New Mac Server (SL) - System preferances

Ok, start by saying Im a windows dev helping out a friend who has a mac server. He set this server up a few months back (But has never been used)
When navigating to Server Preferances and using the following credentials we get the following error message.
*Server: 127.0.0.1 (or server.pmd.int), User: [AdminUserName], Password [AdminPassword]*
*Error: Unable to set node credentials for /LDAPV3/127.0.0.1 with the record name server.local$.*
Now i am aware of this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2163498&tstart=0 - I've done the reboot, and the keychain does not contain 2 values.
Can anyone advise on troubleshooting methods?

If this is actually the Mac OS X Server, as it sounds, then you'll do better posting over on the [server forums|http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96].

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    thoughts?

    I have setup this configuration several times with both a MacPro and the smaller mini setup. The gateway setup we are describing is about as simple as it gets (static IP, gateway running all services so 1 IP address, gateway set as 192.168.1.1 on the local net. Simple DHCP and DNS "server.local", and "server.xxx.com" external).
    I would be overjoyed to find that I can configure this by setting up some simple overrides in the routing. I would point out in defense that _everything else_ works perfectly basically by default.
    1) dns on server: local and external, forward and reverse from itself and the local network - check
    2) services on server (all of them): from itself and the local and external networks - check
    3) network access (ie NAT & Firewall) for local machines - check (web, streaming, even bittorrent)
    The only issue I see is that remote clients cannot access the gateway itself properly though VPN. UPD return packets seem to be mis-routed through the physical interface rather than the virtual one.
    ALL other operations (Mail, iCal, iChat, Push, Web Services, Wiki, Web Mail and iCal, NAT) work perfectly for the server, local network, and external hosts. The above problem only happens for vpn clients, and then only for connections from them to the gateway itself, and only for UDP packets.
    I would really love to know how to fix it, especially if this can be explained by a needed custom rule (But I'm guessing not given the otherwise full functioning system). Are you saying that to make VPN work you need to add custom routing info that is not described in the Server docs? If so what?
    Thanks,
    Hunter

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