Out of Office (OSX Server 3.0.3)
We have OSX Server 3.0.3 running on Mavericks 10.9.2.
We have the mail server running with 20 users.
We use Thunderbird to deal with client emails.
In previous versions, out of office rules were set up and done via the web interface.
As Apple have now dropped this in the latest version, we are struck.
Staff need to be able to inform customers when they are out and about and not at their desk.
Without creating rules in Thunderbird and leaving the client Macs on whilst away, what are the options?
Any suggestions most welcome.
Thanks
Carl
Hi Carl, glad you got Roundcube working!
I just double check and I get a bounce message from my server just fine, I just sent a 24MB file and got this:
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
[email protected]
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the server for the recipient domain addess.com by [email protected]. [150.101.XXX.XXX].
The error that the other server returned was:
552 5.3.4 Error: message file too big
Do me a favour, open this file (Text Wrangler would be best to view this with) :
Mac HD/Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/main.cf
Scroll all the way down and near the bottom at line 678, this is where I think it would be, here is a copy of mine have a look and see if you can see anything different:
mydomain_fallback = localhost
message_size_limit = 0
biff = no
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, [::1]/128
smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net permit
recipient_delimiter = +
smtpd_tls_ciphers = medium
inet_protocols = all
inet_interfaces = all
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain
smtpd_use_pw_server = yes
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
smtpd_helo_required = yes
smtpd_pw_server_security_options = cram-md5,digest-md5,gssapi,login,plain
header_checks = pcre:/Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/custom_header_checks
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/certificates/SERVER CERT.cert.pem
smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname reject_invalid_helo_hostname
relayhost = smtprelay.tweak.com.au
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination permit
smtpd_enforce_tls = no
smtpd_use_tls = yes
enable_server_options = yes
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/certificates/SERVER CERT.cert.pem
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/certificates/SERVER CERT.cert.pem
recipient_canonical_maps = hash:/Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/system_user_maps
mydomain = tweak.com.au
virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps hash:/Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/virtual_users
mailbox_transport = dovecot
myhostname = work.tweak.com.au
postscreen_dnsbl_sites = zen.spamhaus.org*2 bl.spamcop.net
local_recipient_maps =
maps_rbl_domains =
virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps hash:/Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/virtual_domains
always_bcc =
config_directory = /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
virtual_transport = virtual
virtual_mailbox_domains = $virtual_alias_maps hash:/Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/virtual_domains
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Advice and suggestions re follwoing would apreciated.
Context
3 offices connected by VPN handled by dsl routers
Main office 6 macs 6 main users.
1 remote admin office
1 remote branch office
OSX Server current Panther, Tiger available.
Redhat Serving Filemaker
Fedora DNS server
ARD across the board
Background
Have been running OSX Server serving mail, web site (connected to Filemaker) and user home directories centrally managed on the server.
Concept was anyone can log in at any machine and work.
Experience has been that nobody does. Also that serving home directory up to remote office has been slow and the centralised management never quite fulfilled the promise eg printers still have issues with drivers being on server and client. People like to customise their workspaces etc etc.
We are about to move up to Filemaker 8 Server and Tiger Server. (2 G4 800s available).
We had a server failure (inexplicable disc full and refilling).
Emergency response was to move mail off to Fedora and set up local user accounts on the machines to keep people working while we resolved the server issue.
Question.
My inclination is to give up on LDAP Home directories and leave everyone with their local user accounts.
Centralise management through ARD and ssh.
Leave the mail on Fedora and use webmin to administer it,
Leave the 2 G4 *00s with on OSX Svr on each, one for Filemaker and one for the web.
One down side is inability to build a machine from an image and have all users available but I’m wondering what else beyond that am I missing.
Any guidance on which way to go would be appreciated. Back to mail, web and users on one server or local users and single function serve.
Regards
EricHi David
Thanks for responding. As a brief OFF topic I was showed a Unix friend your name in the list yesterday whose login in our systems is davidh ! He said he's not moonlighting
Well, that's several kettles of fish
If you have a moment we could feast !
I would never have recommended using network home
directories in the situation you describe, and that
feature is not intended for regular use remotely, not
at all. Clients are expected to be on the same
network. I'm certain that over VPN it would be an
atrociously slow if the added latency didn't cause
alot of failed logins.
We have done ok on that front but speed has been problematic. Hence I was already thinking of a local account and rsyncing back to the server.
My main aim is to reduce time I have to spend managing the technology and the attractions were:
1. Single drive to back up.
2. Single consitent interface for people (which they hate !)
3. Login anywhere for anyone
4. Being able to do instals updates etc by picking up their machine (mac minis) mounting as a target drive. Overwriting with an updated image using netrestore (eg updating panther to tiger)
5. Single place to backup
We had been using ASIP and Remote Access/Timbuktu so I didn't have much idea of what Remote Desktop could do.
Is there a most efficient way to manage the machines with local users accounts ?
As for the issue of drive(s) filling up, that one
issue alone merits its own topic
I suspect in the end one user didn't ever empty her mail trash. I wasn't monitoring and the disc filled. Next incoming mail put it into a flat spin. Mounted in target disc mode removed a bunch of stuff. Rebooted but couldn't log in. Discovered afp had switched off. Turned it back on, coould log in and all the user directories served up again ok. Sort of could have recovered better than I feared.
, but separating
services between different servers (when that's an
option) in generally a good idea.
I'm leaning that way confining OSX to web and filemaker. Leaving mail where it is now which is noticeably faster because its not running an a g4 with a 10gig drive and 800mg of ram.
You can use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a base image
of the client machines for use with a bootable
Firewire drive, or use the server tools to setup
NetBoot/NetInstall. Bombich's NetRestore Helper is
also an excellent alternative way of setting up and
managing the images.
Note that if you have or get any Intel Macs, you'll
want to run Tiger server if intending to
NetBoot/NetInstall those client Macs.
This is ok now.
Have users use the OS X server as a central
file-server, that will probably be a good start. Then
implement backup for the server if you haven't
already.
The challenges I'm seeing at the moment are:
1. Setting up print settings on each machine
2. Configuring each mail app for each.
3. Creating a backup method that has to log in to each users machine to backup stuff.
4. Keeping the users in the server directories when they save so I don't wipe out stuff if I upgrade.
5. Getting Remote Desktop's install package option to work with OS upgrades form PAnther to Tiger and so on into the future.
Its that repetitive stuff I have to either remotely control there machine to do or sit at it to do that's daunting.
eg. I couldn't find anywhere a way to use the Terminal function in Remote Desktop to set their mail clients to the new mail server address. Is there a mac terminal apps reference.
Any thoughts on best management of these sorts of things
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Use RoundCube
http://roundcube.net/
http://topicdesk.com/downloads/roundcube/
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Apa kabar,
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Hi,
This is my first post in the forums. Please forgive me if it's in the wrong category or if it's not posted correctly in any way.
I'll try and give you below as much information about the problem we have here as I can.
What we have:
- an on-premises Windows 2012 Standard server that is the PDC, DNS and DHCP server;
- a second Windows 2012 Standard server with the sole purpose of hosting our Exchange 2013 CU7 server;
- Windows 7 PCs with Office Home and Business 2010 v.14.0.7143.5000 (32-bit);
- Outlook 2010 connects through Outlook Anywhere (mail.ourdomain.com).
The problem:
If trying to set up Out of Office through Outlook on the client PCs, we'd get an error message: 'Your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable. Try again later.' Interestingly, it does work normally for some users.
It works fine for all users if done through OWA.
Tests performed:
User 1 on PC1 has the problem. User 2 on PC2 doesn't have the problem. Both users are members of the same security groups.
- setting up User 2 on PC 1: the problem exists;
- setting up User 1 on PC 2: the problem exists;
- setting up a second Outlook profile on PC2 within User 2's domain account (the one that works), for the same User 2: the problem still exists!
I haven't been able to set up an Outlook account that works since this issue was discovered, although there are existing Outlook accounts that do not have the issue.
Let me also point out we have another issue we are working on and which may or may not be related: the Autodiscover function in Outlook doesn't work. Test E-mail AutoConfiguration results in 'Autoconfiguration was unable to determine your settings!'.
I can see postings in the Internet of other people having the same problem with OoO, but couldn't see a solution that fits my case: some existing accounts in Outlook are fine, other are not and newly created profiles of aforementioned working accounts do not
work. The majority of the articles/threads I read suggest recreating the Virtual Directories in Exchange, but we did that just a month ago (when troubleshooting the Autodiscover problem) and besides if the problem is in the Virtual Directories, I would expect
it to affect all accounts.
Any help in resolving this problem would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you need other details.
Apologies if the posting is not in the right place or not done properly - I'm still learning.The IIS log files on the CAS might tell you something. Depending on how your proxy server handles NAT the IP address of your connection might be from the proxy server instead of your client.
In any case, a tool like Fiddler (http://www.telerik.com/fiddler) can be extremely helpful in working on problems like this because it can decode the SSL traffic on the client and you can see what's being sent
and what's being received.
Another thing to check (although it's unlikely to be your case) is whether or not your browser (when you try connecting to the autodiscover URL) thinks it's in the "Internet" zone. the "Local intranet", or at a "Trusted" site.
The domain names you use on machines on your LAN should be excluded from being proxyed. Anything with "." in the name will be set, unless excluded, to the proxy server.
Is the time correct on the client machine? Is it more than 5 minutes different to the Exchange machines and domain controllers? That'd be something that would cause Kerberos to fail.
A certificate can be a problem if its expired or if it doesn't have the correct names. But I wouldn't worry about the uglog.com domain just yet. Until you get the Autodiscover working with the SCP you have bigger problems.
If you've never used a WPAD file then don't worry about it. It's very useful if you have a complex network and you want to manage how browsers connect to servers. For example, if you have multiple proxy servers the each manage a different set of names, an/or
if some names should bypass proxy servers entirely and just connect directly. If run a strictly Microsoft network with only Microsoft product that you can manage with GPOs (and you can enforce those GPOs on every machine -- even the BYOD ones) you probably
don't need a WPAD.
--- Rich Matheisen MCSE&I, Exchange MVP -
Exchange 2013 - OWA "Something Went Wrong", Out of office in Outlook "Server unavailable"
Hi,
We have a new deployment of Exchange 2013 CU2 V2 running on a Windows 2012 server. Everything has been running without issues and then without any real clue to why, we are now getting an issue where OWA says "Something Went Wrong" after processing
your login, (it appears to process the login as if I type in incorrect details it tells me the password/username is wrong).
At the same time we have also lost the ability to run the Out Of Office in Outlook which comes back saying the server is not available and we can't seem to share calendars correctly either. (Can set Out Of Office via the Management Shell without issues).
When running a Get-Serverhealth on the OWA.Protocol it tells me the OWASelfTestMonitor is unhealthy.
I've tried re-creating the OWA, EWS Virtual Directorys and also the autodiscover but with no effect. I've also restarted the server.
Outlook 2013 and mobile phones are working fine on the server and the Exchange Admin Centre is also working without issues.
I am getting tempted to apply CU2 again to see if this sorts it but don't really like doing this on a server with 50 live users on it...
In the eventlog I can see lots of the 2 errors listed below which seems to line up. (System Log and Application Log seem to be clear of other errors or warnings.)
Event code: 3005
Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred.
Event time: 04/11/2013 11:25:00
Event time (UTC): 04/11/2013 11:25:00
Event ID: 2fcdb9112c794b63a9ea9577a23e4603
Event sequence: 2
Event occurrence: 1
Event detail code: 0
Application information:
Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/2/ROOT/owa-411-130280378905273269
Trust level: Full
Application Virtual Path: /owa
Application Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\ClientAccess\owa\
Machine name: SERVERNAME (I altered this for post)
Process information:
Process ID: 9648
Process name: w3wp.exe
Account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Exception information:
Exception type: HttpException
Exception message: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
Lots more code.......
AND
Event code: 3005
Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred.
Event time: 04/11/2013 11:24:24
Event time (UTC): 04/11/2013 11:24:24
Event ID: 2586a044b2d74b97a1095aec478bf4ae
Event sequence: 2
Event occurrence: 1
Event detail code: 0
Application information:
Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/2/ROOT/EWS-668-130280378564324526
Trust level: Full
Application Virtual Path: /EWS
Application Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\ClientAccess\exchweb\EWS\
Machine name: SERVERNAME (I have changed this for post)
Process information:
Process ID: 9840
Process name: w3wp.exe
Account name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Exception information:
Exception type: HttpException
Exception message: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
lots more data...Hi Angela,
I can't see any re-directions on the website and have certainly not set any intentionally. I did try installing the Remote Web Gateway on the server and then found that it doesn't work on an exchange box and removed it but the server was working after
this.
The HTTP Redirect in Default Web Site is not showing anything set and the same for the Back End.
The bindings on the default site all look normal with;
http 80 127.0.0.1
https 443 127.0.0.1
http 80 *
http 443 *
The same is mirrored in the Exchange Back End site but with ports 81 and 444.
Running the Outlook auto configure just using Autodiscover all looks good with the URLs listed all pointing to (http)://mail.mydomain.co.uk/whatever... and the log says Autodiscover to (https)://mail.mydomain.co.uk/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml Suceeded
(0x00000000)
But, if I type in the OOF address of (https)://mail.mydomain.co.uk/EWS/exchange.asmx I get a login prompt but once user details are entered I then get;
'.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[XmlException: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.]
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args) +163
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseRootLevelWhitespace() +7572550
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent() +62
System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadToFollowing(String name) +112
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.ApplicationLogic.Extension.KillBitHelper.ReadKillBitXmlContent(XmlReader reader, Int32& refreshRate) +185
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.ApplicationLogic.Extension.KillBitHelper.TryReadKillBitFile(Int32& refreshRate, DateTime& lastModifiedTime) +710
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.ApplicationLogic.Extension.KillBitTimer.Start() +202
Microsoft.Exchange.Services.Global.Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e) +975
[HttpException (0x80004005): '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.]
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalledForIntegratedMode(HttpContext context, HttpApplication app) +12864205
System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +175
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +304
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +404
System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +475
[HttpException (0x80004005): '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +12880948
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +159
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +12722137
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Hello there guys,
after Long Long search for the problem, I've found out that our Project Server 2013 only syncs the out of Office time from our Exchange Calendar for the next two months.
But for our Project planning we Need of course a more longtime synchronization, at least 6 or better 12 months.
I didnt find any Option where I could set it to sync more then 2 months of the out of Office times in the calendars.
I've spent already so much time on this Problem... When I set the Project Server time 2 weeks(!) in the future, then the sync will also sync two more weeks in the future, but not more.
The timesheet periods are also set for the next 12 month.
Does anybody have an Information/help regarding this Problem for me?
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THANK YOU VERY MUCh!!
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12/17/2013 14:38:16.32 Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x0928) 0x1A6C Project Server Exchange Sync aaubf Verbose PWA:https://servername/PWA, ServiceApp:Project Server-Dienstanwendung, User:PROJECTSERVER\system,
PSI: Calling service.GetUserAvailability() for user:2c3909bc-d6fb-e211-b239-000c296be823 for period:12/17/2013 00:00:00-02/17/2014 00:00:00, LogLevelManager Warning-ulsID:0x00014045 has no entities explicitly specified. 3a2f619c-f4a0-f018-b62b-b2d1299a489f
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Aug 7 06:40:38 servername postfix/pickup[14340]: 547BE6B7AB8: uid=1032 from=<image>
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Aug 7 06:40:38 servername postfix/qmgr[14556]: 547BE6B7AB8: from=<[email protected]>, size=1675, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 7 06:40:45 servername postfix/smtp[14557]: 547BE6B7AB8: host g.mx.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.53.191] said: 421 Message temporarily deferred - 4.16.51. Please refer to http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/defer/defer-06.html (in reply to end of DATA command)
Aug 7 06:40:45 servername postfix/smtp[14557]: 547BE6B7AB8: to=<[email protected]>, relay=d.mx.mail.yahoo.com[216.39.53.2], delay=8, status=sent (250 ok dirdel)
Aug 7 06:40:45 servername postfix/qmgr[14556]: 547BE6B7AB8: removed
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/pickup[14340]: C0F876B7AC2: uid=1032 from=<image>
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/cleanup[14600]: C0F876B7AC2:message-id=<20070807114423.C0F876B7AC2@servername>
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/qmgr[14556]: C0F876B7AC2: from=<[email protected]>, size=1626, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/pickup[14340]: C8D2C6B7AC4: uid=1032 from=<image>
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/cleanup[14600]: C8D2C6B7AC4: message-id=<20070807114423.C8D2C6B7AC4@servername>
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/pickup[14340]: CEC0B6B7AC6: uid=1032 from=<image>
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/cleanup[14600]: CEC0B6B7AC6:message-id=<20070807114423.CEC0B6B7AC6@servername>
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/qmgr[14556]: C0F876B7AC2: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0, status=bounced (invalid recipient syntax: "[email protected]")
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/qmgr[14556]: C8D2C6B7AC4: from=<[email protected]>, size=1624, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 7 06:44:23 servername postfix/cleanup[14600]: DA8706B7AC9: message-id=<20070807114423.DA8706B7AC9@servername>
and
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/qmgr2338: DADE98C3EB9: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=14040, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: host ironport1.chron.comhttp://130.80.29.15 refused to talk to me: 554 ironport1.chron.com)
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/qmgr2338: E89098C1C03: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=14082, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: host ironport1.chron.comhttp://130.80.29.15 refused to talk to me: 554 ironport1.chron.com)
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/qmgr2338: EEE378C2CB3: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=14231, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: host ironport1.chron.comhttp://130.80.29.15 refused to talk to me: 554 ironport1.chron.com)
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/smtp13748: 2C26E8979B3: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx-nj-2.pobox.comhttp://208.210.124.72, delay=39263, status=deferred (host mx-nj-2.pobox.comhttp://208.210.124.72 said: 450 <[email protected]>: Sender address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command))
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/smtp13748: 2BC7D8C61AC: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mail.cyberscope.nethttp://64.95.223.22, delay=13796, status=deferred (host mail.cyberscope.nethttp://64.95.223.22 said: 451 unable to accept non-FQDN HELO (#4.3.0) (in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/smtp13748: connect to cluster9.us.messagelabs.comhttp://216.82.253.115: Connection refused (port 25)
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/smtp13748: connect to cluster9.us.messagelabs.comhttp://216.82.250.99: Connection refused (port 25)
Aug 8 10:11:57 servername postfix/smtp13748: connect to cluster9.us.messagelabs.comhttp://216.82.250.115: Connection refused (port 25)
We set up VirusBarrier and scanned the server. This is a copy of our console.log:
Mac OS X Version 10.4.9 (Build 8P135)
2007-08-08 10:20:50 -0500
2007-08-08 10:20:55.538 SystemUIServer486 lang is:en
Aug 8 10:22:39 servername authexec: executing /Library/Intego/netupdated.bundle/Contents/Resources/NetUpdate Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/NetUpdate Installer
Aug 8 10:49:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no name available via DNS for our IP addy
Aug 8 10:49:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no reverse DNS entry for server, various services may not function properly
virus OSX.Botch.Gen found in file: /Volumes/Startup OS X/private/var/tmp/ /mech/kupdateb
virus OSX.Botch.Gen found in file: /Volumes/Startup OS X/private/var/tmp/ /mech/src/mech
virus OSX.PsyBot.232 found in file: /Volumes/Startup OS X/private/var/tmp/psybnc/psybnc
Aug 8 11:19:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no name available via DNS for our IP addy
Aug 8 11:19:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no reverse DNS entry for server, various services may not function properly
virus OSX.Botch.Gen found in file: /Volumes/Startup OS X/private/var/tmp/ /mech/kupdateb
virus OSX.Botch.Gen found in file: /Volumes/Startup OS X/private/var/tmp/ /mech/src/mech
<CFURL 0x62bd440 0xa07bc150>{type = 15, string = file://localhost/Library/Contextual%20Menu%20Items/PortfolioCM.plugin/, base = (null)}
Finder tool: request to change uid to 501 gid to -1 for /private/tmp/vbx4smail_6v97Qz
virus Resource structure error found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/345 iMacs/Macintosh HD/System Folder/Help/HP LaserJet Printer Help/Help/Graphics/printer_word.JPG
Aug 8 11:49:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no name available via DNS for our IP addy
Aug 8 11:49:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no reverse DNS entry for server, various services may not function properly
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/animations/flahsbathtub/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/animations/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/contact/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/illustrations/photomontage/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/illustrations/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/images/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/greennotes/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/madisonframes/ARTWORK/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/makingcrepes/crepesjpeg/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource structure error found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/printer_word.JPG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-08-37.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-08-41.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-08-45.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-09-01.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-09-15.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-09-22.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/greennotes/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/madisonframes/ARTWORK/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/makingcrepes/crepesjpeg/WS_FTP.LOG
Aug 8 12:19:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no name available via DNS for our IP addy
Aug 8 12:19:43 servername servermgrd: servermgr_dns: no reverse DNS entry for server, various services may not function properly
<CFURL 0x5004b0 0xa07bc150>{type = 15, string = file://localhost/Library/Contextual%20Menu%20Items/PortfolioCM.plugin/, base = (null)}
<CFURL 0x3a5c30 0xa07bc150>{type = 15, string = file://localhost/Library/Contextual%20Menu%20Items/PortfolioCM.plugin/, base = (null)}
Aug 8 12:26:21 servername ARDAgent 320: no multicast
virus Resource structure error found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/printer_word.JPG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-08-37.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-08-41.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-08-45.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-09-01.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-09-15.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP 12-09-22.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/.Trashes/501/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/greennotes/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/madisonframes/ARTWORK/WS_FTP.LOG
virus Resource error : data offset > Res. map offset found in file: /Volumes/Image Backup Drive/Old Labs Images/Portfolio/Mac HD/Desktop Folder/Portfolios/SMVandre/websites/makingcrepes/crepesjpeg/WS_FTP.LOG
Aug 8 12:29:49 servername cyrus-quota1693: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
at which point we rebooted.
So we have changed all are passwords, are reimaging everything and had the sysadmin block all outgoing messages on port 25. In addition we have sent copies of the logs to Intego.
That all happened Wednesday. Unfortunately this mornings system log had:
Aug 10 02:58:45 servername VirusBarrierServer[461]: File infected: /private/var/tmp/.blan/.bot/rom by OSX.Botch.302
Aug 10 02:59:08 servername VirusBarrierServer[461]: File infected: /private/var/tmp/.ou/.bot/ru by OSX.Botch.302
Aug 10 02:59:28 servername VirusBarrierServer[461]: File infected: /private/var/tmp/.tmp/ /.bot/darwin by OSX.Botch.302
Aug 10 02:59:49 servername VirusBarrierServer[461]: File infected: /private/var/tmp/.tmp/.bot/crond by OSX.Botch.302
I know that this is an incredibly vague question but what would you suggest I do now?
Is there a way to find out where these "virus'" came from?
It is not impossible they were put on by a student as we recently found out that a number of the help desk students had the Mac admin password. I've looked at the install logs and the only things I see are the Apple software updates and apps we installed ourselves.
I realize that no mac virus' or worms have been found in the wild so it is unclear what VirusBarrier is reporting but it seems that ummm "something" is hiding somewhere and "infecting" these files and I'd like to get rid of it.
thanks for your time and help )
lex
Message was edited by: LexaniGWhat appears to be happening is that something is installing the IRC bot EnergyMech in hidden files on our server.
Aug 10 02:59:28 servername VirusBarrierServer461: File infected: /private/var/tmp/.tmp/ /.bot/darwin by OSX.Botch.302
When I checked the contents of the .tmp file with ls -Rla I found:
.tmp/ :
otal 1320
drwxr-xr-x 4 image wheel 136 Jun 24 19:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 image wheel 170 Jun 24 19:44 ..
drwx------ 16 image wheel 544 Jun 24 20:00 .bot
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 675159 Jun 24 19:44 sclavi.tar
.tmp/ /.bot:
total 2144
drwx------ 16 image wheel 544 Jun 24 20:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 image wheel 136 Jun 24 19:44 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 351 Jun 28 10:00 1
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 351 Jun 28 10:00 2
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 351 Jun 28 07:00 3
-rwx------ 1 image wheel 412095 Jul 8 2005 bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 image wheel 0 Aug 10 02:59 darwin
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 354306 Oct 19 2005 freebsd
-rw------- 1 image wheel 22465 Jun 13 2001 mech.help
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 1015 Jun 28 10:00 mech.levels
-rw------- 1 image wheel 6 Jun 24 19:44 mech.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 1457 Jun 28 10:00 mech.session
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 5365 May 4 11:34 mech.set
-rwxr-xr-x 1 image wheel 178908 Sep 20 2005 pico
-rw-r--r-- 1 image wheel 87673 Jun 27 2006 pico.tgz
drwx------ 10 image wheel 340 May 27 2004 randfiles
After chmoding the files so that they were non-excecutable mech.set contained this:
# Zei`s EnergyMech configuration file
# v2.9.3 - CristofoR
##### Linking #####
#ENTITY emech
#LINKPASS abc123
#LINKPORT 49152
#LINK hismech a1b2c3 mech.host.net 49152
#LINK hermech abcdefg 0 0
AUTOLINK
##### Server List ####
SERVER LosAngeles.CA.US.Undernet.org 6665
SERVER LosAngeles.CA.US.Undernet.org 6668
SERVER LosAngeles.CA.US.Undernet.org 7000
Unfortunately as a student I theoretically don't have access to the server again until Monday... But I'll go in tomorrow and try and find someone to turn it off. heh (I suppose one way to find out who's on call is to shut it down and see who shows up...) In any case I'll try and delete any of these files I can find.
My boss is out of town and I'm over my head here so any and all suggestions will be gratefully received.
thanks
lex
Message was edited by: LexaniG
Message was edited by: LexaniG -
Is a mac osx server fits to a office with 10 PCs
I want to set up a server for my company
The purpose of the server is to store files, share files & printer, a calendar, an internal website( for hosting a blog and filemaker files), regular backup
My office will have 10 PCs (window 7) connects to the server, and my company dont have an IT expertise ..
I have considered between Window SBS, Mac osx server and ubuntus server
I think a mac mini server is the best solution for me as:
1: easy installation
2: less expensive than SBS
however, is the mac mini server work well in my case?
Thank you very much!An Apple Mac Mini server would be a good fit. It includes two 500GB drives and an unlimited-user copy of Mac OS X Server. Not bad for $999.
Mac OS X Server itself is very easy to configure and Apple has a lot of resources on their website to help guide you.
You will want to make sure to configure all of your file sharing share points with SMB for the Windows clients to access. You won't be able to take full advantage of Mac OS X Server's offerings, but for file sharing it will be fine. -
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I had my Denon 3312ci working perfectly with Airplay from my 2013 iMac running iTunes. Upgraded to iTunes 11.1.3, and now when I attempt to Airplay direct from iTunes to the 3312, it plays for about half a second and then stops. Displayed on the Amp then says "Assigning Network". The amp starts dropping ping packets at this point. About 15-20 seconds later the pings start coming back, but no Airplay.
I tried different network cables, resetting the microprocessor, a different switch, changing between DHCP and static IP. Was about to make a warranty call to Denon, when I thought maybe I should try Airplaying directly from iphone and ipad. Much to my surprise, it worked from those devices.
I prefer to use my iMac to Airplay rather than ipad/iphone as I found I got next to no audio drop outs using it that way (they are both using wired network), where as ipad/iphone occasionally would get a moment of silence in the middle of a song.
My network set up is fine. I can use internet radio and connect to DLNA services fine on the amp. It is just airplay between iTunes 11.1.3 and the amp where the issue lies.
No fixes as yet, but I have logged a support call with Denon Australia to see what they say. -
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I have found that in order to clear the read-only flag, I have to restart the server and open the Word file on the server with the ID of the user who was editing the file on the remote computer. Only that seems to clear the file locking that causes the file to be read-only.
I cannot figure out a less drastic way to release the lock file. I don't see any hidden temp files in the same folder as the document that is locked for editing found by ls -a or in the root direction of the shared folder in the .TemporaryItems/folders.<UID> that seems to be holding the lock.
I have run chflags nouchg <Word file> from Terminal, but that seems to have no effect either. I also used xattr to see if there were any locks held that way, but I don't see anything that way either.
File sharing to Macs only, which are configured just to use AFP through OSX Server.
Does anyone understand how the file locks of Word documents can be released directly with out restarting the server?
I should add that the underlying problems seems to be WiFi related. The behavior is that the WiFi connection seems to break long enough that the shared volumes disconnects. Outlook also causes a break. This behavior seems to have started with 10.9 and the purchase of new Retina Display MacBook Pros. I turned off AppNap on the Office applications but that is not clearly helpful. I also have been told the problem seems more likely to occur when Word is open in the background and another program like Outlook is in the foreground.
Any suggestions appreciated.Apple write an operating system and also produce file sharing software as part of that to be used as a file server. Apple provide documentation for third-party software developers on how they should write software to work with Apple's software and also give those developers early access to new versions so those third-party developers can test and if needed make adjustments and issue updates to cope with any Apple changes.
Some third-party developers are good at dealing with this, some are bad, and some totally ignore what Apple does and give the impression they don't care if their product works properly or not. I think we can all judge where Microsoft sits.
It appears Microsoft have never paid any attention in particular to how Apple expect file-locking to be handled when accessing files on a Mac server. There have been problems for years and years and years with Office. Two other problems I have seen which seem different to yours but probably related are -
With Office documents it is supposed to be possible for more than one person to edit the same file at the same time, consider it a miracle if this actually works
With Office in particular Word, there is an auto-save function, unfortunately the way this seems to be implemented it seems that Word creates a new temporary file each time it auto-saves the document and keeps all the previous temporary files open still, this eventually means potentially over a hundred temporary files are open - just for one Word document and you can then hit a limit on the total number of files you are allowed to have open at the same time. At this point further auto-saves fail, and you also encounter great difficulty doing a real full save of the document.
I do not hold Apple completely blameless over this issue, it is likely their file-locking implementations change too often, and have inadequate documentation, however even considering this a company the size of Microsoft with the amount of sales (and profit) they derive from Office for the Mac has no excuses at all for failing to put the effort in to resolve any such clearly critical problems.
We could go on and on about other areas where Microsoft don't play by the (software) rules. Even in Windows Office does not obey the standard print dialog rules Microsoft specified themselves!
Unfortunately not only is Office for Mac upgraded infrequently, but even when new paid for upgrades are released Microsoft have a history of still not fixing bugs. It goes without saying that a mere free update is even less likely to actually fix a bug, typically such free updates only address security issues. The next version of Office is going to be Office for Mac 2014 see http://www.macworld.com/article/2106643/microsoft-will-release-a-new-version-of- office-for-mac-this-year.html
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I note that Microsoft has now taken their OfficeForMac blog offline, probably due to the weight of criticisms. I would not say it is due to out-right anti-Microsoft hate, that war ended long ago. We just want products that work. I myself do use Microsoft products, even at home - where they are the best solution, so I use Microsoft Media Center for example. Sadly this is now being neglected by Microsoft.
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