Knowledge Base article TS1245, cannot remove local KDC

*Section: To remove the local KDC from a system prior to creating a NetInstall image*
*Step 4;*
Using Terminal, execute this command to force creation of a new local KDC on first boot:
defaults delete "/Volumes/Source/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.configureLocalKDC" Disabled
Returns
There is no (Disabled) default for the (/Volumes/{Volume name}/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.configureLocalKDC) domain.
Defaults have not been changed.
Am I doing something wrong?

Unless 10.5.6 changed something, I've been successful with a two step prep and one step post install step. To prep, do this before imaging:
1: Open Keychain Access, select the System keychain, and delete the three entries titled com.apple.kerberos.kdc
2: Open Terminal and run
sudo rm -fr /var/db/krb5kdc
3: Shutdown the master system and create your image.
After imaging the machine and booting the first time, run this from Terminal before binding:
sudo /usr/libexec/configureLocalKDC
That is it and you are ready to go.
Hope this helps

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What happened to these knowledge base articles?

I work in the Information Technology infrastructure department of a medium-sized media company. My employer still makes heavy use of Adobe Creative Suite 2, despite its age. This is due to both compatibility and cost factors associated with upgrading all of our designers to new Macs with CS5.
Frequently, our Adobe CSx users complain about being unable to modify server-side files in Photoshop because it reports that the files are locked. The specific error they receive is "Could not complete the request because the file is locked". In the past, I found the following Adobe Knowledge Base articles for the varoius releases of Photoshop:
7.x - CS: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/322/322291.html
CS2: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/332/332534.html
CS4 - CS5: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/kb406794.html
All three articles were nearly identical to one another, with the only real difference being in the "products affected" section. If you follow those URLs, you will find that only the last one for CS4 and CS5 is working. We found that pointing users complaining of the file locked error in Photoshop was a massive help to our case that users should copy the files locally, modify them, then copy them back to the server. Once they saw the words from the horse's mouth, they stopped bugging us about the problem or accusing us of not knowing what we were doing.
Just today I had another CS2 user complain about this problem in Photoshop. I went to give him the above URL for CS2, but decided to click the link first. I found that it gave me a HTTP 404 "page not found" error. I found the same thing with the 7.x - CS article. As I said previously, we rely heavily on these knowledge base articles for backup on the information we were giving to the users on this issue. We did not keep a PDF copy of the KB articles.
I understand that the versions 7.x - CS2 are old, but I have located other CS2 knowledge base articles that are still up. I have also discovered a Japanese language version of the CS2 article I am looking for that is still published (http://kb2.adobe.com/jp/cps/231/231270.html). Does anyone know where I might find the missing KB articles? Would it be possible for me to contact Adobe directly? We do not have an active support agreement.
Scott W. Sander

Many of our users are not sophisticated enough to try to search vendor knowledge bases for solutions to their problems. It seems almost everyone submits helpdesk tickets to us for every problem they experience. We have previously explained that the problem is inherent in the product, but it was not until we supplied the actual knowledge base articles from Adobe that it quited the users down. They simply did not believe us and assumed we were incompetent because we were not able to solve the problem for them.
As for the CS4/CS5 link, thank you. You are correct. I had pasted them in from an old e-mail but the formatting was screwed up so I retyped them all manually and seem to have made a typo.
The suggestion about keeping the KB articles offline now is a good one. I thought of that already and did previously save a copy of the CS4/CS5 article as a PDF before I created this thread. The suggestion of modifying the HTML of the CS4/CS5 article to include the other versions is also good one, and I will probably do that. But I still wish I could somehow access the real KB articles. As I said in my first post, we found that users hearing it from the horse's mouth was really the only way to get them to believe us in most cases. Of course, maybe they won't know the difference with this custom PDF. It just seems a bit dishonest and there is a small risk of being caught.
I don't understand why Adobe would remove the articles for 7.x - CS2, even if they are old and not officially supported anymore. Heck, CS2 was released in 2005 and there are Pagemaker articles still published and the last version of that was released in 2001. What is laughable is that there is a link on the error pages to report a broken link, but if you click that all it does is take you to the normal support portal where there is no place to report broken links.
In any case, I will create the custom PDF but if anyone has an archived copy of the missing KB articles or knows how I might be able to get them from Adobe, please let me know. Thank you.

Computer requires the update described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB2619234

I have a Windows 2008r2sp1 server that I would like to setup a test environment for Exchange2013. I have tried to install the prerequisites in the technet article here (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354). But when trying to install
the HotFix (437878_intl_i386_zip.exe) I am told that "This update is not applicable to your computer". I tried to run the Exch2013 Install anyway after a few minutes it too tells me that "This computer requires the update described in
Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB2619234" and I have downloaded the file a second time and rebooted multiple times as well, but cannot seem to get past this HotFix install. Can anyone tell me what I missed?

Is Windows Update is UpToDate? Try install all the required Update and reboot the server and check the issue.
If that doesn't help then I think you should give a try at Windows Forum
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/home?forum=winservergen
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I have the problem described in /forums/knowledge-base-articles/704725. (Firefox is already running but not responding). My only solution is to use Task Manager to end the firerfox process. I am the only user and there are no other profiles on my system

Occasionally I have the problem discussed in /forums/knowledge-base-articles/704725 , Firefox is already running. My only fix is to use Task Manager to end the firefox process. At such tmes, I have no other instances running.

'''https://support.mozilla.org/questions/997866?esab=a&s=&r=1&as=s'''.<BR>
This is not a cure but will make it easier if Firefox locks up.

Time Machine Knowledge Base Article Ineffective?

Hello. I'm still unable to see past backups using Time Machine in some folders, and I've followed the knowledge base article to the letter. The folder appears at the correct time and day of the backup, but it's empty. I've also followed other suggestions in discussions that deselect the external drive, reselect the drive, eject, restart the computer, etc., but to no avail.
What's interesting (and frustrating) is that the fix from the knowledge base article worked for a few days, but now I'm back to square one.
Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated, because I'm completely stumped.

crinsf,
Well, I'm assuming that your problems are related to the "unknown" user or group ID problem that surfaces when one upgrades from Tiger to Leopard, as opposed to installing Leopard "from scratch."
Without going into all the gory details, suffice it to say that it is not an insurmountable problem. I'm not sure exactly how your backup may be affected, but we can certainly correct what is probably the root of the problem by running a command or two on your HOME folder. We can deal with the Time Machine backup afterward if it seems necessary, although I hesitate to do so.
First, let's establish that all of your files are properly located in your HOME folder. Also, that you are an admin user. Can you assure me that both of these statements are correct? If so, proceed with the rest of my instructions...
Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal. At the prompt, copy and paste the following text into the Terminal window, then press <RETURN>:
<pre style="overflow:auto; font-family: 'Monaco'; font-size: 10px">sudo chown -R `id -u`:`id -g` /Users/`id -un`</pre>
When you press <RETURN>, you will be asked for your admin password. Enter it (it will not be echoed) and again press <RETURN>.
If you are just now starting out with Time Machine, it may be easiest to simply delete your current Time Machine backup and start over, after you have run the command above. Since whatever backups that currently exist are incomplete, there's really no sense in keeping them. Just start over, and make sure everything is being copied properly this time.
If there are additional users on your machine, we will need to use other methods (which result in the same "fixes") to correct the problems there.
Scott

Safari fails to display Apple knowledge base

I have a recurring problem with Safari (most recent verion, OS 10.10.2).
When I got to knowledge base articles at Apple support (http://support.apple.com/kb/) I get nothing but a blank page; no error message, zippo.
I have to go into Safari Prefs>Privacy>Remove all website data...>Details... find apple.com and delete all cookies, etc for that domain. Then it works.
It's rather annoying; how do I prevent this from happening over and over (aside from using Chrome...)?

Try Safari/Preferences/Privacy and delete the Apple cookie. Still not right, but that does it for me.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Feedback
Or you can use your Apple ID to register with this site and go the Apple BugReporter. Supposedly you will get an answer if you submit feedback.
Feedback via Apple Developer

Where is the Link to search Knowledge Base?

I was trying to tell another user where to find a link to do a search of the Apple Knowledge Base articles but I've come up empty handed. I looked all over the support page but only find the basic "search" box or two. Where is the one where more detailed searches can be done? Thanks.
Regards,
Steve M.

Hey!
Try:
http://kbase.info.apple.com/
You can select which category to search with too. (Technical Articles, Manuals etc..) by Model, language etc..Quite detailed
Hope this helps!

Error message KB19454 in the BlackBerry Desktop Manager Knowledge Base.

Please somebody help me!! I have been trying for the past 3 hours to sync my address book with my mac. All I want to do is save my contact information so I can then sync them with my new apple iPhone 4 as I am getting rid of this annoying blackberry curve!!
My calendar sync worked without problem but I am going crazy with this error message.
Please someone help me!!!

Hi and Welcome to the Forums!
For your first issue, I cannot tell if you've yet worked through the referenced KB...if not, you can find it here.
For your second issue, I'm unsure...but perhaps this will help:
Anytime random strange behavior or sluggishness creeps in, the first thing to do is a battery pop reboot. With power ON, remove the back cover and pull out the battery. Wait about a minute then replace the battery and cover. Power up and wait patiently through the long reboot -- ~5 minutes. See if things have returned to good operation. Like all computing devices, BB's suffer from memory leaks and such...with a hard reboot being the best cure.
Best!
Occam's Razor nearly always applies when troubleshooting technology issues!
If anyone has been helpful to you, please show your appreciation by clicking the button inside of their post. Please click here and read, along with the threads to which it links, for helpful information to guide you as you proceed. I always recommend that you treat your BlackBerry like any other computing device, including using a regular backup schedule...click here for an article with instructions.
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Local KDC (LKDC) relating to Leopard clients logging into Tiger Server

This is a follow-up to my posting on this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5982070#5982070
Pursuing the problem I had when I upgraded to Leopard, I found it odd that trusted binding to Tiger OD from a Leopard client created a funny computer entry in the Workgroup Manger (WGM). Previously when using trusted binding from a Tiger machine to a Tiger server, one entry would be created. And Logging in as an OD user worked every time for me. However, it appears that under 10.5.1 Kerberos has changed significantly in that it is now being used extensively through the Leopard OS for Peer-to-Peer applications. This may account for the screwed up Computer account entries in WGM when a 10.5.1 client binds to 10.4.11 Server using trusted binding. The giveaway clue to this is the LKDC:SHA1 entry created in the WGM computer record (usually 3 seperate records for 10.5.1 instead of the normal single record with a Tiger client). My question is this:
Are there any changes that can be performed via command line on the 10.5.1 client to mimic the old 10.4 client Kerberos configuration without pervasive Peer-to-Peer use of Kerberos? Is is a config setting for the mit.kerberos file? Could it be as simple as flipping a switch to get the older more compatible Kerberos config of a 10.4 Tiger client? Can I dump the Local KDC present in Leopard, and get back to the good old days of non-local KDC under Tiger?
http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=LeopardServerReview-LocalDirectory
"The Local KDC
Yes, you read that right, the local KDC. All Leopard client systems will now create a Local KDC for use with peer to peer file sharing.
While this isn't even as close to as scary as it seems, it is a topic worthy of at least a separate article, if not a whole series. I put on my thinking toque and sat in my thinking corner for a while on this, and I've not yet been able to come up with a reason for why having a KDC on every machine is less secure than how 10.4 did things. Having said that, though, I fully understand how this can seriously freak out your network security team as they don't quite grasp all the ins and the outs of this. Combine this with Back to My Mac, another article that's forthcoming, and you have a very interesting collection of some "sleeper" features in Leopard.
So, in a nutshell, a Local KDC, the LKDC, is created when 10.5 is installed. Local users will get LKDC authentication authorities allowing them to get Kerberos tickets and use that for single sign on to all the services hosted on that client system. Kerberos is supposed to be only used when you use Bonjour to discover the other machine. So primarily in peer to peer on the same LAN cases.
It works, you can see this for yourself. Screen share to another machine as a local user by picking the machine out of the sidebar in the Finder. You'll have to enter in your password the first time, but after that you can close out of that screen sharing session and restart it without having to re-enter your password. You can also see the ticket in the Kerberos.app, still buried in /System/Library/CoreServices."

Eric,
Thanks so much for your thoroughness and assistance. I think we have decided, for now, to forgo the 10.5 clients attaching to the 10.4 server because of too many intermittant issues. Similar machines on 10.5 gave different results. And at this point, our client is very skittish about the process working at all. I think we need more testing and that is the directon we'll take for now.
Here are some of our results:
I did find information on afp548 regarding the 10.5 preference. It was specificall referenced in this article:
http://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=18&showtopic=16064
Clearing the check box on the 10.4 server under OD > Settings > Security "Require password change on new user login" did solve the memory issue that kerberos was having. After clearing the setting, I:
* deleted all binding references at the server (WGM > Accounts > Lists > All Computers
* Deleted the bindings at the client and the the LDAP server references in Directory Access
* Restarted the machine
* Reconnected the LDAP server, Rebind the machine
* Check the LDAP search in issuing id <username> in Terminal
* OPen System PReferences > Accounts > Login Items, the preference is there!
* Yeehah
Oh, but the user still can't login in that machine. Uhm, why? I have no idea. I take a new machine, 10.5.1, no login accounts except a local admin, and no that user still cannot login. Other users, no problem, but not that user.
Take a new system, 10.4.11, set up the binding, the LDAP server, try to log in that same user: works every time. Ugh.
So of course, I think there is something up with that user, but nothing in logs gives an indication of what is going on. That I can find. THis is after 10 hours of testing and trying. Needless to state, the client is frustrated, and so am I.
You know, we do have one 10.5.1 client laptop that did work. After lots of binding and rebinding, it just somehow starting working as expected. But, the reason that we're sticking with 10.4 clients for now is that machine will not respond to password change mandates. I select that user in the WGM, check the "require password change on next login" and nothing happens on their end. They are not an admin, I have reset their account more times than I can count, and so I expect there are more non-working items with 10.5.1 clients and 10.4 server that will get me. It needs more testing for now.
So, back to your message, I haven't tried the SSL certificate, but I will give that a try.
In general, for your network, how are your laptop users configured? As mobile users? Network homes? Or Local homes?
Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.

Since cahnging FIOS Internet provider, which required a router to go in front of "AirPort" I have a blinking yellow on the AirPort and suggested editing in AirPort utility to cahnge from Double NAT to "Bridge Mode" my knowledge base is not clear as t

How do I clean up my new FIOS connection? I just cahnged ISP Fios and they reqquired a router of thier own in front of my AirPort Extreme. Since then I have blinking yellow light on the AirPort and AirPort utility keeps promting for an edit. Suggests canging from NAT to "Bridge mode". Obviuosly U have some internet or this post would not go anywhere, my knowledge base is not enought to feel comfortable with changing the settings. Correctly editing can be tricky, so how do I make necessary changes?

How do I clean up my new FIOS connection?
The FIOS router needs to be in Bridge Mode to prevent the Double NAT error from occurring when two routers are both fighting with each other for control of the network.
Unfortunately, the likely problem from the FIOS side is that FIOS support will either tell you that their router cannot be configured to operate in Bridge Mode, or if it can, they will not tell you how to do it.
But, it could not hurt to check with FIOS to see if anything might have changed recently in this regard, so your first call would be to FIOS support.
If you cannot change the FIOS router to Bridge Mode, the alternate plan would be to change the AirPort Extreme to Bridge Mode. If you are using the Guest Network feature on the AirPort Extreme at this time, that feature will not work correctly when the AirPort is set up in Bridge Mode.

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Hey Chappers64!
Here is an article that will help you with this issue:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5185
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Error message: cannot remove older versions of apple software update

I recently got a 30 gb ipod, and i cant install itunes 7. I originally tried installing it at first, and it said cannot remove older applications of Apple Software Update. So i installed itunes 4 to put music on my ipod. Then i tried again to install itunes 7 and i keep getting the same error message. Anyone else having this problem? Can anyone give me some suggestions please?

I would first try and remove both iTunes and Quicktime prior to doing the install of iTunes. The following link will show you how to remove both programs. Make sure you do Step 16 as it is usually Quicktime that causes problems with the upgrade.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93698
If it will not let you remove the programs, you can try using the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. The download is about 1/4 of the way down the page. Good luck.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

Repair Disk Permissions utility stalled - I have read the knowledge base

I have researched the knowledge base and search for posts on this and cannot find answer: Running 10.4 at the latest version. used the original install 1 disc I received with Tiger to repair disc permissions (like Apple support has told me to do in the past, but my current research said I do not need to do this unless certain parameters are met, and none of the parameters applied, but oh well, I am here anyway). Cold Boot from the original install disc 1 and slected the start up disk I use (I only have one start up disc/drive). Did a repair disc permissions and got a long running routine that reporting a lot of fixes, then the utility has stalled -- no progress on the progress bar. I "stopped" the process using the "stop repair" button (three times). The log reflected the utility stopped, but the progress bar still is blue and not moving (for a couple of hours). When I go to quity File >Disk Utility, it warns me that Disk Utility is running and this may make my system unstable/unsuable.
QUESTION: CAN I JUST QUIT DISK UTILITY AND NOT HAVE ANY ADVERSE AFFECT ON MY IMAC DRIVE?

Thanks for your advice, I still have an issue:
-after the first repair disk permission "stalled" process, I exited Disk Utility and cold booted the machine after I had disconnected all external devices other than the original iMac keyboard
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- I pushed the "stop disk permission repair" button, then quit disk utility, then cold booted the machine again.
-re-applied combo patch as above, then cold booted the machine
-ran disk utility from the original iMac install #1 disk, ran "repair disk permissions", and then received the same error message as above.
- I then just quit Disk Utility and cold booted the machine again and went about my business. There does not seem to be any problem with the machine (was not before, but I ran repair permissions thinkging this was a routine maintenance taks that should be run)
- in my prior search of the knowledge base, I found the following information about repair disk permissions:
Location: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607495&#607495
How often should I Repair Permissions?
You do not need to Repair Permissions on a regular basis.
There are only three occasions you need to do this:
1. When you have just installed something that required you to run an Installer, rather than just copying some software to a folder. This should be done for both Apple and non-Apple software.
2. When you have been working on your OS X files or folders while booted from OS 9, or remotely connected via a non-OS X machine, since OS 9 and other systems do not handle OS X's permissions correctly.
3. The other case is if your system is behaving strangely, when you should run Disk Repair from your CD followed by Repair Permissions. This is just to eliminate these things before going on to further trouble-shooting.
Otherwise you can happily forget about Permissions!"
So, it would appear I do not need to do anything else; the machine seems to be working properly. Is there anything else I need to do? thanks for the help! Bob

Three days ago I replaced an earlier Adobe Flash with version 10.1.85.3. This has not appeared in the list in Tools/Addons/Plugins to permit me to enable it in Firefox, and I can't find the answer in the knowledge base.

Re. installing/enabling a Flash plugin
1 I'm running Firefox version 3.6.10 on Windows XP SP3.
2 Three days ago Secunia PSI informed me the installed version of Flash was a security threat so I uninstalled it then installed the latest version 10.1.85.3 . It appears in the Control Panel add and remove programs listings.
3 As of 2 days ago BBC iplayer keeps telling me I need to install (latest version of?) Flash.
4 I don't have this problem using my fallback Internet Explorer.
5 Assuming I needed to enable Flash in Firefox I went to Tools/Addons/Plugins but Flash is not listed there.
6 Firefox Support/Knowledge base/Installing the Flash plugin doesn't help - in step 2 I don't see the yellow 'Additional plugins are required...' bar when I go to the Adobe test page, but then why should I, it's already installed.
6 What's going on - please help!

I have the same problem as luiszamarreno. I tried using the following to update:
sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flashplugin flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Now I have the "flashplugin-nonfree" v. 10.01.218+really9.0.283.0ubuntu1 and it still doesn't work for the Facebook plugin. I get the notice it has crashed and needs to be updated. I also get a notice to update on the plugins page under tools --> addons. When I try that, it goes to the Adobe Web site, which I have seen on Ubuntu support sites that I do not want to upgrade from there.
Does anybody have an answer to this?

Error 6 even after installing the software from Knowledge Base

I am sure this has been on here before but I cannot find it.
I am building a wedding video, one main menu, two sub menus with 7 chapters each.
Check project reveals all set to go.
tried to use the software recommended in the knowledge base but my system already has the latest version installed.
SItuation-
Burning Mpeg 2 BluRay Max quality
All assets include two timelines (Trancscoded at Max quality), 3 menus, one sound track for menu.
Using Dell 690 Workstation
Duel Xeon Quadcore 5455's
Loaded 16 gigs of Ram but using three since XP32 SP3
Sony Blu-ray burner (other burner disabled)
7TB's of Hard drive attached to system. 5 on board Drives and 4TB through Esata. System drive 10000RPM WD Rap.
have Avid Media composer on this System too (If those drivers could be of issue and Sonic Scenarist (This project does not need that power)).
Also Several conversion apps Sorrenson, TMPGEnc, Procoder, AVS Video converter. (Driver issues interfering?).
Never produced a wedding video as my line is Football but did a 5 camera HD shoot (also shot some Super 8 footage upconverted to HD) for nephew as a wedding present. Sending him a Blu-
Ray Samsung player with the video this week if I can get it on the Disc.
Could start over with Sonic DVDit HD or Scenarist but spent last night building this encore job.
ERROR 6 I could use a little help on this one please.

Thank you.
I actually spoke to an employee at Park Av (Adobe headquarters) in San Jose this morning through a friend in the industry who added her on (There is someone there all the time he said).
The simple fix according to her is just the cause that was in your link, it comes from transferring assets in and out. I had done that and the replacement cued up the error 6. There are other error 6's generated but that was the first question she asked.
Anyway I really appreciate the response.
Actually writing the disc now with just a few gigs to go on the Test Copy.

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