10.7 users disappeared

... from a osx server mac mini machine.
No network accounts available.
Rubbish performance.
Had to set up a new local account (same name as my usual disappeared account).
Lost all of my settings. Constantly 'Keychain not found' windows.
Now this is like the 3rd time I have serious trouble with osx lion server in 6 months. Server software costs only 45$, constantly fixing it costs days and weeks of time.
My good old Leopard G5 was way more stable, and even not that much slower! Too bad I bought a thunderbolt display, otherwise I definitely hooked it up my G5.
Now my question:
How can I do a clean Mountain Lion install, preferably without losing my user settings from my first network account, and without the Server addition? Also without spending more money and time?
I'm really sorry to be very angry at this. I feel like buying a new mac mini server was the stupidest thing I ever did... Apple computers aren't as stable as they used to be.
If I could fix this with a new clean mountain lion install without server and without any track of the server software, I buy a decent non-os-dependent nas for filesharing, as they are meant to do that.
Thanks in advance?

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There must be something wrong, in the last 3 weeks many of our customers have all their users disappear from open directory.
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put your password in...
paste this (the sudo commands are not strictly required after sudo -s )
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sudo /usr/libexec/slapd -Tt
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sudo /usr/libexec/slapd -Tt
sudo launchctl load /System/LIbrary/LaunchDaemons/org.openldap.slapd.plist
then launch server app...
check OD and then your users should pop back in...

I was wondering the same thing.
I read in the manual that this feature only works if you are using the Basic Server set up.
But i might be wrong.
If you use Bonjour it seems to populate the list with everyone.
I would also like to know if it is possible to automatically add everyone to the list.
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David,
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This one is for the PPC G5 Quad pros:
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2.— What is a "find" process, especially on a supposedly idle machine?
2.— Any chance my computer has been hacked and overtaken by a "third party"?
3.— Should I be worried? I am.
4.— What steps would you recommend I take at this point?
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