Home folder network sync

Is there a way to sync my home folder on the server with my user folder on my computer? The server is running Windows 2003 server...

If you are implementing directory services on the Windows Server, OS X Leopard does support Active Directory which could be set up to use a directory on the server as Home. For instance, see:
<http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1246089>.
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Moved home folder -- still syncing to old location

So we ran out of space on our server. We're in the process of moving the users' home folders over to the RAID, where there's plenty of room, but for two of us, the two that also use Portable Homes, we've run into a little snag...
When PHD sync runs, it syncs to the old home folder location, not the new one.
Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance,
~Ian

For iMovie to see projects and events on an external drive (that is not the Home folder), they must be in the iMovie Projects and iMovie Events folder at the top level of the external drive. Further, the iMovie Projects folder and the iMovie Events folder must have the extension .localized.
However, if you move them there you risk that the Projects will no longer maintain their links with the Events. The Projects will look for their event clips at the Home folder. You can test this if you like by moving the iMovie Projects and the iMovie Events folders to the top level of the external drive. Then restart iMovie. iMovie should see the projects, but you may see yellow triangles when you open them for edit, which would indicate that iMovie cannot find the event clips at the path it was expecting to find them. (If it does see them, then you are done).
The safest course would be to move the Projects and the Events to the current Home Folder on the internal drive. Make sure they work. Then move them back to the external drive following the instructions in this User Tip.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4141
If there is not room on the internal drive for all the Projects and Events, move one project and associated events at a time.
It sounds like you are well-versed on how to change the Home Folder from the internal to the external drive, and vice versa, but here is a good reference if you need to understand the nuances. You can ignore it if you already know this stuff. http://pondini.org/OSX/SetupOther.html

Sync my local folders to the network home folder?

HI, I use the Workgroup manager to create a new user and then under the "Home" tab to create a "HOme" for that new user. When I save a file onto that new user's local desktop; I want that new files to be copied to the user's home folder's desktop. How can I do that?
When I logon the Macbook with the new user's logon, I can see the home folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Library, Movies, Musics, ...etc) there on the server with a "no access red sign" and just no automatically sync to those folders. What do I miss out here?
Can anyone help? I want the users to be able to sync all the files from their Macbook to their home folders on the Xserve once they shutdown.

So you are saying that on the server you see red circles on the folders on the server right?
That would be correct because the local admin on the server does not have access to them. That is how it is susposed to work. If you would like to have access to those folders you can add the local admin to the ACL of the users folder and then propigate it down to the rest of the folders. You can do that in server admin.
You will then be able to see if the data is getting to the folders on the server.

Is there a way to merge/migrate my local home folder to a network account

My family has a number of Macbooks and a couple of iMacs and we've been thinking we'd like centralized storage for our media collection and other files and I'd like an easier way to deal with these machines to keep them updated, etc. Also we swap laptops and desktops depending on who needs to do what at a particular moment. Is there a way to migrate an existing home folder on a macbook to an account on the server. What I would like to be able to do is to be able to log into any computer in my home and have it look like "my" computer, with files, settings etc... Since I am new to the server world I am confused by the terminology re: network accounts and mobile accounts. Is there a good guide someone could recommend to get me started. Thanks.

Hi Yodalogger,
I hope you have yourself sorted. I've been through alot of pain with lion server, it's very buggy at best.
Your best bet is SolidWood's suggestion of network accounts if you are constantly on the same network. I use this at home and it works very well. For simplicity, you can use WorkGroup Manager for this as it's more intuitive!
If, you need a mobile account, this is what I did.
I migrated local macbook accounts to server machine (migration assistant).
I renamed the /User home folders on macbook to _backup. For safety.
I deleted local accounts from macbook. Keep your _backup home folders! Also, you will need to have a local Admin account in place. Make sure you do not delete it.
On Server. You will have local accounts created for all your migrated macbook accounts. Just remove the accounts in system preferences but ensure you leave the /User home folders in place when prompted.
On server. I created the new users (old mackbook accounts) and groups in the server app. This doesn't create or overwrite your existing home folders. So go ahead and name them exactly the same as before and make sure the accounts match your home folder's names.
On server, using profile manager, I set up mobility etc., for the device. That is, you need to enroll your macbook with the server and configure services for it in profile manager. You can add a placeholder for this in profile manager to configure stuff.
A handy tip to alleviate all the automatic push settings pain and heartache is to set the general payload to manual. You can then wip up the profile manager from your macbook to install the profiles manually. (easily done).
On Macbook, login with local admin account.
On Macbook, go to system prefs and accounts, set up your open directory stuff in the login options.
On Macbook, log out of admin. Back at the login screen, you should see your admin account and 'Other.' Give it a few minutes or so to figure this out. It needs to contact the server etc. for info.
Once you have 'Other' click on it and login with one of your new network accounts. This will log you in as a network account - you should see all your usual settings that previously existed on your macbook when it was a local account.
At this point, you whip up profile manager. http://yourserver.local/profilemanager Change yourserver to the name of your server.
Login to profile manager with your admin account. I do this as I will be downloading a few profiles that only admin has access to.
So, you need to download a trust profile, your device profile, and a profile for remote management if you have set this up. You may have seen various download buttons knocking around the the interface. In downloads double click these to install (if it doesn't do this automatically).
Log out of everything.
Log back in with one of your network accounts. This time you should be prompted to create a mobile account. Say yes and let it sync your home folders from server to macbook.
Once each mobile account is created, you can then further define user/group settings in profile manager. You download these by logging into http://yourserver.local/mydevices as the user and download the appropriate settings.
I think thats it. Sorry, if its not detailed enough - I'm presuming you know yourself around a mac! I have to say the process is straightforward but Lion Server is not. I do not get consistent results with it and I'm still trying to tame it...
By far the easiest option is network accounts. Mobile accounts need more attention.
I hope this helps (and anybody else!)
Paul.

Problem syncing Mobile account home folder

I'm trying to get mobile accounts working correctly so that i can support users (including myself) having laptops and iMacs with files all in sync. My initial tests seem to go well, but when I started moving the first user account over (mine) I noticed a number of errors appear. Here is an example of what I'm currently working on (I've trimmed it down to just before the error message):
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Client ~/Library/Logs/FileSyncAgent/FileSyncAgent-verbose.log:
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.357] <OK> network: MODIFY "Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.387] <OK> network: MODIFY "Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.417] <OK> network: MODIFY "Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] EXCEPTION: \[data writeToFile:'/Volumes/Users/synctest/.FileSync/PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest.FileS yncHistory' options:0 error:&error] (Cocoa error 512) <-\[SStoreFileOperator_FS writeFileData:] (StoreFileOperator-FS.m:1091): "(Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=512 UserInfo=0x102fdd8c0 "The file “PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest.FileSyncHistory” couldn’t be saved in the folder “.FileSync”." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=35 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Resource temporarily unavailable"))">
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] USERINFO: {
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] NSFilePath = "/Volumes/Users/synctest/.FileSync/PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest.FileSyncHistory";
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=35 \"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. Resource temporarily unavailable\"";
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] }
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] BACKTRACE: {
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x1000bc73c
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x1000b9eec
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x100066a00
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x100065fe6
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x1000c8f1a
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x7fff800cbe8d
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x7fff820a3456
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] ? | 0x7fff820a3309
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.435] }
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.544] -\[SStore(protected) cleanupTree]: PHD-L-iI.arrVC0G4-synctest: required 0.0 seconds to execute
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.557] Store "PHD-L-iI.arrVC0G4-synctest" finished syncing with root version PHD-L-iI.arrVC0G4-synctest1276714848PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest1276714849\[]
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.558] -\[SStore_FS deleteStateTreeTurdFile] (Store-FS.m:481): unlink('/Users/synctest/.FileSync/store.filesyncstatetree.statetree_dirty')
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:57.737] Store "PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest" finished syncing with root version PHD-L-iI.arrVC0G4-synctest1276714848PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest1276714849\[]
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.041] Compress/upload of "/Volumes/Users/synctest/.FileSync/Store-FS-PHD-network-home.filesyncstatetree. bz2" took 1.30 seconds
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.041] -\[SStore_FS deleteStateTreeTurdFile] (Store-FS.m:481): unlink('/Volumes/Users/synctest/.FileSync/Store-FS-PHD-network-home.filesyncsta tetree.bz2.statetree_dirty')
<Logout> 1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.043] 1-pass sync of "HomeSync_Mirror" took 4.75 seconds
<Logout> 0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.374] Finished sync of "HomeSync_Mirror".
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.914] -\[MainObj shutdownAgent]
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] EXCEPTION: User Cancelled <_incomingIPC (ipc.m:210): "'((userCanceledErr))' error -128">
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] USERINFO: {
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] NSLocalizedDescription = "User Cancelled";
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] }
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] BACKTRACE: {
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] ? | 0x10000e2a8
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] ? | 0x7fff82d74af1
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] ? | 0x7fff82d0f171
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] ? | 0x7fff82d0d84f
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] ? | 0x1000049d9
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] ? | 0x7fff820a3456
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] ? | 0x7fff820a3309
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] }
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.949] _incomingIPC: caught exception _incomingIPC (ipc.m:210): "'((userCanceledErr))' error -128"
0:: \[10/06/16 15:23:00.669] Bye (PID:2246)
<hr>
Server ~/Library/Logs/FileSync-server/FileSync-server-verbose.log:
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:54.616] PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest Scanning flagged directory "Library/"
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:54.625] PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest Scanning flagged directory "Library/Preferences/"
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:54.644] PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest Scanning flagged directory "Library/Preferences/ByHost/"
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:54.665] Store "PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest" finished prepareForSync with root version PHD-L-iI.arrVC0G4-synctest1276714845PHD-R-wO-0oQq9MqC-synctest1276714849\[]
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:54.671] -\[SStore_FS deleteStateTreeTurdFile] (Store-FS.m:481): unlink('/Users/synctest/.FileSync/Store-FS-PHD-network-home.filesyncstatetree.s tatetree_dirty')
1:: \[10/06/16 15:22:56.113] -\[SPeer_FS zip] (Peer-FS.m:361): unlink('/Users/synctest/.FileSync/Store-FS-PHD-network-home.filesyncstatetree')
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] EXCEPTION: Unknown error 2002 <-\[SNetworkReachabilityMonitor init] (NetworkReachabilityMonitor.m:72): "(Error Domain=com.apple.SystemConfiguration Code=2002 UserInfo=0x100243d20 "The operation couldn<E2><80><99>t be completed. (com.apple.SystemConfiguration error 2002 - Configuration daemon not (no longer) available)")">
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] USERINFO: {
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] NSDescription = "Configuration daemon not (no longer) available";
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] }
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] BACKTRACE: {
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x100014831
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x100014688
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff82ffb535
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff8300963e
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff83001eaa
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff82ffa1ba
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x1000036c3
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x10007f4e0
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x2
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] }
0:: \[10/06/16 15:22:59.705] Bye (PID:9460)
<hr>
Now I've not done much with OS X programming, but I've done quite a bit of Unix systems work. The client appears to be getting an EAGAIN error (essentially that the syscall didn't complete, but not that it failed). Ideally, it should try again, and perhaps there is something I can set that will have it do a couple of retry attempts before giving up?
However, the error on the server side is the likely culprit. I don't know what the error message regarding com.apple.SystemConfiguration means, but my googling for hints implies that it is some sort of error connecting over the network. To try and debug that, I had both machines connected to the same switch with firewalls turned off and the error continues. The previous lines imply that it is trying to delete a file that it created from the local disk. What bothers me about that is that in the WGM I set the home directory to be "afp://servername/Users" and it shows that it should be either "afp://servername/Users/synctest" or "/Network/Servers/servername/Users/synctest" but the server is accessing the home folder directly, so why an issue with network reachability?
Can anyone offer any hints as to what I should be looking for? I had hoped that PHDs would solve the whole multiple computer issue, but they don't seem to be working reliably for me. Since I get this issue consistently I'm guessing that there is something misconfigured on my end.

Shawn,
I've done the deletion of those folders a number of times, with no luck.
The most recent attempt to get this to work was:
1. Delete ~/.FileSync and ~/Library/FileSync from the server machine.
2. With a brand-new install of OS X on a laptop, create a local administrator, join the server, then login as the user account that wants a mobile account
3. Look at logs
I still get an exception on the server
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] EXCEPTION: Unknown error 2002 <-\[SNetworkReachabilityMonitor init\] (NetworkReachabilityMonitor.m:72): "(Error Domain=com.apple.SystemConfiguration Code=2002 UserInfo=0x10027adc0 "The operation couldn<E2><80><99>t be completed. (com.apple.SystemConfiguration error 2002 - Configuration daemon not (no longer) available)")">
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] USERINFO: {
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] NSDescription = "Configuration daemon not (no longer) available";
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] }
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] BACKTRACE: {
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x100014831
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x100014688
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff82ffb535
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff8300963e
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff83001eaa
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x7fff82ffa1ba
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x1000036c3
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x10007f4e0
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] ?<C2><A0>|<C2><A0>0x2
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.791\] }
0:: \[10/07/31 13:39:47.792\] Bye (PID:38660)
as well as the corresponding error on the client.
I'm quite frustrated with the whole situation at this point. I'm sure some folks have gotten it to work, but since it has exceptions like this silently, it slowly corrupts the data in an account. I still want to get it to work, but am skeptical that it will.
Message was edited by: Benjamin Kuperman

Lion Server - Home Folder Sync Not Working - HELP

I have a lion server set up on a mac mini.
I have set up an OD to manage network accounts through the server app. My workflow for setting up users is:
1.     using the server app add a new user
2.     I have a home folders users directory set up under file sharing and set to be available for home directories - so I select this share as the home folder for the user
3.     I user the WGM app to then set up mobiility through the preferences tab to create always and to sync the home and preferences
4.     I check that the home folder is set correctly under the user account in WGM
When I log in to the client machine (regardless of whether or not I have first logged in on the server or not) the client presents an error saying that it can not log in and can not access the server at that time. The client stays on the user login screen.
If I then change the users home folder on the server to local I can then log in on the client machine and create the account. If I elect not to create the home folder on the client machine the rainbow ball of death occurs and the machine hangs. So I instead log in and select to create the local home folder.
I then log out of the user and change the user setting on the server to point the home folder to the correct share instead of on the local setting.
I then log back on to the client machine and can log in without any problems. HOwever, I get an error message if I try to sync saying that the home folder is not accessible. This is despite the fact that the home folder, and the server et al, can be mounted in finder and I can copy and paste documents etc to and from the server. I have full and expected access to the server and the associated storage.
For some reason home sync continues to say that the home folder can not be found (in fact that the server can not be found) whenever I try to sync.
This is driving me bananas. I have tried so many permutations that I have lost count of the things that I have tried.
Is this a permission issue?
I have the OD bound to the client machine and have no problems seeing the users and being able to access the OD from the client machine.
Does any one have any thoughts at the issues I should be looking at or which logs may be helpful in trying to understand what is going on?

Jonathon.
The dscl command just leads to a "Data source (LAPDv3.server.tnichapman.private) is not valid" statement.
I logged on using my local client admin account.
I had a search through console.
The only error associated with slapconfig was:
2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp -r /Library/Preferences/com.apple.passwordserver.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/, "r"
2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000 Error: Command failed with exit code 256: /bin/cp -r /Library/Preferences/com.apple.passwordserver.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/
The rest were statements like this:
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:19 +0000   popen: /usr/bin/tar czpf /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/shadowbackup.tar.gz /var/db/shadow, "r"
I couldn't find any references to ApplePasswordServer and there didn't look to be anything unusualy about the opendirectoryd entries below
4/17/12 6:40:16.106 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: Enter archive password:
4/17/12 6:40:17.244 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: bdb_monitor_db_open: monitoring disabled; configure monitor database to enable
4/17/12 6:40:17.285 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: bdb_monitor_db_open: monitoring disabled; configure monitor database to enable
4/17/12 6:40:18.368 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: cp: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.passwordserver.plist: No such file or directory
4/17/12 6:40:18.577 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: tar: Removing leading '/' from member names
4/17/12 6:40:19.173 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: tar: Removing leading '/' from member names
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:16 +0000 command: /usr/sbin/sso_util info -r /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 -p
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:16 +0000 1 Backing up LDAP database
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:16 +0000 Stopping LDAP server (slapd)
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:17 +0000   popen: /usr/sbin/slapcat -l /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/backup.ldif, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:17 +0000   popen: /usr/sbin/slapcat -b cn=authdata -l /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/authdata.ldif, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:17 +0000 Starting LDAP server (slapd)
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:17 +0000 Waiting for slapd to start
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:17 +0000 ...
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp /var/db/openldap/openldap-data/DB_CONFIG /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/DB_CONFIG, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp /var/db/openldap/authdata//DB_CONFIG /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/authdata_DB_CONFIG, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp -r /etc/openldap /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp -r /Library/Preferences/com.apple.passwordserver.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000 Error: Command failed with exit code 256: /bin/cp -r /Library/Preferences/com.apple.passwordserver.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /usr/sbin/mkpassdb -list > /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/sasl-plugin-list, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/hostname > /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/hostname, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /usr/sbin/sso_util info -pr /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 > /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/local_odkrb5realm, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000 2 Backing up Kerberos database
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /usr/bin/tar czpf /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/krb5backup.tar.gz /var/db/krb5kdc/kdc.conf /var/db/krb5kdc/acl_file.* /var/db/krb5kdc/m_key.* /etc/krb5.keytab , "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000 3 Backing up configuration files
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/config/KerberosKDC.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/KerberosKDC.plist, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.PasswordService.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/LaunchDaemons/, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.openldap.slapd.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/LaunchDaemons/, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp /Library/Preferences/com.apple.openldap.plist /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /usr/bin/sw_vers > /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/version.txt, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:18 +0000   popen: /bin/cp -r /var/db/dslocal /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:19 +0000   popen: /usr/bin/tar czpf /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX/shadowbackup.tar.gz /var/db/shadow, "r"
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:19 +0000 Backed Up Keychain
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:19 +0000 4 Backing up CA certificates
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:19 +0000 5 Creating archive
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:19 +0000 command: /usr/bin/hdiutil create -ov -plist -puppetstrings -layout UNIVERSAL CD -fs HFS+ -volname ldap_bk -srcfolder /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX -format SPARSE /var/backups/ServerBackup_OpenDirectoryMaster
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:26 +0000 Removed directory at path /tmp/slapconfig_backup_stage71031lThmRX.
4/17/12 6:40:26.410 AM com.apple.opendirectorybackup: 2012-04-17 03:40:26 +0000 Removed file at path /var/run/slapconfig.lock.

Can't sync home folder

I am trying to setup network users on Open Directory and having the home folders sync over the network, but when I log in on a workstation, I get the following error: The sync could not complete because your network home at “(null)” does not allow writing. Please help!

jwmartin83 - Ok...I set it up to this:
All of my users' home directories (mobile or local) were stored under the Server's HD/Users folder.
Accounts/Users - Edit - Full Path is /Network/Servers/myserver/Volumes/Server HD/Users/chris.
For my mobile account, my home URL is now afp://myserver/Users/chris
And the users home folder share point.
Rebooted the server and computer.
This is the ERROR now saying "...connecting to the server..server may not exist."

Moving Home Folder to Windows XP Network Folder

How does one move the home folder on a Mac to a network folder located on a Windows XP host? I think it is accomplished using Netinfo, but I tested it on my 13" Macbook and the Macbook will no longer login. Detailed instructions would be appreciated.
Also, I read that it is possible to cache the home folder so that when the network location is not available, the home folder contents are still available - syncing is perfomormed when network is again available. How is this accomplished or is this only available when OS X Server is on network?
Thanks
17" Macbook Pro 2.16GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I don't have a solution that directly addresses your question, but between two Macs, it is possible to have a user account on one OS X client machine mount a folder on a second OS X client machine during login and use that as the "home" folder.
On the machine where the folder resides, the folder must be set up as "share point", the name of the share may have to match the name of the user's "home" folder on the user's end, and the username and password to access the share point have to match the username and login password of the user account.
On the client side, the user's entry in the "NetInfo" database has to have an additional property added to it (the 'home_loc' property), containing the url to the share. The presence of this property tells the login process that the "home" folder may not be a simple folder, and for example, is used by "Filevault" to get the system to automatically mount the filevault disk image before actually logging the user in. For an AFP share, the value of the 'home_loc' property looks something like this:<pre><homedir><url>afp://xx.xx.xx.xx/sharename</url><path></path></homedir></pre>It might be worth a try to see if something similar works with an SMB share. However, if the share is unavailable for any reason, it likely won't be possible to log in to the account at all.
Of course, if the windows share is already mounted (and there are ways, though I don't know them, to have a windows share mount automatically at startup for example), then the process would be much simpler - just change the user's 'home' property to the path to the folder on the mounted share.
I have no idea about the offline caching question.

Syncing Calendars and Contacts without the complete home folder on the server

I've been trying to set up syncing of calendars and contacts using Mavericks server. I've read a lot of posts on various ways of doing this but am at a loss as to the how the various parts of the solutions work which may be why I haven't been able to get things to work.
I've installed Server.app and got Open Directory set up. I want to sync the calendars for two users on a couple of client machines (both running Snow Leopard at the moment) and three mobile devices. The clients were set up before the server and so the user accounts are local. Putting the home folders and all the files they contain on the server is not an option as there's not enough disk space. Ideally I'd like to have all the user files on the local machines and only the data I need to sync on the server. Is this possible? All of the information I've read on migrating local users to network users suggests that their complete home folder needs to be put on the server and I've not found any way to set up the syncing successfully without making them network users.

Thanks for the answer Simon. That seems simple enough but there are some things which aren't clear.
If I create accounts on the server for the users independently (ie not ownership of the home folder) they're going to have different UID's. Surely this means that even with the same account name and password, they're going to be treated as unique users. Does that not affect who has write access? I don't know how the Calendar and Contact servers work so this may be irrelevant.
How do you "have the server host their calendar and contact details"? Copying the files for the existing local users to the new users on the server will leave them with invalid permissions.
I have read that using the Calendar and Contact components of Server.app is not a supported way of syncing across machines and that they're intended to be used for shared information rather than syncing. But maybe there is no way to avoid an "unsupported method" without moving the home folder. Is this a method you're using?
I'll do a bit of testing with this but would also be grateful for any additional hints.

Network user, network home folder, and the login keychain

I've got everything set up in WGM. I can log the user onto a workstation, and the home folder maps to the appropriate network location.
What I can't seem to do, is get a login keychain working. The keychain exists, in the proper folder on the network home folder. Keychain Assistant First Aid says everything is hunky dory. The problem is that the login keychain won't show up on the keychain list, nor can I add it. If I delete the file from the networked location and run first aid again, it says the login keychain doesn't exist and proceeds to create it, just like I'd expect. Only problem is, the keychain still doesn't show and I can't use it!
So any time I try to save email passwords, Safari passwords, etc. it errors out. Going through the prompted reset dialogs doesn't seem to do anything. I'm not seeing any console messages pointing to errors, either.
Anybody gon any ideas?

Ok then, I got one for you. Similar sort of thing. Just created a 10.6 server, created all the relevant users within WGM, then imported the home folders from the previous 10.5 server. Ensured all new UIDs matched the UIDs from the 10.5 WGM because it then simplifies permissions - i.e. all the permissions are recognised by the new server automatically for the right users.
Now for one of my users, her login keychain is never open by default. When you start Keychain Access (she's on 10.5.8 btw) you get the System keychain and the System Roots list of certificate authorities, but no login keychain.
Have checked the permissions of her ~/Library/Keychains/ folder and they're correct, as are the permissions for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain.
Double-clicking on the login.keychain file opens it up just fine in Keychain Access, however as soon as you close KA and re-open it, the login keychain's gone again.
I've tried importing a keychain, adding an existing keychain (obviously the login one) and creating a new keychain called login, none of which work - there's no error, it just ignores me.
I'd rather not create a temporary user account, transfer all the docsuments/mail etc, delete the original and recreate a new one using the old name and copy everything back, but unless someone can help me out, that's what I'm going to have to do.
There has to be some guru's out there somewhere that can help???
Thanks in advance,
Matt

IWorks 09 Crash under OD Network Home Folder

Hi,
We have a Mac Pro running Lion Server and a few iMacs running Lion. We are trying to setup network home folders for our users. The server is the OD master, and each user is configured with the correct network home folder path. User can login with no problem, but the interesting thing is that when the users try to open any iWorks file (doesn't matter if it's Numbers, Pages, or Keynote), the application would hang and give out a spinning wheel of death. Same symptoms for Text Edit. I've tried my best to verify the permission, and everythign seems correct. If I login to a local user and connect to the server using that same user's credentials, I can open the exact same file with no problem. Does anyone have an idea what might've caused this?
Thanks.

Hi
You can't stop the creation of those files. As already mentioned this is the way it's supposed to work. You can redirect Home Folders to aid performance - assuming you're having network performance issues? If the perceived problem is more to do with storage or quotas then some obvious options are to increase quotas and/or storage space. Usually both.
For redirecting home folders:
http://images.apple.com/education/docs/Apple-ClientManagementWhitePaper.pdf
Honestly the creation of these files is not really a problem. Your biggest concern is going to be when users start using applications like iMovie and/or Final Cut (for Video) and/or Logic and/or GarageBand for Audio and/or the Adobe CS Suite for Graphics. Video files can get quite large depending on what is trying to be achieved. If you're trying to do this over the network it can become punishing. You may find a similar issue when it comes to Graphics. As ever YMMV.
Another resource you may find useful:
http://www.apple.com/education/resources/information-technology.html
Tony

Network Users - Can't login without home folder

Hey everyone,
Got a problem. We upgraded our lab from 10.6.8 to 10.9.3. Preserving our settings and bootcamp by simply upgrading. After getting nearly all machines sorted out with active directory we are still having a problem with 2-3 machines with network user accounts being able to login. If no local home folder has been created prior to upgrading to 10.9.3 then the user cannot login, the login prompt dissapears then re-appears. Any way to fix this?
Here is a run down of the set-up.
Our settings force network users to have a local home folder on the local mac that they are logging into.
Mac OS X server is 10.6.8.
Active directory server is 2012 R2.
Network users without a pre-created home folder on the local mac prior to upgrade cannot login. The login prompt dissapears, then re-appears. No login.
Computers are managed with workgroup manager, as well as apple remote desktop. But no settings are applied, and no login scripts are being run.
Also I have noticed something concerning Mac OS X 10.8.5 and up. And that is in the active directory settings, if you bind to a domain (using active directory and not LDAP), lets say for example:
mydistrict.maindistrict.net
And you go to add your local active directory district to the Authentication/Contacts search policy eg: Active Directory/mydistrict.maindistrict.net
it will only show: Active Directory/mydistrict/alldomains.maindistrict.net.
It shows a list of all domains for the forest. But it also adds the district that you bound to as the search directory?
Let me use a precise example using actual names.
Bind to local district: pineville.ketsds.net
Now in search policy on 10.8.5 up to 10.9.3 it displays possible search domains like this:
Active Directory/PINEVILLE/pineville.ketsds.net <- The domain we want.
Active Directory/PINEVILLE/all-other-domains-in-forest.ketsds.net <--Which is fine.
Which is all fine, but when we select the local domain for authentication, and contacts search it adds it, but in the overview it says that it is not in our search policy even though it is.
On Mac OS X versions below this (10.6.8 and down, cannot verify for 10.7 as we do not have systems with it) it displays the search domains as:
Active Directory/pineville.ketsds.net
as compared to this on 10.8.5 and above:
Active Directory/PINEVILLE/pineville.ketsds.net
as well as all the other domains, and when you add the local to the search policy it does not give the error that it is not in your search policy. Is there anyway to make this happen on 10.8.5 and above? We have tried everything. Network accounts will login even though it says this, it is just annoying.
Last question is on one computer that we upgraded, we had a problem with the network accounts. Tried deleting the .plist for network preferences, and the Directory services folder as well as the Open directory folder and now it create the open directory folder as locked and any changes made with the directory utility in the search policy is immediatley reverted once we hit apply.
Summary of questions:
1.) Network users cannot login without local folder created prior to upgrade.
2.) Mac OS X 10.8.5 and above does not correctly add Authentication/Contact search policy domains as it does in 10.6.8 and below.
3.) Active Directory/Open Directory Authentication/Contact search policy settings keey reverting after applying. (Happened prior to deleting .plist files and AD/OD folders in /Library/Preferences)
Thanks guys, sorry if thi post is so long! :/

-BUMP
Not sure what the bump policy is but my post is fadiing fast. Third page already.
Kind of an urgent situation guys, any help or insight at all would be greatly appreciated!!

Sync folders in home folder

I have AD-OD home folders set up fine.
I have a small problem however. When I make another folder in the Users home folder, ie Downloads or whatever, that won't sync because of permission issues.
Folders created on the desktop works fine.
Any ideas?

It seems Sync needs Posix permissions to work. Ie I need to set the User to the owner of the home folder for this to work.
My AD doesn't create the homefolders this way.

Mac mini will no longer find network home folder

Upgraded my Mac mini server and now a few of my Mac mini's will no longer find the network home folder. I get this error message "Home folder isn't found in it's usaual place." When I use the same account with an iMac or another Mac mini the network user account logs in with out a problem.

Logs?

"The home folder could not be created because the network name cannot be found" error in AD users and computers

Our home folders are stored on a non-windows NAS device and with Windows XP and 2003 we've always got the above error when creating or modifying users home folders, even when the shares were al ready created and being used.
However this was never really a big issue as the error that popped up was really for information and finshed with a "we've modified the user properties anyway, please create the share manually" type message.
Unfortunately now we are moving to windows 7 and 2008R2, this last part of the the message is missing and it won't accept the correct value.
This issue may be in the way that the NAS device shares the folder, as only the username that matches the folder name can access the share. This behaviour can't be modified.
Is there a way to get Windows 7/2008R2 AD users and computers to behave the same way that Windows XP/2003 does , i.e. don't try and create the share just set the value in the user properties ?
The AD is still at 2003 level and we can still use Windows XP/2003 clients to make the changes but this is a bit of a limitation.

The KB article is almost what we have apart from theitalic underlined
part
Consider the following scenario:
You use a domain administrator account to log on to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
You use the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to connect to a domain controller.
You open the Properties dialog box of a user account.
The user account has sole access to a shared folder path that cannot be accessed by the administrator account.
You set the Remote Desktop Services Home Folderattribute to the shared folder path.
NoteThis attribute is located on the
Remote Desktop Services Profiletab.
You click Apply or OK.
In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
The home folder could not be created because: The network name cannot be found.
Note If you click Apply or OK again, no error message is returned. However, the setting is not saved.
I think the important bit is
The user account has sole access to a shared folder path that cannot be accessed by the administrator account.
We manually create the shares on our NAS and then just want to enter the path in the profile tab, I suppose the question is how to we stop it trying to create the shares ?

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