Mac Os 9 using 10.4 Open directory

Hey guys, I am trying to get some of my older mac os 9 computers to see the open directory server, I am using the net boot image that apple gives out for the os 9 net-boot, (It's the apple one)
Any help on this? Just Need to get this netboot img to see the server, for the open directory

The migration guide for moving into Server 10.4 says that you can only support OS 9 clients if you migrate from 10.3. \[I think this is because the tools you need for central Server administration (macintosh manager) are not included by default in 10.4.]
OS 9 computers owe their allegiance to the Server through the use of the OS 9 Multiple Users Control Panel, with the additional setting of "User accounts on the Server" rather than the default "User accounts on this Mac".
Does any of this sound familiar?

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and use the mac os x server version number?

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There's a world of difference between running a home server with half a dozen accounts and a 10,000 user enterprise with network accounts, network home directories, etc., etc.
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Mac OS 10.8.3 Server Open Directory

Hi.
Sorry for my english.
The problem is that to set it "OS X Server Account" on the client, in the settings of email I can not get an address that points to the account properties Open Directory. For example:
User - Mark Douglas
Login - m.duglas
email - [email protected]
But that I did not, I can not get the client automatically adjusting the desired result to me, only "[email protected]"

Hi.
Sorry for my english.
The problem is that to set it "OS X Server Account" on the client, in the settings of email I can not get an address that points to the account properties Open Directory. For example:
User - Mark Douglas
Login - m.duglas
email - [email protected]
But that I did not, I can not get the client automatically adjusting the desired result to me, only "[email protected]"

When i integrate Mac client to the domain open directory, he don't ask me account DirAdmin, Why ?

When i integrate Mac client to the domain open directory, he don't ask me account DirAdmin, Why ?
I don't want all people can integrate mac client to the open directoy without authentification
I want he ask me account diradmin for integrate client mac os x to the domain open directory of Lion Server
I have made a magic triangle
Thanks

Malik-O wrote:
When i integrate Mac client to the domain open directory, he don't ask me account DirAdmin, Why ?
I don't want all people can integrate mac client to the open directoy without authentification
1 ) I want he ask me account diradmin for integrate client mac os x to the domain open directory of Lion Server
Authentication (with open directory admin username & password) is off by default. In Mountain Lion there is no longer a GUI to manage that and some of the other binding options. In Lion, I think you could use Server Admin (or was it Workgroup Manager) -- I can't remember, but there were little checkboxes.
To make authentication mandatory in Mountain Lion, you can use this on the Server:
sudo slapconfig -setmacosxodpolicy -binding required
Use the following to check the binding policies:
slapconfig -getmacosxodpolicy
You might want to check the slapconfig man page, you'll find some of the other options that were in Server Admin in Lion, e.g. disable cleartext, block man-in-middle, etc.
Edit, I just saw you're still using Lion Server, not Mountain Lion. I'm pretty sure the above commands will work on Lion Server as well.

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I'm using Mountain Lion Server primarily as a web server, but as a retired tech writer/programmer I like to fool around with things in case I ever need to return to work. I set up the Open Directory master as part of the installation process, but I'm not sure how useful it is for me. When my site was hosted on Mobileme I got about 30 visits in a day max, and about 1 comment every year or two. So my questions are:
How useful is the Open Directory for me, and is there any point in keeping it turned on?
Is it useful for people outside of my LAN?
Any additional comments, or information are appreciated.

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Strange Permissions problem when creating new Open Directory user

I just set up a mac lab to authenticate to an Open Directory server which also stores home folders. All of the initial users I created work fine, there were about 50 users that I set up. When I added a new user this morning though, it would not allow him to access anything within his home folder (i.e. nothing worked)
I went back to the server and took a look at the Users share and noticed that when his accound was created, instead of setting the owner of the folder to his username (xxx123) it was set to his userid number (1024). I did a chown on his directory to his username and he was then able to access his home directory from the clients.
I realize I found a fix, but I would prefer to not have to do this every time I create a new user. Why is this happening?

Have you used the "Role" drop-down to "SYSDBA"? - if not, you get the ORA-01017 error.

Wrong UID from open directory server

I have a problem with a mac OSX server
I have an open directory server A, that shares all users to every other server i have.
I then have 2 mac OSX servers B and C, that it set up to allow network users. I can easily login with a open directory user, on both servers, but I have a problem. on server B it says the users user id is 1050, which is correct. On server C it says that the same users user id is 1000, which is wrong. Both server set ups are identical, as far as I know. On the Open Directory server A the users id for the user is also 1050, in case that is relevant.
I have checked if server C has a local user with the same name, but htat is not the case.
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Use Open Directory on Mac OS X Server for Airport authentication?

Is it possible to set up an Airport Extreme network so that only people with user names and passwords in the Open Directory on my Mac OS X Server can access it?
I'm picturing a scenario where users would be prompted for the same user name and password they use for other network services when they attempt to join the wireless network.
Our Airport Extreme access point is connected to the second Ethernet port on an original-model XServe that's running Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 (soon to be upgraded to 10.4.x).

Is it possible to set up an Airport Extreme network
so that only people with user names and passwords in
the Open Directory on my Mac OS X Server can access
it?
I'm picturing a scenario where users would be
prompted for the same user name and password they use
for other network services when they attempt to join
the wireless network.
Our Airport Extreme access point is connected to the
second Ethernet port on an original-model XServe
that's running Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 (soon to be
upgraded to 10.4.x).
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You will however, have to research Radius & it's requirements, as I have not yet implemented that on my own system. HTH.
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Hi,
iChat Server is not something that I know a great deal about.
I tend to point people to the OS X Server Communities and to look out for posts by Tim Harris.
Thanks for taking the time to post this.
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Item "filename" is used by mac os x and cannot be opened

Several files within a folder on my son's iMac have become unopenable. The error message is...
Item "filename" is used by mac os x and cannot be opened
Here are some details...
1) The suspect files represent approximately half a folder's worth of files.
2) If I list files alphabetically within the folder, the suspect files occupy a contiguous block within the directory (halfway through the m's to the z's).
3) The files all report zero KB size and a Date Modified as 1 January 1970, 01:37.
I have tried the following, but to no avail...
1) Attempt to fix permissions.
2) Attempt to accessing the suscpect files my placing the computer into Target Disk mode and attempt to access from another mac.
3) Play about with the application Onyx (I read somewhere this may help)
4) Attempt to duplicate the files.
5) Attempt remote access from a networked computer.
6) Attempt access as admin and root user.
The computer is an iMac G3 DV 400MHz running 10.4.10.
I would be grateful for any advice on how to access these files.
Many thanks,
Paul
(I posted this in the Finder forum but didn't get a response, so I posted here - hope that's alright)
Message was edited by: Paul Tuli

You might be able to open those files in, say, TextEdit or Terminal, but what is the point? If they are of zero size they aren't going to be bristling with information!
I suggest it would be more fruitful to try to identify what is putting those files there. Which folder is involved? Just that folder, or others as well?
Just a wild guess, to be ignored if not appropriate, but has anything from Adobe been installed recently? Is the folder by any chance ~/Library/Preferences? Are all the file names human readable, in which case does your son recognise the names as connected with anything he created or has been working on, or are the names gobbledegook? Please copy and paste here a couple of samples of the file names. What does Finder 'Get Info' show as the extension? and the "Open with:"?

MP3 files being used by MAC OS X and cannot be opened?

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Item "name of song.MP3" is being used by MAC OS X and cannot be open.
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I recopied the bad files from my network backup drive and all seems well but I still don't understand why The system told me it was using the files.

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Hi Salda,
I'm currently experiencing a similar problem to yours.
My situation is that I have just created a new user account which is part of our media users group.
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I'm setting up a new mac mini server with Yosemite and I was wondering if there are any advantages or disadvantages to not using the open directory service? The only services I'm planning on using are File Sharing and VPN.

You don't need Open Directory unless you want to manage user accounts centrally on the server.

Use Open Directory for intranet web acces

Is it possible to tap in to Open Directory user information from other services than those build into the server? And that way use the Open Directory authentication for our own home-made service?
We plan to setup an intranet on our OS X 10.6 server. We're still not sure whether to use one of the popular Open Source cms/portal platforms such as Drupal or maybe even WordPress.
1. I would like to use the users accounts in our Open Directory to authenticate to the intranet. Is that possible in any way?
2. Or does anyone know of a way to modify e.g. the build in blog function and integrate that with another system such as Drupal or WordPress?
I'm guessing there are blocks of code in the blog that handle user authentication. And if I keep them where they are on the server and include them in other Drupal files, it may be possible? Is the build in blog build on an open source system like some of the other services on Mac OS X server? A system I can read about anywhere?
+Note: The build in blog or wiki service does not match our needs for an intranet. We need to customize it a lot to make i suit our needs.+
3. Plan B could be to export our 100 users and passwords from Open Directory and import them in the intranet system. But as far as I know it's impossible to export the passwords. Right?
+New users would then have to be added to both Open Directory and the separate intranet system in the future. That would be okay for working but not perfect Plan B.+

ryanowich wrote:
Is it possible to tap in to Open Directory user information from other services than those build into the server?
Yes.
And that way use the Open Directory authentication for our own home-made service?
Sure. I have HP OpenVMS systems that are authenticating to Mac OS X Server boxes. LDAP has a callable interface for applications written in most any active programming language, and many packages already have LDAP support.
We plan to setup an intranet on our OS X 10.6 server. We're still not sure whether to use one of the popular Open Source cms/portal platforms such as Drupal or maybe even WordPress.
You need to narrow your requirements and your ideas somewhat, and work toward a list of features.
I have some discussions posted of what I went through when I ended up picking Drupal.
1. I would like to use the users accounts in our Open Directory to authenticate to the intranet. Is that possible in any way?
Network servers (Apache, DHCP, etc) can authenticate to LDAP, but (once granted access via DHCP and RADIUS, or analogous) clients don't usually further authenticate.
Within Drupal, the [Drupal|http://drupal.org] module [ldapauth|http://drupal.org/node/118092] would be worth a test. That's an available connection into LDAP. (Haven't prototyped that module, though.)
2. Or does anyone know of a way to modify e.g. the build in blog function and integrate that with another system such as Drupal or WordPress?
You're apparently not familiar with Drupal. You might want to learn more about it, and particularly its extensibility. Drupal can be connected to some refrigerators, if you were inclined to do so.
I'm guessing there are blocks of code in the blog that handle user authentication. And if I keep them where they are on the server and include them in other Drupal files, it may be possible? Is the build in blog build on an open source system like some of the other services on Mac OS X server? A system I can read about anywhere?
Including random blocks of code isn't a strategy for success. Understanding the basics of how the pieces fit together tends to be a better strategy. For Drupal, there's always the [Drupal documentation|http://drupal.org/documentation], or the available books on the CMS. Or you can call in somebody that's done this stuff.
+Note: The build in blog or wiki service does not match our needs for an intranet. We need to customize it a lot to make i suit our needs.+
The built-in services are limited, yes. I've been running Drupal on Mac OS X Server for years now.
3. Plan B could be to export our 100 users and passwords from Open Directory and import them in the intranet system. But as far as I know it's impossible to export the passwords. Right?
I would sincerely hope you don't get the passwords out of your authentication system. That would be bad. Cleartext passwords are bad news. You don't want that ability.
+New users would then have to be added to both Open Directory and the separate intranet system in the future. That would be okay for working but not perfect Plan B.+
That would be a hassle.
And I've tested with Wordpress on Mac OS X Server, but haven't deployed it in production. I'll leave discussions of its features and capabilities to others. That written, you might try the [Wordpress web site|http://Wordpress.org], as I'd expect there would be discussions of LDAP there.
I'd suggest determining your requirements, otherwise you're going to flail around given the numbers of options an alternatives here. If you have your requirements, then you have a framework to pick your tools. [Here is what I looked at when I picked Drupal|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/100].

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