to be honest I've never really used them all that often. I like lots of screen room.
I would prefer the iPad to be my main mobile computer.
Looking forward to any input.

I have a MBP, IPAD with retina display, and multiple iphones in the family. I have a Airport Extreme for my router and Apple TV hooked up to our lcd TV. The Apple TV is great because you can use any apple device to project whatever your working with onto the Apple TV with Airplay. Not sure if you would be able to connect your Apple TV to the school network, but if you could that would be the answer along with using the cloud. The key would be access to the school network.

What are the reasons why Server Assistant won't detect Auto Server Setup ?

Hi there,
I've been having issues with Auto Server Setup mechanism (the mechanism that allows an administrator to install a machine without human user interaction). I actually have the answer to my post question but I post it anyway because it might help someone that stumbles on the same issue. Moreover, the answer raises other questions about licencing.
I had the problem that I had created a NetInstall image that had a "/Auto Server Setup/generic.plist" file; this worked perfectly on the XServe I was testing it on : when I started the client in NetBoot mode, the client was installing without any human interaction, from the disk formatting to the login window... all this was pefectly good. Then I tried to install another machine by starting it in NetBoot mode : the machine installed the system and then waited for human interaction for the configuration step in Server Assistant, as is there was no "/Auto Server Setup/generic.plist" file....
I finally managed to figure out what was wrong (not thanks to Apple, as I couldn't find any clue : no message from "Server Assistant", nothing useful in the logs I found just by luck in /Library/Logs/ServerAssistant.log) : my "/Auto Server Setup/generic.plist" was ignored because of the Mac OS X licence key. When I replaced the key in generic.plist with another key, it started working again. I know that the official documentation says to use site licences when using the generic.plist mechanism but at least an error message somewhere would have helped...
So, it seems that "Server Assistant" talks to apple servers and refuses to use a licence key that is used somewhere else. These policies are perfectly fine, as long as it works and it is consistent, which I'm not convinced of :
- first, we had success in the past in duplicating Mac OS X 10.5 system disk images (we have lots of xserves with valid licence keys but we found it easier to duplicate system disk images) on our xserves, and even if all xserves had the same osx server licence key, they worked fine (except that Server Admin doesn't like it). As a result, the licence verification policy is inconsistent as it depends on the way mac osX is installed...
- second, I'm not sure this licence checking mechanism even works : I beleive that apple registers associations between a machine id and a licence key; then, how does apple guarantees that this association (therefore free the licence key) is removed when you format a system hard drive (there is no other way to uninstall Mac OSX, right ?) ?
Does anyone knows how licence key registration works and more specifically how licence keys get freed for reuse on another machine ?

Hi Stephen,
To login, the internal server should be: https://boot.ciscojabbervideo.com/endpoint/configuration
The external server and domain fields are blank.
Your username only needs the prefix of your @jabber.com video address. For example, if your video address is [email protected] then your username is "stephen."
Unfortunately, there is only forum support for this free service.
Regards,
Jason

Setup & Help buttons stopped working

I recently upgraded wireless network from WEP to WPA. Lost wireless connectivity to 3310 All-in-One, and now Setup & Help buttons don't work so I can't connect to new network. What happened? Is there a way to setup new network without accessing Setup menu on device?

Get the latest software for your printer from the "Support & Drivers" link at the top of this page. Run the software, making sure there is no USB cable attached. Choose "Network" or "Wireless" connection type when it asks. Plug in a USB cable (temporarily) when it asks.
Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
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When I try to log into my course manager from my PC it's now saying I'm "forbidden" to access it on this server. Help!

When I try to log into my course manager from my PC it's now saying I'm "forbidden" to access it on this server. Help!

The site works for me today. Have you tried logging in today?

How make ALL work?

Hi there,
Below is the syntax I got to know as to how one can have ALL as additional option in Dropdown or ListBox. However do not know how to make that ALL work. I mean to say that when ALL is selected, how can I have all the values passed/filtered to the data source?
LISTBOX_3.setItems(
DS_2.getMemberList("_dbY_ASwZEeS6mO4guBZEDA", MemberPresentation.EXTERNAL_KEY, MemberDisplay.KEY, 20,"ALL")
Regards,
Tejas

Hi Tejas,
Give an if condition in the On Select of LISTBOX_3 and pass the filter value as blank when "ALL" is selected:
if(LISTBOX_3.getSelectedValue()=="All"){
DS_2.setFilter("_dbY_ASwZEeS6mO4guBZEDA", "");
else {
DS_2.setFilter("_dbY_ASwZEeS6mO4guBZEDA", LISTBOX_3.getSelectedValue());
Let me know if it works for you.
Regards,
Sruthi

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