Netboot/Server Admin problems

Hi,
I'm using 10.6.8 server and for a while now server admin has disallowed any user to log in to manage the server. I now want to deploy an old 10.6 image and need to re-enable netboot, does anyone have the terminal command as i have forgotten it and cant remember it at all
Regards.
Jim.

sudo serveradmin start netboot

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After doing a server restore, the Netboot pane in Server Admin (on 10.5.8) no longer displays *any* checkboxes, either for ports, or for locations.
What config files can Imodify to repair this?
Some config file must be corrupt, and if I knew what to change, I could fix it, but I cannot find this problem elsewhere.
Ethernet is working everywhere else, so it isn't that.
My Other 10.5 server displays Eth0, Eth1, and FireWire.

That was one of the first things that I tried to do. I tried it again today, just to be certain, and all it did was entirely frag my network.
I have tried three different boot volumes, removed the PCI-X FC card (as apple sayd 'Do Not Use' for Intel XServes: I'm not sure why), tried installing Server Admin v10.5.7 (individual download), which only caused SA to crash constantly, re-applied the 10.5.8 v1.1 update, that seemingly fragged other prefs, and now am re-cloning the main boot volume from the backup I made prior to messing with it today, as I can now no longer even load localhost. :/
Thank goodness for routine system imaging.
**None of this did anything.**
My PPC G5 XServe Netboot works, but the Netboot optipons on the 2008 Intel are still MIA.
I also tried to rempte view the server via SA on the G5, and the ports aren't visible from there either.
I ran a drive with a much older backup, from when I am certain that NetBoot was working. I zapped the Pram six more times, and I'm at a loss here to explain the cause. I thought it could have been due to instal;ling the PCI-X FC card, but that doesn't seem to be true. For the record, I think that the FC card (PCI-X version) *was* working, although I can't prove that, and I don't know why Apple says not to use it on Intel models with a PCI-X slot.
No install that I have, current or backup, will shpw any ports or discs for Netboot, at all. My last resort wi;ll be to try a cleanm install on anopther volume, after I finish restoring this disc image, and see if that shpws the ports. If a clean install does not show ports for NB, than I am totally lost on what else I could do, as it will have to be some kind of bizarre HW problem.
I will have to verify if I have any FW devices plugged into the system. I believe I unplugged them, but I've done so much on this one problem that it's making my head spin.

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We recently switched over from a 10.4 server to an Intel Quad Core Xserve running 10.5.8. Things seemed to be working for about a week but now The File Sharing part of Server Admin fails to load. After spinning for a few minutes I get a kNetworkError on the File Sharing Service.
I'm not totally through setting up all the share points so this is causing quite a problem. Otherwise the Sharepoints that are set up are working properly. The first time this happened a server restart cleared the problem. This time nothing seems to help.
Anyone have a cure for this?

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I'm a bit flustrated with Leopard Server Admin - It gives errors like "Navigation operation cannot proceed" when click from one tab to another in DHCP/Subnets area back to another tab. This is one of the many problems. When I try to add Group in the Firewall, it doen't work, and things dissappear.
All in all, if this is what I have to look forward to in trying to build services using Apple's technology, no thanks.
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Leopard Server is only in beta so it's normal that there are some bugs...
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Server Admin Problem

Hi All
I am running an OSX 10.4.7 server, this server has been working perfect for nearly 2 weeks (since it was setup)
Today I have tried to get into server admin (after my annual leave) and when I do, i get
"There is no server available at the address you entered"
the address i'm using is xserve.local
I removed the server from the list and added it again, no luck
I then tried to do it by its IP address - still no luck
Strange thing is, I can sucessfully open workgroup manager on the same server and browse all of the users on the server.
I have had a search on teh internet and checked my /etc/hostconfig which is...
AFPSERVER=-YES-
AUTHSERVER=-NO-
AUTOMOUNT=-YES-
CUPS=-AUTOMATIC-
NFSLOCKS=-AUTOMATIC-
NISDOMAIN=-NO-
TIMESYNC=-NO-
QTSSWEBADMIN=-NO-
WEBSERVER=-NO-
SMBSERVER=-NO-
SNMPSERVER=-NO-
SPOTLIGHT=-YES-
QTSSRUNSERVER=-NO-
TIMESERV=-NO-
WEBPERFCACHESERVER=-NO-
SERVERMANAGERSERVER=-YES-
ARDAGENT=-YES-
SOFTWAREUPDATESERVER=-NO-
HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-
IPFILTER=-NO-
file
at first it didnt have
SERVERMANAGERSERVER=-YES- so i added that line and restarted the server... no luck
I have a Premium Support Apple Care on this xserve, and they are assisitng,,, but its very slow
for info, the server is
IP: 192.168.4.9
DNS : xserve.compserv.bsfc.ac.uk
Local name of : xserve.local

Your question belongs in the OS X Server discussions:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96

Restrict directory to certain IPs - Server Admin problem

hey guys,
I am sure this is a simple one.
I have a directory setup that I manually restricted the allowed IPs for in /etc/httpd/sites
This was the code used:
<Directory /web/domain.com/directory123/>
Order allow,deny
Allow from 10.0.1.
Allow from 80.X77.XXX.190
Allow from 83.X05.XXX.219
Allow from 80.X77.XXX.153
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(note X used to hide user IPs)
All has been working fine. Then yesterday I was editing another site in Server Admin (10.4.7) and soon after saving changes Server Admin edited my <directory> tags in the other site making it:
<Directory /web/domain.com/directory123/>
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How can I keep multiple IPs in there?
Thanks in advance,
Tommy.

Thanks for your feedback Camelot a bit frustrating... and definitely good to bear in mind. All those things I changed could be lost in one go, I am gonna make a copy before I make any changes!
I feel like I won on this one though,
It seems to work by putting the IPs on the same line with spaces, just like when you are defining users for a directory.
<Directory /web/domain.com/directory123/>
Order allow,deny
Allow from 10.0.1. 80.X77.XXX.190 83.X05.XXX.219 80.X77.XXX.153
</Directory>
(note X used to hide user IPs)
Have tried this and then tried saving something in Server Admin. Still don't trust that sneaky app anymore!
Thanks again!
Tommy

NetBoot/NetInstall settings in Server Admin buggy as ****?

Hi,
I administer a Mac pool in College. We recently updated to all new iMacs (except for one, which still is a 2006 C2D iMac) and Leopard Server running on a PowerMac G4 (Dual 1GHz, 1.5 GB RAM).
Except for a few initial quirks with Directory Services, Leopard Server runs fine and snappy on the G4 and seems highly reliable. But then again, there's this BIG problem with NetInstall.
We setup one of the new iMacs as the master computer with all the neccesary software installed, and then created a NetInstall image from it using System Image Utility. It took a while, but went fine.
We then placed the image in the proper directory (Library/NetBootSP0), and configrured and launched NFS and NetBoot services in Server Admin. It found the image and offered configuration for it. But somehow, the most essential settings are not saved, when clicking "Save" in server admin, no matter whether the service is still running or being stopped before settings are changed.
These settings are saved by Server Admin:
Default image
Enable this image
Diskless (while not being available)
Architecture (Universal, Intel or PPC)
Protocol (NFS or HTTP)
While these settings *are not* saved by Server Admin whatsoever:
Model property filtering ("Allow any Apple Computer" vs. "Allow only specified models")
MAC Address filtering ("Allow only listed clients and deny others" vs. "Deny listed clients and allow all others")
(These settings appear when selecting an image from the list an clicking on the Edit-button (with a pen on it))
Whenever I make a change to this and click "Save", Server Admin simply ignores this and reverts it to the default settings, which are "Allow any Apple Computer" an "Allow only listed clients and deny others" with no clients listed.
When I leave the setting on "allow listed and deny others" (Whitelist), an add a clients MAC Address and save, this is ignored by Server Admin.
When I change the setting to "deny listed and allow others" (Blacklist), and save, this is ignored by Server Admin too. No matter whether I add MAC Addresses to the blacklist or not.
That way, the NetBoot service will *not send my NetInstall Image to any client*, because it thinks it has a whitelist configured, that is permanently empty. Clients not added to the whitelist are denied, which is good, but it is not possible at all, to even add a client to that whitelist. Blacklisting some machine and allowing all others doesn't work either.
Editing the approproate NBImageInfo.plist manually showed me, that Server Admin is able to:
read settings for specified types of models properly, but unable to change this setting
and *unable to even read settings about whitelisted or blacklisted MAC addresses* from the plist (keys "EnabledMACAddresses" or "DisabledMACAddresses") properly.
And so, it also cannot write these settings into the plist, it seems.
I have to NetInstall the classroom until thursady, and because of this bug, I cannot get it to work as it should, since all my cients are denied the image. This is very frustrating.
What can I do?
Message was edited by: jamespsullivan

MAC address filtering at the server level works, just not filtering at the image level. Depending on exactly what you are trying to achieve, this might help. But, I'm not clear on exactly what you are trying to achieve with the filtering.
The 1,0 syntax is mostly irrelevant. It is simply a reference to the NIC on the connecting system. If you have a machine with multiple NIC's (such as a Mac Pro) you might see something like 2,0:xx... instead. Regarding the rest of it, I believe the Server admin will accept accept any MAC address in the format of xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx with or without leading 0's (i.e. 00:0a:1b vs. 0:a:1b).
Model filtering information is stored in the NBImageInfo.plist, and can be manually tweaked with an appropriate application of force. You can manually move system types that you want enabled into the EnabledSystemIdentifiers list (and, of course, remove them from the DisabledSystemIdentifiers list).

Server Admin Crashes: Thread 6 NetBoot

Every time I start my Server Admin Program it crashes and cannot update the services and cannot load some of them. When I click on DHCP I know it is running but it will show no connected clients. Netboot Will Not Even Populate.
I get several errors:
My Server:
OS X Server 10.5.8
Server Admin Tools: 10.5.3 (even though I used the 10.5.7 install package.)
The Service has encountered an error (kNetworkError)
DHCP:
missing '}' at line 34444
when I run a status update
NETBOOT:
From system log:
com.apple.servermgrd: Exited Abnormally: Bus Error
NETBOOT: (continued)
Problem From Log:
Process:
servermgrd [22059]
Path:
/usr/sbin/servermgrd
Identifier:
servermgrd
Version:
Code Type:
X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time:
2013-02-17 11:14:03.979 -0500
OS Version:
Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 (9L34)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 5BD50A1F-4C6D-4787-8490-FCBA1C6993F9
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 6
Thread 6 Crashed:
0   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x9761672b CFBooleanGetValue + 43
1   ...rverAdmin.servermgr_netboot    0x0043c273 my_xdrproc + 12873
2   ...rverAdmin.servermgr_netboot    0x00439915 my_xdrproc + 2283
3   libservermgrcommon.dylib          0x00077414 -[PluginRequestHandler doProcessInputWithRequest:context:lockFileFD:] + 315
4   libservermgrcommon.dylib          0x000791c0 -[BundleManager doCommand:withModule:forUser:] + 905
5   libservermgrcommon.dylib          0x00078ba7 -[BundleManager doOneBatchCommand:] + 448
6   com.apple.Foundation              0x93006dfd -[NSThread main] + 45
7   com.apple.Foundation              0x930069a4 __NSThread__main__ + 308
8   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x97fe0055 _pthread_start + 321
9   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x97fdff12 thread_start + 34

Your NFS mounts (and service) appear to be fine.
Looking at your screenshot, you have a much larger problem than NetBoot & DHCP. The whole servermanager daemon looks like it's failing to run.
You are probably going to have to get someone to diagnose it live, or take it to an Apple Store.

Netboot in Server Admin is broken

I keep having to completely restart my 2 Tiger Servers because something is wrong with the NetBoot plugin in Server Admin. After a few days, it will become unresponsive, and the most I can do is start and stop the service via the command line - even just requesting fullstatus (in terminal) on the service comes back with failed plugin error.
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After upgrading from OSX Server 10.7 to 10.7.1 my CPU and Network graphs in Server Admin stop being updated.
In 24h the graphs where blank (disk usage graph seem to keep working).
First i read about "what is the application responsible for this"; it's called ServerPerfLog, and you can see if it's running that way:
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Also the "ps" query reply that the service was running!!
The bad things came a day after, when i saw that the graphs stop again....
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Problem with server admin connectio

Hi,
Im using Snow leopard server.
I have a problem with connection to server via server admin app. It just says could not connect to server.
At server console there is:
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2/27/10 2:58:30 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.servermgrd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
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And that repeats.
Any ideas how to fix this ?

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root 298 0.0 0.7 2494120 28748 ?? Ss 1:49PM 0:22.16 servermgrd -x
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The solution for me was to fix the reverse DNS.
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I'd call this an Apple bug. The applications should not stop simply because they can't do a reverse lookup.

From one day do another server admin don't connect to the server

I have an Intel XServe with OSX Server 10.4.10.
From one day do another server admin don't connect to the server locally and remotely. The workgroup admin shows not the sharing button. The other services works correct. (FileService, NetBoot, ping etc ...). In the CrashReporter I've only find a crash from dashboardadvisoryd. I don't want restart the server.
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Thanks Sven

I found the solution in a message three above:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1184552&tstart=0
With
sudo kill -HUP `ps aux|grep 'servermgrd'|grep -v 'grep'|awk '{print $2;}'`
from the terminal ... and after any minute's later the problem was solved
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