IMac Lion Server

In setting up my iMac to function as a server, I am asked for a Server Domain. Where do I get a server domain established? I have Lion Server software installed and I am planning on using my iMac as a server to manage 4 other computers MacBooks.

Yes. AFAIK, it's a $49 update via the Mac Apple Store.

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Trying to connect IMac to Lion server (network account)

Hello,
     I have been trying to get this to work for a few weeks now. I have 2 Imacs and a Macbook, i am trying to login to a network account. I did the step by step to set up my server. I can screen share and see all the shared folders. I have a network user in the work group, and when i go to users on my macbook, and say join the server, i get host not found, but the server is active.
     My network is a DSL modem ( in bridge mode), then to a time capsule, that is hard wired to my server and one Imac, everthing else is wireless. My time capsule hands out the Ip's, and a DNS server is running on my lion server.
     Am I having a DNS problem, I am not sure what DNS has to go where starting with the time capsule. Should i have my time capsule just server one IP to my lion server and have the server hand out the other IP's over DHCP?
     My goal is to have network user account on my server, and no matter what computer you use, you can get the same information. Then set up mobile account for when my macbook is not on the network.
     I setup profile manager, and tried to push my settings to my account, but it also fails every time.
     I tried to follow apple's doc's on this but I have luck with some things, and now with others.
    I am running lion server on a mac mini server.
Thank you,
     Justin

HI,
my experience is as follows:
1. You have to setup a home folder for network/mobile users with Server.app
2. Create a group for network users with the workgroupmanagement.app from serveradmin tools
3. Create users with correct settings under "preferences" in workgroupmanagement.app, especially "rules"
4. Put the users in the group
4. Set the appropriate permissions to the home folder and share it over the network with server.app
After playing around I could login from a MacBook Pro and synchronize the users library and complete home folder. After testing and restarting the machines (Lion Server is on a Mac Mini) I could relogin with the network/mobile user.
My problem actually is, that I could not login from any other Mac. Everytime the system told me, that there is a fault with login.
Before I want to login with the network/moblle user on another MacBook i logout the user form the MacBook Pro.
No luck :-(
I test it with other users with same settings.
No luck :-(
I integrate the MacBooks in the Computer settings in the workgroupmanagement.app.
No luck :-(
I hope this thread give answers the next days, because I need a working synchronize and account management solution for different users and machines :-)
Cheers
Ishan

Apple iMac (colorfull old ones) w. OS X 10.4.11 and OS X 10.7.2 Lion Server

Dear all,
our Apple Network consists of one Apple Lion 10.7.2 Server based on an Xserve Xeon Server, some very New iMacs running Lion, some eMacs running MacOS 10.5.8 and 10.4.11 and some old iMacs running 10.4.11. We're using OpenDirectory, Filesharing, AFP, DHCP, DNS as Network Services.
Now since we've upgraded from Leopard Server to Lion server we've got the Problem that our old iMacs running 10.4.11 somehow aren't abled to authenticated against OpenDirectory any more... So if a user tries to Login at the Login screen against the server and he can't login (at the old iMac running 10.4.11). At the eMac side also 10.4.11 everything works fine. Regarding the system.log of the old iMac it says at some point "Input / Output Error".
Even a fresh 10.4.11 Installation on the old iMac didn't solve the problem.
Any suggestions what to do and how to fix that problem ?
Thanks,
Markus

First, see if your Mac is compatible with Mountain Lion > http://www.apple.com/osx/specs
If it's compatible, first you have to upgrade to Snow Leopard, so buy Snow Leopard > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard That's because OS X Mountain Lion requires Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Lion.
Then, make a backup of your files, insert the Snow Leopard DVD and upgrade to Snow Leopard. After upgrading, go to  > Software Update to update to Mac OS X 10.6.8.
This update will install the App Store on your Mac, so open it and purchase OS X Mountain Lion. While Mountain Lion is downloading, check if your applications are supported > http://www.roaringapps.com
When the download finishes, the Mountain Lion installer will show up, so follow the steps to upgrade OS X

If I buy Lion Server for my iMac can I download Lion for free on my MacAir?

If I buy Lion Server for my iMac can I download Lion for free on my MacAir?

Well, it hasn't worked that way for me.
I bought Lion for $29 from the App Store this morning, and DLed/installed it on my MacBook Pro with no problem. This afternoon I went to upgrade my Snow Leopard Server Mac Mini. Went to the App Store, clicked the Lion Server at $49.99, and was prompted that "because this is an OS X server, you must purchase a OS X Lion as well as OS X Lion Server, for $79.98" [Cancel] [Purchase Both]
If I try to install just Lion from my "Purchased" list in App Store, I get exactly the same message. If I try to install Lion from an install DVD, I get a "checking with App Store" and then the same message.
Spent over an hour on the phone with Enterprise Sales, who agreed that's not what was supposed to happen, but had no resolution. It isn't critical to me timewise so they are mulling the situation over.
My recommendation if you have SLS and clients to upgrade is to do the Lion/Lion Server purchase *first* for the server. Hopefully then the Lion license will be available for your other machines. I can't guarantee it, but I can guarantee that the other way *doesn't* work.
KeS

If I downoad and install lion server on my iMac does it still function as a client?

Hi,
A beginners question: I know I can setup my iMac or whatever as a Lion server but what does that mean for the original iMac acting as a client? Can I use the original functionality of the iMac and have the server components almost as an add-on or is it intended that the iMac would then become a dedicated server which I would connect to, with my Air for example?
I'm trying to understand whether I can access some of the shared functionality available as part of the server without having to buy another iMac.
thanks in advance.

Thanks Matt.
I really wanted to experiment with shared address books, schedules etc with the bonus of some iPad management so this sounds as though it is worth trying!
thanks again.
P.

Is there a difference between the Mac Mini Server and installing the Lion Server on an iMac?

So, I was wondering what the difference is between installing the Lion Server on an iMac as opposed to buying the Mac Mini Server because the iMac may be a cheaper solution for me since I intend to purchase a new monitor, keyboard, mouse and accessories if i purchase the Mac Mini Server.

If you intend to leave the server running all the time a Mac mini server would probably make more sense. It isn't necessary to keep a monitor, mouse and keyboard connected to the server as you can use the server management tools, remote desktop and SSH via the terminal window on your iMac to manage the server remotely once it's up and running.

Can you Run Lion server on iMac and use monitor for another computer

With lion server you don't need a monitor and I figure why buy a mac mini when i could by a 27" imac and use it as a display and a mac mini running lion server.
I have been going over the scenarios and am trying to decide if I should buy the TB display or a second 27" imac. Eventually I will have 3 27" displays... but I want to run Lion Server off of one of the imacs... and use the display with the other imac.
do you know if it is possible to use the display of the imac for a mbp or another imac while running an operating system (lion Server) on the computer at the same time.
not sure if I made my self clear there or not.
Ryan

Ryan as long as both the Mac Mini and iMac have Thunderbolt you could use the iMac as an external monitor for the Mac Mini. The current machines with Thunderbolt connections are 2011 iMacs, MacMini's, MacBook Air's & all MacBook Pros.

LDAP and NFS mounts/setup OSX Lion iMac with Mac Mini Lion Server

Hello all,
I have a local account on my iMac (Lion), and I also have a Mac Mini (Lion Server) and I want to use LDAP and NFS to mount the /Users directory, but am having trouble.
We have a comination of Linux (Ubuntu), Windows 7 and Macs on this network using LDAP and NFS, except the windows computers.
We have created users in workgroup management on the server, and we have it working on a few Macs already, but I wasnt there to see that process.
Is there a way to keep my local account separate, and still have NFS access to /Users on the server and LDAP for authentification?
Thanks,
-Matt

It would make a great server. Bonus over Apple TV for example is that you have access via both wired ethernet and wireless. Plus if you load tools from XBMC, Firecore and others you have a significant media server. Cost is right too.
Many people are doing this - google mac mini media server or other for more info.
Total downside to any windows based system - dealing with constant anti-virus, major security hassels, lack of true media integration and PITA to update, etc.
You should be aware that Lion Server is not ready for prime time - it stil has significant issues if you are migrating from SNL 10.6.8. If you buy an apple fresh Lion Server mac mini you should have no problems.
You'll probably be pleased.

Lion Server on 27" iMac quad core...

Greetings...I have a quad core 27" iMac w/8gb of Ram & 1tb hard drive that I want to install Lion server on. From other posts, I gather this is not really a problem...but I am wondering:
Can user could be logged into the Lion server and working in their home directory while other mac users are logged into the server on their macs? At most there would only be 3 other users logged in at the same time on the iMac server...so it is not a big network. Also...I only plan to use the server for file/sharing home directories.
If the answer to #1 above is "Yes"...when a user logs into their account on the iMac server...would they see the "Server" apps on their dock?
Any...my goal is to have home directories on the server and users to log into the server and see their own home directoy/desk/etc from any mac on the network AND if they sign in on the imac server.
Any direction is appreciated.

You are going to deploy network accounts (Open Directory aka OD) with network home directories (OD+AFP).
Server.app application comes with MacOSX Server, so there will be no MacOSX Clients with this application in it (unless you copy it, or share through AFP or SMB, and i don't know if that will work...).
You can (and probably should) install the "Server Admin Tools" in your MacOSX Clients.
You can install MacOSX Server in a client machine, and have the Server.app in a client machine (with a server operative system).
I remember there was also "Network Applications" and "Network Library" implementations in OSX, but i've not seen any reference since years ago...
This last two implementation allowed you this: centralized applications, and centralized preferences (now that last is done in other way).

Mountain Lion Server - Folder names intermittently change between Upper and Lowercase names on some user's iMacs

Hi,
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong group, but I couldn't find a Mountain Lion server specific group.
I have a new Mac Mini Server running 10.5.8 that serves Mac only users. The Mac Mini has a 4tb Promise Pegasus RAID attached via thunderbolt. Today, some of the users on the network reported that a folder on the RAID was quickly alternating displaying it's sub-folders as all capital letters then upper and lowercase - I witnessed this and it happened 2-3 times a second. I have run a propogate permissions fix on the folder, then the whole volume from within Server App and also copied the contents of this folder to my Mac, then I deleted the original from the server and created a brand new folder with the correct name and copied the contents back.
The problem still persists. Server App does not report any issues and other folders don't exhibit this behaviour. I've looked to see if there are any weird characters in folder names that would do this. The volume is shared via AFP only (SMB and WEBdav are off).
Any ideas as to what could be going on?
Thanks in advance!

Hi.
I solved this problem. I fixed permissions on the Mac's that the users were using to access the server and this has fixed the problem. The server folder giving the problems had many nested folders totalling over 5000 items inside and this seemed to corrupt the permissions on the user's macs.
Hope this helps anyone with similar issues.

Can I use Lion server to set-up a WPA2 wireless network in place of an AEBS?

I'm contemplating replacing my Airport Extreme Base Station with my Core i5 Mac mini as the wireless network server, because this will get rid of a "box" (that I can sell!) and reduce power consumption, since my iMac is on all the time as my iTunes media source anyway. At present my AEBS creates a WPA2 LAN network connected in bridge mode to my Billion modem/router, so DHCP serving is performed by the Billion router. I could replace the AEBS with the Mac mini running Lion simply by using internet sharing, but this has low security (WEP) and I understand there are often connection problems when clients awake from sleep. (Furthermore, my Airport Extreme at the back of the house probably wouldn't connect to that WEP network?)
So, I wonder.... If I upgraded to Lion Server (only $49), can I set-up the Mac mini as the WPA2 network host in place of the AEBS? My mini is right next to the AEBS anyway, so it's in a suitable position to distribute the radio signal. As I understand it, the Lion Server software would need to allow the Mac mini to connect to the Billion router via ethernet in bridge mode - just like the AEBs, but I can't find any info that tells me whether this is possible.
Does anyone know if what I want to do is possible? A simple solution may be to turn off the DHCP server functions of my Billion router, letting Lion Server become the DHCP server, but I don't think that's possible. I also don't want to replace the Billion with a simple modem because my Billion router provides VoIP for my home phone (and has done so reliably since 2005).
Of course, if it's all too hard, I'll leave things as they are, because I don't have any need for the other Server functions of Lion Server.
thanks

Hello Chris,
chrisfromnewtwon wrote:
So, I wonder.... If I upgraded to Lion Server (only $49), can I set-up the Mac mini as the WPA2 network host in place of the AEBS?
I don't know. I'm also looking for the same function because I want to
make my iMac running Lion the router and the firewall of my personnal
wireless network. The key advantage will be to have the firewall, its rules
and its logging on the same server.
What I already know is that turning the Internet sharing on turns a
MacOS X Lion into a DHCP server on the wireless side.
dan

How can I make my Lion Server into a Lion Workstation?

How can I downgrade my Mac OS X Lion Server to just a standard Mac OS X Lion machine?
I've tried everything including re-installing Lion. When re-installing Lion, it seems to automatically pickup on the fact that this is a Server OS & installs Lion Server OS.
I want to simply downgrade my Lion machine to be running the standard Lion OS instead of Lion Server.
In case you're wondering, this is on my iMac 27" which I originally upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion, then from Lion to Lion Server.

@Chris BeHanna
You were right for the firewall Issue. I was also running IPSecuritas and I installed Lion Server and the traffic stopped responding on the tunnel, although it connected well.
I figured out that, for some reason, even if the ServerAdmin indicated that the server firewall (my local "new" server, my own machine) was inactive, some rules must had been set during Server.app installation.
Anyway, what I did was activate the firewall, and then, allow all traffic on every ip. You can do that in the ServerAdmin app.
And then the traffic turned back on, on the IPSecuritas tunnels.
The next step would be to be configure rules precisely, but since I am already behind a firewall, I prefer using a "transparent" setting.

How do I set up file sharing in Lion Server to work like file sharing in Lion Client?

I've just installed Lion Server on my home iMac to enable remote access via VPN to my home network.
When the iMac was running Lion Client (before the upgrade to server), and when File Sharing was enabled on the iMac; when other Macs on the LAN connected to the iMac via AFP, they were always able to connect to (share) any mounted external volumes (external USB or FireWire drives connected to the iMac). e.g.
Now that I've upgraded to Lion Server, when other Macs on the LAN connected to the iMac via AFP they are only able to connect to (share) the sharepoints listed in the File Sharing pane of Server.app. e.g.
Is there any way to set up File Sharing in Lion Server so that it works the same way as it does in Lion Client with respect to mounted external volumes? i.e. they are automatically shared? I know I can add each volume manually to File Sharing in Server.app but this gets tedious.
Many thanks!

I normally have a Firewall enabled. I recently had to do an erase and install of Lion, followed by a one-by-one re-install of all of my software. One of the first things I did was to set up all of my System Preferences the way I like them; Turning the Firewall on was one of them. Later I noticed it was off and turned it on again. I had already set up sharing and was surprised to see the problem when I turned it back on.
As to why do I think it needs to be on. It is another part of my security layer.

Does lion server support a single email address across multiple devices??

I am looking to move from an outdated Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to OS X Lion Server but I am unsure as to how Lion will handle email. I do not want to spend money on a new windows server if I can get a Mac Mini Server to do the job. I am a very small business with a number of email accounts for a couple employees and need access to email and calendar from both the office iMac's and my Macbook Pro when on the road. My IT guy says I need Exchange but he's been off base on a few other items recently and I wanted to check with other sources.
I have 2 new iMac's, a MacBook Pro, an iPad1 and and iPhone4 on the mac side of things and 2 windows computers running XP. I would get rid of the windows computers completely if not for my CAD program which runs best not in a virtual machine mode.
How well will email and calendar entries sync across devices?

I have a very similar setup at my office. Lion Server will push email, calandar, contacts to all of your apple product with out a hitch.
As far the Windows XP machines, you can access email over IMAP with Thunderbird, and calandars via sunbird or the built in web app.
I would ditch the exchange server move to Mac OS X Server, and never look back.
God Luck!
PS. All of your devices will be in sync all the time.
Shore answer:
Does lion server support a single email address across multiple devices??
Yes.

Why can't I uninstall the Mountain Lion Server?

Background
My windows laptop failed and my iMAC's hard drive was recalled recently. During this time I decided to buy a MacBook Pro and migrate everthing from my Windows laptop. I also bought Airport Extreme. As I got recently unemployed, I wanted to create a private network accessible from my MacBrook and MacBook Air (until I could afford to buy the Mac Mini Server). So I downloaded the Lion Server from the App Store using my MacBook Pro (I didn't realize it would install automatically). So, I redownloaded from my iMac and went through the configuration.
Issues
I was unable to log in using my existing user accounts from the MacBook/Air. I turned on the screen sharing (as I had lots of applications and documents on the iMac). But my firewall reported access to screen sharing service, web service etc from external IP addresses. iMac frequently went into freeze modes (no response to mouse/keyboard) and sometimes blank screen (monitor off). So I turned off screen sharing.
I struggled with finding a way to make the local accounts into network accounts. I even tried adding them to a Network Group. I was unsucessful in being authenticated by the iMac server. The login window always showed "... unavailable ..". I went through and tried all suggestions posted in this site. Nothing seemed to work.
I decided to unistall the Server and do a fresh install. Even here there were no clear documentation/instructions with the server app. According to suggestions here and as per this http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4827 article, I removed the turned off all services, deleted the Server.app and also the /Library/Server folder. Rebooted. The iTunes store's purchased page still shows the Server as Installed. I did the same on the MBP and it shows up asInstall.
I don't see any of the server applications in the Activity Monitor. But my firewall reported incoming requests to Kerberos, Port 464, 5000, 625, 749, and Program Linking.
Airport Extreme is letting in external requests. I did not use public domain for my server nor any dynamic dns service.
Questions
How do I remove completely the Server app from my iMac?
The first time I installed the server, I used it to control the Airport Extreme. So how do I reset the Airport Extreme to factory settings (assuming Apple's marketing literature is correct) so that it acts as a barrier between the wild, wild internet and my home network?
Is there better control of the Airport Extreme base station? Like MAC filtering?
How do you elevate existing users on iMac to the level of network users? I want any of my family members to be able to use the MBP or MBA using their own account and see their documents and settings.
Recommendations Solicited
I cannot add a Mac Pro/Mac Mini Server at this point (unless Apple comes out payment plans for the consumers). That is why I purchased the MBP/MBA from BestBuy. So need the best way to use my existing resources to create a small home network for school, development, testing etc.

I have captured the install log. Right now I don't have the Sever.app and related files in the system. But log shows the server is running or installed today. I have seen MiniLauncher tag (don't know what it is). And if the server is running, it is not appearing in the Activity log.

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