Forcing Server Preferences to create shares on non-startup-volume

I set up several SLS Servers in recent weeks on which I have the System Volume and a different one (mostly RAIDs) for data and shares. What's driving me crazy is that Server Preferences always creates shares on the system volume. Is there any way to specify another default volume for that?
I know how to do it in Server Admin but it's complicated compared to the One-Click-Functions in Server Preferences.
Any suggestions?

PS: here it's meant for the group shares. Seems there is no way in Server Preferences to create a user home folder anyway.

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User Directories on a Non Startup Volume?

Is there a way to create or move the user directories to a non-startup volume?
What I am trying to do is to either partition my internal drive (or perhaps actually use a secondary drive) such that I have a smaller startup volume that holds ONLY my OS and applications, and then use a secondary partition or drive that holds ALL my data. There are several reasons why I would like to do this, which I won't get into at this point.
Is there a way to force the creation of the user directories onto another volume? Or is it possible to move the directories to another volume after creation and have the system look for them in the new location? I would think this should be possible because in a way OSX Server uses this scheme (over a network).

Shahin wrote:
Have you personally done this? Can you attest to its success?
No, but I have no reason to think that it wouldn't work. I just don't like partitions.
Also any comments regarding the reply above yours warning as to possible problems with this? This can obviously be disastrous if it doe snot work. Of course I will back up before proceeding with this, but I am more concerned about ongoing and strange problems that may occur over time.
Well, there is that
What you ask is certainly a non-standard configuration for MacOS X. However, it is also 100% valid. Apple wouldn't give you that option if they didn't intend to support it. I have no doubt you will run into odd problems where some 3rd party software (or the odd Apple installer) assumes your home directory is at /Users/whatever. It would definitely be a good idea to keep your old home directory around for a month or two.
Another option would be to just mount that other drive at /Users, after copying your home folder there, of course. You would have no problems with software because your home directory is still the default, just mounted differently. In the event of a hardware failure on either the startup or other volume, you could have some issues getting things right again. Apple does not provide any easy-to-use method for this. You have to hack around in your /etc/fstab file or maybe auto_master or auto_home. There is a little bit of black magic behind the automounter however.

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How to disable access to Server Preferences to non-admin local users

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Hi everyone,
this is my first post here. I have an issue with my E3000 and for some reason I can't find anybody with a similar issue.
I used to have everything setup properly, Upnp (streaming from PS3), FTP server, Public drive. Everything was working perfect. One day, my drive stopped responsing, and because I had a Security IP camera uploading pictures on it, I thought it was full. The partition was corrupted so I formated the drive. Since then, whatever disk I plug to the router, the "create share" window is not working properly. This is what I get:
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Thanks, I got it to work at the end.
I didn't fancy reconfiguring everything so I first restored to default and loaded my configuration again. Same problem.
I had no choice to restore to default, test that the "Create share" works, and reconfigure everything. I love this router but really this should no happen.

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My 10.5 Server refuses to open the 'Server Preferences' app - it says my server is running an advanced configuration! I only have some file shares, mail and web on it - not what I would call advanced!
Question; How can I get Server Preferences to run (and does it matter anyway)?
(It is an upgrade from a 10.4 server rather than a fresh 10.5 install)

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I've already described how to 'un-advance' it. Seriously - read the documentation.
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3 Advanced: You do it all yourself.
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Bug Report: Can't exit system preferences after creating new users

Setting up a brand new Mac Mini (Late 2014) with Yosemite. (Came installed with Yosemite). I got an i7 version with 16GB of ram and a 256GB solid state drive.
When I create a new user (either administrator or regular) and then attempt to exit from the "User and Groups" dialog box under "System Preferences" I get an error message that "System Preferences" is busy and that I have to wait. I tried waiting up to 5 minutes and still cannot close the dialog. The only way to kill the dialog box is to use Force Quit under the Apple menu. After killing the dialog with Force Quit, the newly created account DOES seem to work ok. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes for Yosemite to simply create the default directories for a new account, so something is clearing getting wedged.
Additional details
This has occurs every time I try and create a new user (and yes I have Administrator privileges).
No other applications (either from Apple or other software publishers) have been installed on this mac.
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OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
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because it is three times faster than wireless.

Mac in Windows server environment with SMB shares

Hello Apple Support Community,
This is my first post here, so take it easy on me.
Here is a brief background before I explain the problem. I'm currently in an environment that has about 35 various Mac computers (Mac Pros, iMacs, Mac Book Pros, etc) from many different generations, but all running 10.8.2 or newer. The enviornment also has several Dell Servers running various OS versions (2003 Std, 2008 Std, and one 2012 Storage Server). Active Directory is currently in place and healthy. The 2012 Storage Server is where we are hosting all of the file shares. Users are connecting to these shares via smb.
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Problem #1
Occasionally (I have yet to find consistency), when we drag and drop a folder from one location to the other (on the same server, in the same share, and usually source and destination reside in the same parent folder) or if we rename a folder, we'll be prompt for credentials with the message "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this."
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Similar to the scenario above, but rather than moving or renaming a folder or file, when we attempt to delete a folder it will occasionally pretend to delete, then appear back in the share as a folder that no one has permissions to. If you navigate away for a while and then return, the folder has actually been removed.
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Hello?
Anyone?
Bueller...Bueller....Bueller
It's been a couple of weeks now and no one has any input to help me? Is there something I can provide to get some additional help?
I've done some research over the past couple of weeks and ran into an article (sorry, I have misplaced the source) that indicated adding the Mac to the windows domain would help with Problem #1 by providing single sign-on functionality. I bound all of the macs in the network to the domain and changed all of the user profiles from local to domain. They are now logging in with their domian credentials. For the most part, this appears to have solved the problem. I will find out more tomorrow as there appears to still be one user experiencing the same behavior even after adding his Mac to the domain and having him log in with his domain account and credentials.
This is, however, how the problem started in the first place. It began with just this one user reporting the problem, then eventually everyone was having the problem. I'm no longer feeling confident that this has actually solved the problem.
I've implemented ExtremeZ-IP on the storage server and have redirected the users to using AFP again. This appears to have solved Problem #2.
We now have two additional problems showing up on the network.
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Occasionally (again, having a hard time finding any consistency), after opening a file and working on it for a while, we are being presented with an error that a file cannot be written to. Once the error shows up, the problem is persistent. You can save the file as a different name in the same location, and it will take without error. You just can't save the file with the same name. It's as if the file is locked. If I reboot the windows server at the end of the day, the file that was locked no longer has a problem being written to.
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Users are reporting that files in a folder sometimes do not appear (the folder appears as blank), but appear fine for others.
I have seen this issue when users connect with different protocols (one with smb and the other with afp - the smb connected user usually doesn't see the file) but in the process of changing profiles from domain to local, I have switched all users to AFP.
I could really use some help with this situation. Anything this community has to offer, suggest, or otherwise help me find resolution would be extremely appreciated.

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Have 10.6.1 Server running as a Open Directory Master. I cannot log in to Server Preferences using either my admin or directory administrator account. I get the message "Unable to authenticate to the Open Directory Master" - "This computer record credentials could not be retrieved from the System keychain."
LDAP/Password server/Kerberos are all listed as running in Server Admin (which is working fine). I also use Open Directory for Kerio Mail Server, and that's working fine.
changeip -checkhostname comes back fine. While I don't have a major need to use Server Preferences, I'm worried that being unable to log in signals a larger problem with Kerberos that I'd like to nip in the bud.

I had a similar problem and was able to fix it. Here was my situation:
I had a ldap master (host foo1) and a ldap slave (host foo2). The slave's server preferences stopped working after it became a slave. I would get the same errors as you did when trying to open server preferences. I did some searches and stumbled across this site: http://www.macgasm.net/2009/11/04/mac-os-x-10-6-1-server-server-preferences-brok e-and-how-to-fix-it/
This only kind of applies to the issue at hand but I was able to take this info and apply it to my problem.
Here is what I did:
I discovered I was missing the password item called com.apple.opendirectory on foo2 (located in the system keychain)
I logged into foo1 and examined the com.apple.opendirectory password item on foo1. I copied all of the info (exported to text) --- including the password. I then logged into foo2 and created a new password item in the system keychain. Making sure to include all of the info from the previous export. The only difference is that I changed the hostname. I then made sure that access control was set to allow all applications.. (this is very important). Server preferences then worked.
An example of what I exported and what I re-created:
name: com.apple.opendirectory
Kind: application password
Account: foo1.yourdomain.com$
Where: Com.apple.opendirectory
Password: some_password
On foo2 I created this password key:
name: com.apple.opendirectory
Kind: application password
Account: foo2.yourdomain.com$
Where: Com.apple.opendirectory
Password: some_password
Notice the host change. This key must be in the system keychain and allow access to all.
Good luck.

Server Preferences spins when I launch it

Hi there,
I have a Mac Mini server with Snow Leopard Server and I've been using it with no problems until now. Server Admin works great, remote access via VNC and ssh are just fine. However when I launch Server Preferences (whether it's from the same machine or a laptop in the same local network) it spins forever with the infamous beach ball.
A quick grep over ssh shows servermgrd -x running fine on the background.
More info:
* Snow Leopard Server 10.6.6
* system.log shows no easy to spot errors
* Running with a static IP, DNS enabled (named running)
* Server DNS name set as <servername>.local
Any ideas on what could be causing this?
Thanks in advance!
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11 _ODQueryCopyResults + 700 (in CFOpenDirectory) [0x7fff857b7b8d]
11 dsDoAttributeValueSearchWithData + 1218 (in DirectoryService) [0x7fff883f6b40]
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Carles
Message was edited by: poldybloom

MrHoffman wrote:
First, allow me to confirm that you have absolutely no references to any DNS servers off of the 10.0.0.50 LAN? (Whether that's in a DNS server list, as a second DNS server entered in a list, or in a DHCP server, or anywhere here. Again, +no other DNS servers referenced+ here?)
Let's see, in my client laptop, in System Preferences > Network > network controller > Advanced > DNS, the only DNS server is 10.0.0.50. However, under "Search Domains" there is "lan", and I cannot remove it even after authenticating.
Does your DNS server reference only itself (and here, as the 127.0.0.1 host) and reference no other DNS servers? (This via System Preferences > Network > network controller > Advanced > DNS setting.)
In my server, in System Preferences > Network > network controller > Advanced > DNS, all I have is 127.0.01. The "Search Domains" list is empty here.
What do you get when you dig the client from itself, and dig the client from the server?
Hmmm... The client I assume is in a .local domain, since there is no DNS record for it in my server and therefore it is not part of the polyglee.org domain, so I get no answer:
castorp:~ carles$ dig castorp.local
; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> castorp.local
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 18523
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;castorp.local. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
. 589 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2011022801 1800 900 604800 86400
;; Query time: 5 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.50#53(10.0.0.50)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 1 00:08:56 2011
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 106
Same thing from the server:
fyodor:~ carles$ dig castorp.local
; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> castorp.local
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 3486
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;castorp.local. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
. 518 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2011022801 1800 900 604800 86400
;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 1 00:12:16 2011
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 106
Do you think I should add a record for my laptop in the DNS server? An "A" record in the zone I assume.
Thanks,
Carles

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Dan

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Double-click on the project to bring up project properties
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If it is Null or invalid, edit to make sure it is valid and Click ok.
If not, create a new/empty project and see if you can launch Embedded OC4J server preferences dialog for that project.
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