Portable Home Directories + Logging into the Server

I am worried that I may not be able to do what I want to do...
I use my server as my work station at home; so I want to be able to log into it as a normal user.
I set up my "normal user" as a mobil user so the home directory gets synced with my laptop. That part of it seems to be working fine. I can log in to the laptop or the G4 and the mobil user works as advertised. The G4 and the laptop are in a Computer List and the preferences for those computers are managed.
I added the server into the same list and it did not seem to like that so I took it back out. But, so far, no matter what I do, when I log in to the server as my mobil user, AppleFileServer soon starts soaking up 99% of the cpu time.
Is this type of set up "doable"?
Thanks,
Perry

I had this exact setup on my home OSX server machine and a G4 laptop and it worked fine --- I did not notice any problems with AppleFileServer (10.4.3).

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Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 7/23/2013 4:35:26 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Server1.xxx.xxx.net
Description:
Faulting application name: svchost.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc3c1
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17725, time stamp: 0x4ec4aa8e
Exception code: 0xc0000024
Fault offset: 0x00000000000cd7d8
Faulting process id: 0x46c
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce877f9476ac07
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Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: d252d26d-f372-11e2-8ad4-005056ac00e8
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-23T08:35:26.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>158950</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>AAW19XM2.agency.nwie.net</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>svchost.exe</Data>
<Data>6.1.7600.16385</Data>
<Data>4a5bc3c1</Data>
<Data>ntdll.dll</Data>
<Data>6.1.7601.17725</Data>
<Data>4ec4aa8e</Data>
<Data>c0000024</Data>
<Data>00000000000cd7d8</Data>
<Data>46c</Data>
<Data>01ce877f9476ac07</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll</Data>
<Data>d252d26d-f372-11e2-8ad4-005056ac00e8</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2/27/2013 6:57:58 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
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<EventRecordID>286291</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>AAW29033</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
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<Data>6.1.7600.16385</Data>
<Data>4a5bc3c1</Data>
<Data>ntdll.dll</Data>
<Data>6.1.7601.17725</Data>
<Data>4ec4aa8e</Data>
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<Data>00000000000cd7d8</Data>
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<Data>01ce14e1af313fd9</Data>
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<Data>C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll</Data>
<Data>ed3d01c4-80d4-11e2-9128-b499baa9e5e8</Data>
</EventData>
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I am able to force it to happen by killing the svchost process that is hosting GPSVC. If I run gpupdate /force, then logout/login it does get GPSVC running again. Furthermore, if I simply start svchost again via the Task Manager GPSVC starts running again.
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Portable Home Directories in 10.8 Server?

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Gerben Wierda wrote:
Or: you create the users anew in the network directory, you replace their home directories with the content of what is on the MacBook (TDM is your friend) and do the chmod. Easier still.
That way, I suggest the migration in that way; because, you can test everything out before the data gets moved over. There's nothing like something going wrong in the setup/migration, and you have to do it all over again.
Kirk, you can always put the Home directories/folder on an external. But if you do, you'll probably want to run this command in Terminal:
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It's also handy if you plan on creating other shares on the external; it prevents some flaky behavior.
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Also if you don't need it, I'd probably uncheck "Share with Windows clients (SMB).
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2a - If you go straight to Profile Manager, and set it up, it will first make you setup Open Directory, then the rest of the setup for Profile Manager itself.
2b - Or you can always "two-step", first setup Open Directory, then later if you want "Profile Manager".
3. Once you have OD (step 2), and the share setup for network home directories (step), you use Server.app to create the network users, and assign their home directory to the share not local. Note the entry "Home Folder"; use the pull-down menu to select your share. See below.
If you forget to set the Home Folder, you can always "edit" the user and change the Home Folder to the share, and not Local Only.
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Hi,
I have several acocunts all retrieving mail from various servers.
Yesterday changed a configuration from one server to stop automatically forwarding e-mail to another server and, instead, just have mail retrieve the messages directly from that box.
Now, for some inexplicable reason, mail keeps retriving the same messages stored on each server everytime it logs in. I know have up to 4 - 6 copies of some messages in both mail boxes for these two servers. I have re-examined all my settings and they are as they should be.
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G5 1.6Gz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Never mind about the Junk Folder missing. I found out about that.
Still receiving the duplicate e-mails though.
Thanks for your help. Please read comments below.
Hi Matthew.
For POP accounts, Mail uses a file within the
account
folder to keep track of which messages have
already
been downloaded. That file may have become corrupt
or
the data stored there may have become invalid for
some reason.
You may try deleting that file so that Mail
creates
it anew, but that will also cause Mail to treat
everything still on the server as if new
and
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1. Quit Mail.
2. In the Finder, go to the
~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/
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3. Locate one or two files named
MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded and move them
to
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MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded
to keep track of which messages had already been
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MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded2 for the same
purpose.
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now
in Preferences > Accounts > Advanced, which
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that
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MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded.
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jsut set one of the accounts to immediately delete
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though that takes away a certain piece of mind that
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Anyway. Niw my Junk mail folder has disappeared. I
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mai it asked if I wanted it to change to automatic.
I said yes and went about looking at new mails.
There qere a lot of junk mail not beeing tagged as I
began to use command-shift-j to mark this messages,
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looked for the Junk Mail folder on the left, it was
gone! I still have no idea where it is. I spent the
afternoon backing up an d running Disk Warrior. But
Junk didn't return. Any clues? (Possibly this
should be a new thread)
BTW, what are your Preferences > Accounts >
Advanced > Remove copy from server settings?
I had them set to be removed after a week. No I have
one removing them as they are retrieved. This
computer's been running like that for 3 years. Not
sure gremlin has gotten into the works but it's
frustrating as ****.
Note: For those not familiarized with
the
~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home
folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library
folder
within the user’s home folder.

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Hi All,
Hopefully someone can answer this one for me pretty quickly. I have a client with a W2K AD network. They've just got a Macbook pro and want it to sync home folders at login / logout as their old XP laptop did.
I have no issue with binding the Mac to AD. I can set a home directory within AD that mounts on login, no problem. I have created a mobile account so can log in when off the network with my AD user credentials fine.
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Can anyone make any suggestions as to how to fix the situation? Currently, the users are using the guest accounts and accessing their data via filesharing, as well as using webmail for their e-mail, but this is a major nuisance.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Alain Chammas
A user trying to access his account from a PC (wired) has no problems.

A good number of folks are having problems with this same error message at login, and nobody seems to have found a fix.
I believe I have stumbled upon, if not a solution, at least part of the answer. If you're logged into a 10.4 workstation, open a Finder window and click the "Network" icon. The first time you do this, you'll only see "Library" and "Servers" icons, but if you let it sit for a moment, other folders will magically appear. One of these is "My Network" which is the critical part.
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I'm betting that 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5 all handle this issue differently, so if you're in a mixed-version situation, you may have to experiment to find a workable fix.
Derndest thing I ever saw.

Home Sharing, Network accounts with Portable Home Directories, iTunes 10

I am using OS X Server an on that server is my account. I am also using a MBA with that same account using portable home directories (PHD). The MBA home directory does not contain my iTunes music, that is somewhere in /Users/Shared, because I do not want the added burden of encryption (the home dir is FileVault protected on the MBA, but not on the server)
Thusfar, I worked on the MBA with iTunes and used rsync to sync with the server. There are reasons I want to stop that route (which are not important for the question)
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2. Look for shared libraries on the MBA
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IPlanet 6.0 SP2 restart on Windows NT when a user logs off the server.

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And please check it out whether WinNT-SP6 as been installed in winNT box.
Window NT:
SDK and JRE 1.4 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/
SDK and JRE 1.3.1_02 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/
SDK and JRE 1.2.2_011 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/
JDK and JRE 1.1.8_009
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/download-jdk-windows.html
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Dakshin.
Developer Technical Support
Sun Microsystems
http://www.sun.com/developers/support.

Logging into Leopard Server

I am new to the OS X Server world. I created user accounts on a Leopard Server (Mac Pro) through open directory. I attempted to log into the server from a workstation through "other". For some reason the account cannot be accessed. I can see the accounts that I created on the server by using the Directory utility. Where am I going wrong? This is a test network to familiarize myself with the envrironment

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It opens with three panes: Services | Authentication | Contacts
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On the Authentication pane, you need to Add the LDAPv3 reference you just created to the Authentication list. Save changes and exit.
After you log out, the Workstation should show some or all of the Server Accounts as accounts you can use to log in.
Server Admin 10.4 Help: Configuring Access to an LDAP Directory
Message was edited by: Grant Bennet-Alder

ICal could not log into the caldav server

Hi,
I have a OS X Lion server that i am trying to set up for home. I have made an account for myself and have got mail running for it but when I go to turn on Calendars and Reminders, i get the error message iCal could not log into the caldav server "me.com". One I am not sure how this has anything to do with me but anyway, the mail compnent works. Also when i go to the folder webdav via browser servername/webdav/ i get permission denied. I also get and Unathorized message when I try to specifically access the calendar via adress https://servername:8443/calendars/users/username/ I mention the permission denied stuff because i am assuming they are all connected to the Calendar service (ie it runs on caldav which runs on webdav). can anyone help with this as I would like to get this working.

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