Leopard Server question on using partitions for User home directories

I am setting up a leopard server (Xserve) with an external array (xraid). We set up a /System partition, a /Users partition and a /TimeMachine partition. Each is a partition on a RAID5 device, so we should be pretty well backed up!
The issue I am having centers on how to get Leopard to use the /Users partition. Apparently, the accounts we set up all had their home directories created under /System/Users, not /Users. This is true for local machine accounts as well as OpenDirectory accounts.
The question I have is: should I be trying to figure out how to mount the /Users volume inside /System (that would be my old UNIX approach), or should I be trying to set up my users to use the new mount point?
I am not clear on the 'apple' way for this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Charlie

I suggest posting to the Mac OS X Server forum where you're more likely to get a cogent response.

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Using PARTITION FOR/SUBPARTITION FOR syntax to insert

We are trying to use PARTITION FOR syntax (or, better, SUBPARTITION FOR syntax) to insert into a subpartitioned table.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e26088/sql_elements009.htm#i165979
08:26:46 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE    11.2.0.3.0      Production
TNS for Solaris: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
5 rows selected.This table is has interval partitions on DATA_ORIGIN_ID and list subpartitions on TABLE_NAME.
First, a basic insert without specifying partitions:
08:10:05 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02> insert into key_ids2 (
08:11:51   2 DATA_ORIGIN_ID         ,
08:11:51   3 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:11:51   4 DUR_UK                 ,
08:11:51   5 DUR_UK_ID              )
08:11:51   6 select
08:11:51   7 12         ,
08:11:51   8 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:11:51   9 DUR_UK                 ,
08:11:51 10 DUR_UK_ID
08:11:51 11 from key_ids where table_name = 'PART'
08:11:51 12 and rownum <= 10;
10 rows created.Verifying SUBPARTITION FOR syntax on a SELECT:
08:19:43 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02>
08:26:45 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02>
08:26:45 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02>
08:26:45 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02>
08:26:45 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02> select count(*) from key_ids2
08:26:45   2 subpartition for(12,'PART');
COUNT(*)
        10
1 row selected.But when we add a subpartition specification (to limit the lock to a single subpartition), we get a syntax error:
08:14:57 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02> insert into key_ids2 subpartition for(12,'PART') (
08:14:57   2 DATA_ORIGIN_ID         ,
08:14:57   3 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:14:57   4 DUR_UK                 ,
08:14:57   5 DUR_UK_ID              )
08:14:57   6 select
08:14:57   7 14         ,
08:14:57   8 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:14:57   9 DUR_UK||'!'                 ,
08:14:57 10 DUR_UK_ID
08:14:57 11 from key_ids
08:14:57 12 where table_name = 'PART'
08:14:57 13 and rownum <= 10;
insert into key_ids2 subpartition for(12,'PART') (
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-14173: illegal subpartition-extended table name syntaxSpecifying at the partition level did not work either:
08:14:58 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02> insert into key_ids2 partition for(14) (
08:15:23   2 DATA_ORIGIN_ID         ,
08:15:23   3 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:15:23   4 DUR_UK                 ,
08:15:23   5 DUR_UK_ID              )
08:15:23   6 select
08:15:23   7 14         ,
08:15:23   8 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:15:23   9 DUR_UK||'!'                 ,
08:15:23 10 DUR_UK_ID
08:15:23 11 from key_ids
08:15:23 12 where table_name = 'PART'
08:15:23 13 and rownum <= 10;
insert into key_ids2 partition for(14) (
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-14108: illegal partition-extended table name syntaxBut specifying explicit partition and subpartition does work:
08:17:45 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02> insert into key_ids2 partition (SYS_P15127) (
08:18:23   2 DATA_ORIGIN_ID         ,
08:18:23   3 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:18:23   4 DUR_UK                 ,
08:18:23   5 DUR_UK_ID              )
08:18:23   6 select
08:18:23   7 12         ,
08:18:23   8 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:18:23   9 DUR_UK||'!'                 ,
08:18:23 10 DUR_UK_ID
08:18:23 11 from key_ids
08:18:23 12 where table_name = 'PART'
08:18:23 13 and rownum <= 10;
10 rows created.
08:18:24 GM_CS_CDR@oradev02> insert into key_ids2 subpartition (SYS_SUBP15126) (
08:19:42   2 DATA_ORIGIN_ID         ,
08:19:42   3 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:19:42   4 DUR_UK                 ,
08:19:42   5 DUR_UK_ID              )
08:19:42   6 select
08:19:42   7 12         ,
08:19:42   8 TABLE_NAME             ,
08:19:42   9 DUR_UK||'!#'                 ,
08:19:42 10 DUR_UK_ID
08:19:42 11 from key_ids
08:19:42 12 where table_name = 'PART'
08:19:42 13 and rownum <= 10;
10 rows created.We have been successful in using the PARTITION FOR syntax for tables that were partitioned but not subpartitioned.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike

I've created a simplified script to reproduce our issue. The use of the syntax on an INSERT INTO using VALUES still produces the same error.
Thanks,
Andy
select * from v$version;
create table part_test_tbl
data_origin_id NUMBER not null,
table_name VARCHAR2(30) not null,
dur_uk     VARCHAR2(250) not null,
dur_uk_id NUMBER
partition by range (data_origin_id) INTERVAL (1)
subpartition by list (TABLE_NAME)
SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE(
subpartition BLUE values ('BLUE'),
subpartition RED values ('RED'),
subpartition YELLOW values ('YELLOW'),
subpartition GREEN values ('GREEN'),
subpartition ORANGE values ('ORANGE')
(PARTITION DFLT_INTRVL VALUES LESS THAN (0)
subpartition BLUE values ('BLUE'),
subpartition RED values ('RED'),
subpartition YELLOW values ('YELLOW'),
subpartition GREEN values ('GREEN'),
subpartition ORANGE values ('ORANGE')
-- Create/Recreate indexes
create index PART_TEST_TBL_PK on PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
compress 2 local;
create unique index PART_TEST_TBL_UK on PART_TEST_TBL (TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK_ID)
compress 1;
-- Create/Recreate primary, unique and foreign key constraints
alter table PART_TEST_TBL
add constraint PART_TEST_TBL_PK primary key (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK) USING INDEX PART_TEST_TBL_PK;
alter table PART_TEST_TBL
add constraint PART_TEST_TBL_UK unique (TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK_ID) USING INDEX PART_TEST_TBL_UK;
--Add test data
BEGIN
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (0, 'BLUE', '1', 1);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (0, 'BLUE', '2', 2);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (0, 'YELLOW', '3', 3);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (0, 'GREEN', '4', 4);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (0, 'ORANGE', '5', 5);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (1, 'BLUE', '6', 6);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (1, 'BLUE', '7', 7);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (1, 'YELLOW', '8', 8);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (1, 'GREEN', '9', 9);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (1, 'ORANGE', '10', 10);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (2, 'BLUE', '11', 11);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (2, 'BLUE', '12', 12);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (2, 'YELLOW', '13', 13);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (2, 'GREEN', '14', 14);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (2, 'ORANGE', '15', 15);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (10, 'BLUE', '16', 16);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (10, 'BLUE', '17', 17);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (10, 'YELLOW', '18', 18);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (10, 'GREEN', '19', 19);
   insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
   values (10, 'ORANGE', '20', 20);
   COMMIT;
END;
--Validate the subpartition_extended syntax
select count(*) from PART_TEST_TBL subpartition for(10,'BLUE');
--Show subpartition_extended syntax does not work on INSERT INTO
INSERT /*+APPEND */ INTO PART_TEST_TBL SUBPARTITION FOR (10,'BLUE')
(data_origin_id
,table_name
,dur_uk
,dur_uk_id)
VALUES
(10
,'BLUE'
,'16!'
,1016);
--Show subpartition_extended syntax does not work on INSERT INTO
INSERT /*+APPEND */ INTO PART_TEST_TBL SUBPARTITION FOR (10,'BLUE')
(data_origin_id
,table_name
,dur_uk
,dur_uk_id)
SELECT ptt.data_origin_id
      ,ptt.table_name
      ,ptt.dur_uk || '!' dur_uk
      ,ptt.dur_uk_id + 1000 dur_uk_id
FROM PART_TEST_TBL ptt
WHERE ptt.table_name = 'BLUE'
   AND ptt.data_origin_id = 10;
DROP TABLE part_test_tbl PURGE;-----
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE 11.2.0.3.0 Production
TNS for Solaris: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
SQL> create table part_test_tbl
2 (
3    data_origin_id NUMBER not null,
4    table_name VARCHAR2(30) not null,
5    dur_uk     VARCHAR2(250) not null,
6    dur_uk_id NUMBER
7 )
8 partition by range (data_origin_id) INTERVAL (1)
9 subpartition by list (TABLE_NAME)
10 SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE(
11    subpartition BLUE values ('BLUE'),
12    subpartition RED values ('RED'),
13    subpartition YELLOW values ('YELLOW'),
14    subpartition GREEN values ('GREEN'),
15    subpartition ORANGE values ('ORANGE')
16 )
17 (PARTITION DFLT_INTRVL VALUES LESS THAN (0)
18    (
19    subpartition BLUE values ('BLUE'),
20    subpartition RED values ('RED'),
21    subpartition YELLOW values ('YELLOW'),
22    subpartition GREEN values ('GREEN'),
23    subpartition ORANGE values ('ORANGE')
24    )
25 );
Table created
SQL> -- Create/Recreate indexes
SQL> create index PART_TEST_TBL_PK on PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
2    compress 2 local;
Index created
SQL> create unique index PART_TEST_TBL_UK on PART_TEST_TBL (TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK_ID)
2    compress 1;
Index created
SQL> -- Create/Recreate primary, unique and foreign key constraints
SQL> alter table PART_TEST_TBL
2    add constraint PART_TEST_TBL_PK primary key (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK) USING INDEX PART_TEST_TBL_PK;
Table altered
SQL> alter table PART_TEST_TBL
2    add constraint PART_TEST_TBL_UK unique (TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK_ID) USING INDEX PART_TEST_TBL_UK;
Table altered
SQL> --Add test data
SQL> BEGIN
2
3     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
4     values (0, 'BLUE', '1', 1);
5
6     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
7     values (0, 'BLUE', '2', 2);
8
9     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
10     values (0, 'YELLOW', '3', 3);
11
12     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
13     values (0, 'GREEN', '4', 4);
14
15     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
16     values (0, 'ORANGE', '5', 5);
17
18     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
19     values (1, 'BLUE', '6', 6);
20
21     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
22     values (1, 'BLUE', '7', 7);
23
24     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
25     values (1, 'YELLOW', '8', 8);
26
27     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
28     values (1, 'GREEN', '9', 9);
29
30     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
31     values (1, 'ORANGE', '10', 10);
32
33     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
34     values (2, 'BLUE', '11', 11);
35
36     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
37     values (2, 'BLUE', '12', 12);
38
39     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
40     values (2, 'YELLOW', '13', 13);
41
42     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
43     values (2, 'GREEN', '14', 14);
44
45     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
46     values (2, 'ORANGE', '15', 15);
47
48     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
49     values (10, 'BLUE', '16', 16);
50
51     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
52     values (10, 'BLUE', '17', 17);
53
54     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
55     values (10, 'YELLOW', '18', 18);
56
57     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
58     values (10, 'GREEN', '19', 19);
59
60     insert into PART_TEST_TBL (DATA_ORIGIN_ID, TABLE_NAME, DUR_UK, DUR_UK_ID)
61     values (10, 'ORANGE', '20', 20);
62
63     COMMIT;
64 END;
65 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed
SQL> --Validate the subpartition_extended syntax
SQL> select count(*) from PART_TEST_TBL subpartition for(10,'BLUE');
COUNT(*)
         2
SQL> --Show subpartition_extended syntax does not work on INSERT INTO
SQL> INSERT /*+APPEND */ INTO PART_TEST_TBL SUBPARTITION FOR (10,'BLUE')
2 (data_origin_id
3 ,table_name
4 ,dur_uk
5 ,dur_uk_id)
6 VALUES
7 (10
8 ,'BLUE'
9 ,'16!'
10 ,1016);
INSERT /*+APPEND */ INTO PART_TEST_TBL SUBPARTITION FOR (10,'BLUE')
(data_origin_id
,table_name
,dur_uk
,dur_uk_id)
VALUES
(10
,'BLUE'
,'16!'
,1016)
ORA-14173: illegal subpartition-extended table name syntax
SQL> --Show subpartition_extended syntax does not work on INSERT INTO
SQL> INSERT /*+APPEND */ INTO PART_TEST_TBL SUBPARTITION FOR (10,'BLUE')
2 (data_origin_id
3 ,table_name
4 ,dur_uk
5 ,dur_uk_id)
6 SELECT ptt.data_origin_id
7        ,ptt.table_name
8        ,ptt.dur_uk || '!' dur_uk
9        ,ptt.dur_uk_id + 1000 dur_uk_id
10    FROM PART_TEST_TBL ptt
11   WHERE ptt.table_name = 'BLUE'
12     AND ptt.data_origin_id = 10;
INSERT /*+APPEND */ INTO PART_TEST_TBL SUBPARTITION FOR (10,'BLUE')
(data_origin_id
,table_name
,dur_uk
,dur_uk_id)
SELECT ptt.data_origin_id
      ,ptt.table_name
      ,ptt.dur_uk || '!' dur_uk
      ,ptt.dur_uk_id + 1000 dur_uk_id
FROM PART_TEST_TBL ptt
WHERE ptt.table_name = 'BLUE'
   AND ptt.data_origin_id = 10
ORA-14173: illegal subpartition-extended table name syntax
SQL> DROP TABLE part_test_tbl PURGE;
Table dropped
SQL>

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It may not always be possible to stay connected to Adobe's Stratus servers so this would be useful.
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gs.ipMulticastMemberUpdatesEnabled = true;
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LDAP Users & Home Directories

Hello, any help would be much appreciated on this one!
I have a Dual 2.3Ghz Xserve G5 running OSX Server 10.4.9 with a 700Gb Xserve RAID. All users home directories are stored on the RAID. I had 1361 users on the LDAP Open Directory system and all was running perfectly. I tried to add another 10 users, all added fine into Workgroup Manager, but I was then getting "User already Logged In" messages, when the users were not logged in. If I turn on "multiple logins" the user can login but the home directory is not created!! Is this a limitation of LDAP OD? A problem with the OS and the Finder not handling more than 1361 directories??? Any help would be excellent!!!!!!
Dual 2.3Ghz G5 Xserve & Xserve RAID Mac OS X (10.4.9) Latest updates installed!

Hi
Wow! I wonder what the load on the CPU would be?
I’ve read somewhere that OSX Server as an Open Directory Master can host up to 10,000 users and by implication – you would assume – the same amount of home folders.
What you’ve got ask yourself is whether the network can cope with that amount of users? If you have the budget you should really be looking to balance the load with more than one server, probably 3 at the least. One to run DNS and DHCP Services, another to run Open Directory and another to run simple file services such as AFP, Windows, Print etc. It would be a good idea in the environment you describe to think about a fallover (replica) server also.

Windows and Mac User Home Directories

I would like to locate my user home directories in a seperate location than my system drive. Currently the home directories default to the Users sharpoint on my system hard drive. I have yet to find an option that allows me to redirect this. Thank you in advance for your help.

1. Create the folder that will store your home directories, wherever you want to put it.
2. Share the folder in Workgroup Manager.
3. Make sure you create a network mount record for the share (Network Mount tab in Workgroup Manager).
4. Select a user or users, click the Homes tab, and select the share point you just created.
David Walton

Can you use Snow Leopard Server with Timewarner Road runner for file sharin

I have Time Warner Roadrunner service for internet. I have there fastest package. they said it has a dynamic ip address. If you are using Snow Leopard Server and I want todo File sharing upload and downloads to my Macpro do I have to have a static ip address or is there a way around this. The Static ip address accounts are expensive
Also from your experience. if I have 12 people uploading and downloading files willt his bring my browsing in safari to a crawl?
thanks

You need to first check with your provider to see if that service is even allowed (often it is not). You may have to subscribe to a commercial or small business service to set up an FTP or other file sharing server.
Actual performance depends upon what your upload capacity is, and how much of that is being used by the total users using the service. It is possible a single user downloading files from your server will consume your entire pipe. OTOH, it might support hundreds of simultaneous users, if they are each using a small amount. In reality, your link capacity will be shared by all users regardless of the number of users.

Setting up Snow Leopard Server with Address Book, iCal for Small Business

Hello Folks,
I have a small business with 2-3 people and I want to setup Snow Leopard Server on a Mac Mini. I have everything in place, RAID, Backup drive etc.
What I need is a guide on how to setup the server correctly and how to setup Address Book Server, iCal Server, DNS, etc. I was in IT a long while back but have gone back to my creative roots and sworn off IT but I am in a situation where my IT guy's wife is pregnant so he is busy painting the baby's room, etc.
I was looking at Snow Leopard Server for Dummies and a few other books. Do you guys have any suggestions on resources for me to read or research that would give me very straightforward steps in getting this setup. I am at a point where I can re-install from scratch if needed.
For the ease of those that might respond let's assume I know my way around Mac and general networking as a whole.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers,
Jason

Hi Guys,
First of, I will give you a brief background on me regarding networking as a mac user since 1994. I can setup and network multiple macs without a server in our home and small office. Turning file, print and internet sharing with a regular Mac OS X client version at no problem at all. This would be my first time setting up a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.
I'm in the same boat as Jakekub but we do not have a static IP from our DSL provider. We just bought a Mac Mini Server for our small office with 3 iMacs and 1 MacBook. We will just use the server for internal usage and to centralized things out and use some of server's features like Address Book, Mail, iCal etc. I've search the forums and found Orhidy's post here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2148553
I even followed the sample IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS Server and I think I had it correctly setup initially. And I think I got it all running on the basic setup base on his instructions. So I tried to test my DNS settings via Terminal > hostname then got answer as
servername.companyname.private
And double checking DNS again with a command: sudo changeip - checkhostname and was given an answer of:
Primary address = 192.168.1.192
Current Hostname = servername.companyname.private
DNS Hostname = servername.companyname.private
The names match. There is nothing to change
dirserv:success = "success"
But here's another one that bugs me. I tried to follow from "Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Dummies" the command line:
NSLOOKUP hostname
and got an answer of:
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 192.168.1.192, trying next server
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53
** server can't find hostname: NXDOMAIN
So does it mean that I still haven't configured my server properly?
Thank you all for the help in advance!
dive

Mail server automatically cc all email for user to other acct but group...

Back on April 2007, David_X answered this question:
How to have the mail server automatically cc all e-mail for user to other accounts, (gmail, hotmail, etc). Here is the old post that explains that:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4357149&#4357149
What I did not catch at the time was if you setup a Group, one of three ways, the cc step no longer works. There is a fourth way but it is not practical. Creating local groups on individual Macs.
*Group method 1 per David_X:*
Use edited group files on the server.
The following sends to members of groups but does not show all recipients in the received message...
In /etc/postfix/aliases, add...
groupname: :include:/path/to/groupname.txt
In a file called groupname.txt (using plaintext editor)...
[email protected]
[email protected]
Reload aliases...
sudo newaliases
sudo postalias aliases
sudo postfix reload
Mail sent to [email protected] gets passed to amavisd once, before then being relayed out for each individual recipient.
*Group method 2 per David_X:*
Make a user, e.g., "accounts"
In mail settings, select 'Forward' option and enter the group members' email addresses, comma separated e.g.,
[email protected],[email protected]
This gets a bit 'long' for lots of members.
The email then gets sent to each of the people in this list.
*Group method 3 that I just discovered:*
Create a group in Workgroup Manager.
Drag the users you want in it.
Save.
Test sending to that group.
Best part, the group name shows up in Address Book if you have LDAP setup.
So I have setup all three. If I send an email to any type of group, they work.
The problem:
If one of those members in the group also has a BCC setup to Gmail or any other outside email, they never get the e-mail copied out to the external account.
Example:
I send an email to [email protected]. He gets the email there and also a copy at his Gmail account.
If I send an email to the Sales group that jsmith belongs to, he gets the email there but nothing at the Gmail account.
It looks like the mail server processes the "aliases" file and skips the "Recipient_bcc" file that handles the forwards.
Is there a way to have my cake and eat it too? David_X your thoughts also?
Thanks everyone!

Bump.
Short version. Sales guy has a Gmail account he wants his e-mail copied to also.
Send e-mail directly to his Xserve account, he gets it there and it gets sent on to his Gmail account.
Send an e-mail to the sales Group that he is a member of, he gets it there but it never gets sent out to the Gmail account.
Ideas?

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I like my setup on one partition. But I'm wondering, are there advantages to using separate partitions for /, /home, /boot, and swap?
Simple question, but I'd like to know the answer from many sources, cause it seems like the type of question that has multiple answers.

My laptop and a little server in the home which I'll set up to the face the internet at some point so I can get to files/music etc have split partitioning: / /usr /var /home /tmp (via tmpfs) and separate /boot (needed for lvm/encryption/funny filesystems). I set up the partitions on advice of some of the hardening guides (see wiki). As well as allowing for problems with huge log files crashing the system as mentioned above, the idea is to have separate partitions to restrict what can be done in each area of the file system via mounting options in fstab. Eg, one of the options you could give to /var and/or /home would be noexec, so no exectuables/scripts could be run. If someone breaks in, it should make it harder to gain complete control.
It's prob overkill, but I am a big fan of peace of mind It doesn't take much longer to set up (make it lvm so you don't have to worry about getting the partition sizes wrong) and it doesn't hinder how my system runs in any way.

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Does anyone know if I can use Snow Leopard Server with Windows clients? I would like to use it for backup of user folders and for a Wiki.

Does anyone know if I can use Snow Leopard Server with Windows clients?
Of course you can.

Can you use a network share as location for users' home

I am running a Mac mini with Mountain Lion and Server.app as a home server. For added storage space I have a NAS. I would like to set up the open directory network users' home share on the NAS. Is that even possible?
I am able to mount the network share on the mini using either afp or nfs, and I can also add the NAS share as a home folder enabled share in the server.app and select that as location for a users home folder, but that only results in the user not being able to log on to his account. Is there something that I am missing or is what I am trying to accomplish simply not possible?

It used to be officially supported to use NFS for clients to access their network home directories but with Lion (and Mountain Lion) this was no longer officially supported.
Therefore the need as I mentioned to 're-share' the volume via AFP. As you implied this does unfortunately impose an additional network overhead as traffic has to go as follows.
client ----> AFP ----> Server -----> NFS -----> NAS
What you could consider to help at least a little bit is to connect the server to the NAS on a totally separate network to the network the server uses to talk to the clients on. The main network would be between the server and clients, and you would use a second Ethernet connection just link the NAS and the server. As the clients will not need to talk directly to the NAS this will not be a problem. This would at least mean that each network only gets one set of traffic either AFP or NFS but not both and means the server can use both at full speed at the same time.
The Mac Pro still has two built-in 1Gbps Ethernet ports but you can also get either a USB3 Ethernet adaptor or a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adaptor (I have used one of these on a Mac mini server).
If you did not already have the NAS then people starting from new would be better off either getting a Thunderbolt RAID which can be directly attached to the Mac server, or at the higher-end go the traditional route of setting up a SAN and using an FDDI connection.
Note: You can now get Thunderbolt to FDDI interfaces.

In making a form, I've used buttons for user to select a state. Can I make it go to cities next?

I don't know the correct terminology, so I don't think that I've posed my question very well. Employees will be using the form that I'm trying to make, and I want for them to be able to select a city from a large number of cities, and for that city to ultimately show up on the form (not merely in the data that is output.)
I thought that the clearest way for them to select a city would be for them to start by selecting the pertinent state first. That would allow the list of cities in that state to be shorter and more manageable. So I'd like for them to be able to select a state, and then by virtue of that selection, have a list of cities pop up. I sort of achieved that by using buttons for the states, and then under "actions", I chose "open a file". Then I set it up to open a file that contained the cities that are options,and set each city with a button.
The result is that it goes from my form to a second window, containing states and then to a third window, containing cities. (Actually, there are multiple "city" windows because there's a list of cities for each state.) But then I'd like for the city that they select to wind up being on my original form. Is there an "action" that I can choose that will make that happen?
Or is there a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to accomplish? Maybe I'm just going about this all wrong(?) Any suggestions would be very much appreciated Thank you!

Yes, there is a much better way. I'd recommend using a combo box for the list of states. When the user selects a state, the list of associated cities would populate a second combo box, allowing the user to select a city. This type of functionality relies on JavaScript. If you are unfamiliar with with JavaScript in Acrobat, I'd suggest starting with the following article: http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/js_list_combo_livecycle/
Ignore anything to do with LiveCycle Designer. If you get stuck, post again.

Transfer Snow Leopard to Snow Leopard server question..

Just wondering, if I use TimeMachine backup(Snow Leopard), and trandfer system to Snow Leopard server, is it working? My point is according to my understanding, Snow Leopard server doesn't have iLife. what will happen with my iPhoto iMove,etc...after transfering...
Thanks

hi taylor,
Your photos, music, videos are all kept in your 'home folder.' You can move your home folder from your old computer (or time machine backup drive) using migration assistant. The only thing you need to check is 'user accounts.'
Migrating the home folder from the old computer would be faster then using the time machine backup.
You will also need to install ilife, you would want to install ilife from an ilife install disk.
What are you running server on? usually a servers is not used as your work computer. It's usually a separate computer dictated to sharing resources.
it's also important to note time machine dose not back up many of the services you can host on server.

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