"Server Admin Help" utility

I just unwrapped my new Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server. I was looking for some info using the "Server Admin Help" but I cannot get it to work. The search doesn't work, it keeps showing the turning wheel, but nothing is coming up. The links don't work either.
I know it is very basic, but I am relatively new to Macs, please tell me how I can fix the help file?

So you've configured the Mac OS X Server environment, and gotten connected to the network and gotten DNS going?
If the IP network and the DNS used for the server aren't correct and functional, then Server Admin tends to be one of the first casualties.
Is the beachball on a Mac client running the Server Admin tools, or arising on the server?
If running Server Admin directly on the server, is the beachball specific to the Server Admin help, or are there beachballs arising in other tools, too?
It's also possible that there's a problem with this particular Mac Mini Server box configuration.

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How to setup Web Proxy within Server Admin utility?

Hi. We currenlty use the Web function within the Server Admin utility for all our web hosting applications running on Snow Leopard server. Recently we had a vendor create a website application which needs a proxy setup in order work. According to them, we need a proxy to 127.0.0.1:8000 for the site. At the moment, they manually edited the .config file for the website to edit the proxy settings which consequently caused the Web function within Server Admin to stop functioning properly as I found a website stating that if a config file is manually edited outside of the Server Admin, the Web function will not function properly. The error message I got was "Uncaught exception raised in Web client-side plugin".
The .config file which was manually edited is as such:
<VirtualHost **.**.**.***:**>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    ServerName demo.segmentthis.com
    ServerAlias demo.segmentthis.com
    ProxyRequests off
    <Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
    </Proxy>
    <Location />
ProxyPass http://localhost:8000/
ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8000/
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>
I supposed my question is, is there a way to edit the proxy within the Web function of Server Admin instead of manually editing the config file?
I hope that made some sense but if not, please let me know and I will try to elaborate a bit more.
Thank you very much for your help!

Your question here appears related to or a continuation of this previous question — is this the case?
Based on the previous posting, whatever information you're receiving from the vendor support folks appears rather garbled or confused, particularly based on that "The vendor mentioned that we need to route the DNS and get it working (forwarded) on port 80 and I'd tend to avoid them." comment over there.
I'd ask the vendor for documentation and details (as on its face, a requirement for this proxy seems, well, somewhat questionable), but yes, you're probably in the Apache config files here, and probably using overrides and .htaccess if the site is low-volume, as that'll keep the changes isolated for testing.
Out of curiousity, is this proxy project part of an attempt to get this package to accessible, but without the vendor actually having the package running on port 80? (Got a pointer to the package? We can check the docs, and see if we can translate the installation requirements into something useful on OS X Server.)
Are you running 10.5 or 10.6? Both are pretty old releases.

Server admin utility

Hi all,
I'm trying to find which ports Server admin utility is using to communicate with the Xservers.
Can someone please help on that.
Thanks,
Ziv

Hi Ziv Jacoby-
This may help: Well Known" TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

Server admin tool's help file broken ?

Hi,
SL Server 10.6.4
I'm trying to open the help file of the server admin tool but it seems to be broken : 100% CPU, beachball. The same occurs with the file included in the standalone bundle (see http://support.apple.com/downloads/ServerAdmin_Tools_106) installed on a SL 10.6.4 client.
Anybody having the problem too ? Any idea ?
Thanks

Hi,
SL Server 10.6.4
I'm trying to open the help file of the server admin tool but it seems to be broken : 100% CPU, beachball. The same occurs with the file included in the standalone bundle (see http://support.apple.com/downloads/ServerAdmin_Tools_106) installed on a SL 10.6.4 client.
Anybody having the problem too ? Any idea ?
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Help with connection pool at system application server admin console 9.0

Hi,
I am trying to create a pool of oracle connections in system application server admin console, but when I ping to the server, it shows me the error: invalid oracle URL: OracleDataSource.makeURL.
I have the jar file of the driver referenced in the classpath suffix field of the path settings.
I have added all kind of combinations of additional properties, like
serverName: 172.16.9.162
databaseName: oradex07
portNumber: 1521
username: usr
password: pwd
or
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Based on the glassfish EJB FAQ.
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props.setProperty("java.naming.factory.initial", "com.sun.enterprise.naming.SerialInitContextFactory");
props.setProperty("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs", "com.sun.enterprise.naming");
props.setProperty("java.naming.factory.state", "com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.JNDIStateFactoryImpl");
props.setProperty("org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialHost", "localhost");
props.setProperty("org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort", "3700");
InitialContext initialContext = new InitialContext(props);
SessionBean bean = initialContext.lookup(ejbName);Cheers.

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).

HT1822 Mac OS X server admin tools: non-server editions of Mac OS 10.6?

On my iMac, I am running the installation of OS X that it shipped with + updates up to 10.6.8. I know there are server admin tools available on the Apple support website, that do stuff like manage groups. I am looking for a GUI to look at ALL the users, groups, permissions, etc. (including hidden ones like _www for apache) on my system, without having to dig through config files in /etc and/or use the dscl command line utility.
The referenced article says I can find the 10.6 tools on Apple support downloads:
Mac OS X Server v10.6
To administer Mac OS X Server v10.6, use the Server Admin Tools 10.6 on Mac OS X v10.6. You should match the version numbers of the server, tools, and admin workstation as closely as possible; for example, use Server Admin Tools version 10.6.8 on Mac OS X v10.6.8 to administer Mac OS X Server v10.6.8.
My questions are:
1. Where are the 10.6 tools on the apple support website? A search turns up versions for everything BUT 10.6.
2. Will the 10.6 tools work on 10.6.8 that is not a server edition of Mac OS?

The Server Tools you can download from Apple will install and run on OS X client, but they will only connect to and monitor OS X Server boxes.
So that won't get you where you want.
One command that will help you here - and which is present on OS X Server and OS X client - is dscl.
dscl . list /users
For details:
info dscl
or
man dscl
Or a web search, etc...

Server admin not seeing directory users from workgroup manager

I am setting up a new Xserve with Snow Leopard (get 'em while we can). We have eight other XServes running Leopard or Snow Leopard server. On those machines we have set up file sharing over AFP. The machines are connected to our Active Directory server and our users authenticate using their domain passwords. All of our other servers were setup in Leopard and were upgraded to Snow Leopard. We have not had any issues authenticating to those boxes.
This is the first one that we have actually setup new-out-of-the-box in Snow Leopard. I can set Workgroup Manager up to connect to our AD, and can see and search my domain users and groups in Workgroup Manager. When I try to set up my File Shares in Server Admin, none of my domain users show up-only local accounts.
What have I missed? In Leopard, when I connected to the domain, the users immediately became available in Server Admin. Not so in SL, at least on this box.
Help?

Hi
The first thing to check is if you've bound the Server to the AD Domain. The second thing is if the /Active Directory/All Domains is in the Search Policy. If you don't do either of these WorkGroup Manager won't display anything coming from the AD Schema.
In 10.6 Apple moved the Directory Utility from where it used to be in /Applications/Utilities and made it part of the Accounts Preferences Pane. Perhaps it's this change that's confusing you? I would not advise doing this but it's also possible you used the Server Setup Assistant to do most of the configuration? If you did maybe something went wrong at that stage (won't be the first time) and you need to manually bind the Server instead?
As ever make sure this server is using the same NTP Server as the others.
Tony

Server Admin is so slow to respond

Hi All
I have a mac-mini with OS X Server 10.5.6 installed. I have a test network which I'm playing around with at home. I'm currently trying to set it up as a open directory master, install dns and dhcp. My problem is that whenever I select Server admin to do any tasks it take absolutely ages to respond.
It will sit there with the rainbow wheel spinning.
The server has all the latest updates
If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated

I have the same problem and basically, my Server Admin utility NEVER connects to my MacOS X 10.5.6 Server (10 users).
It's supremely frustrating since this major problem has just started, out of the blue.
Yes, I restarted the server and it doesn't help.
Furthermore, the Server Admin doesn't open (or connect, more precisely) with either the server itself of from another (LAN) Mac. And when I "force quit" the Server Admin (because nothing is happening, as fas as I can tell), it gives me an error (and I send it to Apple).
This is the kind of error the system diagnoses...
Date/Time: 2009-05-01 22:14:48 -0400
OS Version: 10.5.6 (Build 9G55)
Architecture: i386
Report Version: 4
Command: Server Admin
Path: /Applications/Server/Server Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/Server Admin
Version: 10.5.3 (279.1.1)
Build Version: 4
Project Name: ServerAdmin
Source Version: 2790101
Parent: launchd [132]
PID: 9730
Event: hang
Time: 7.64s
Steps: 46
Process: Server Admin [9730]
Path: /Applications/Server/Server Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/Server Admin
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /Applications/Server/Server Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/Server Admin
000a4000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ServerKit.framework/Versions/A/ServerKit
000f8000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ServerFoundation.framework/Versions/A/ServerF oundation
00119000 /Applications/Server/Server Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/ServerAdmin.framework/Versions/A/ServerA dmin
4d57d000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphKit.framework/Versions/A/GraphKit
Thread id: 9a608b8
User stack:
46 start + 54 (in Server Admin) [0x284a]
46 _NSApplicationMain + 574 (in AppKit) [0x94a668a4]
46 -[NSApplication run] + 795 (in AppKit) [0x94a9966b]
46 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128 (in AppKit) [0x94aa0630]
46 __DPSNextEvent + 1189 (in AppKit) [0x94aa0f91]
46 _AEProcessAppleEvent + 38 (in HIToolbox) [0x910649a5]
46 _aeProcessAppleEvent + 177 (in AE) [0x91004425]
46 __Z25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 44 (in AE) [0x9100457e]
46 __Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPS_mPh + 144 (in AE) [0x91004648]
46 __NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 223 (in Foundation) [0x9003214f]
46 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 655 (in Foundation) [0x9003243f]
46 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 98 (in AppKit) [0x94aa36bc]
46 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 238 (in AppKit) [0x94aa3e95]
46 -[NSApplication _doOpenUntitled] + 477 (in AppKit) [0x94aa47b1]
46 -[NSDocumentController(NSInternal) _openUntitled] + 136 (in AppKit) [0x94aa495f]
46 -[NSDocumentController openUntitledDocumentAndDisplay:error:] + 320 (in AppKit) [0x94aa4db1]
46 -[NSDocumentController makeUntitledDocumentOfType:error:] + 328 (in AppKit) [0x94aa53aa]
46 -[NSDocument initWithType:error:] + 45 (in AppKit) [0x94aa5cd9]
46 -[MainDocument init] + 617 (in Server Admin) [0x3cd67]
46 -[MainDocument loadDictRepresentation:] + 196 (in Server Admin) [0x3dce7]
46 -[ServerInfoModel loadDictRepresentation:forDocument:] + 316 (in Server Admin) [0x44b8d]
46 -[ServerEntry initWithDictionary:] + 123 (in Server Admin) [0x27d4b]
46 -[ServerEntry setSessionHost:] + 76 (in Server Admin) [0x28ff3]
46 +[NSHost currentHost] + 1016 (in Foundation) [0x9009c258]
46 _getnameinfo + 885 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91f295df]
46 _LI_DSLookupQuery + 353 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ee8153]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Process: ATSServer [9484]
Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
Thread id: 9bd9ba0
User stack:
46 ??? [0x56f6]
46 ??? [0xddb0f]
46 _CFRunLoopRun + 84 (in CoreFoundation) [0x927e5d34]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Thread id: 69b9128
User stack:
46 _thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef2f52]
46 __pthread_start + 321 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef3095]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Process: ATSServer [171]
Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
Thread id: 767fba0
User stack:
46 ??? [0x56f6]
46 ??? [0xddb0f]
46 _CFRunLoopRun + 84 (in CoreFoundation) [0x927e5d34]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Thread id: 76813c8
User stack:
46 _thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef2f52]
46 __pthread_start + 321 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef3095]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Process: AirPort Base Station Agent [161]
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPort Base Station Agent
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPort Base Station Agent
003c6000 /System/Library/Components/DictionaryService.component/Contents/MacOS/Dictionar yService
00469000 /Library/QuickTime/LiveType.component/Contents/MacOS/LiveType
00471000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LiveType.framework/Versions/A/LiveType
004f6000 /Library/QuickTime/DivX Decoder.component/Contents/MacOS/DivX Decoder
Thread id: 76848b8
User stack:
46 ??? [0x23d1]
46 ??? [0x24a4]
46 _NSApplicationMain + 574 (in AppKit) [0x94a668a4]
46 -[NSApplication run] + 795 (in AppKit) [0x94a9966b]
46 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128 (in AppKit) [0x94aa0630]
46 __DPSNextEvent + 657 (in AppKit) [0x94aa0d7d]
46 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106 (in HIToolbox) [0x91061f4d]
46 _ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374 (in HIToolbox) [0x910620d9]
46 _RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283 (in HIToolbox) [0x910622c0]
46 _CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 (in CoreFoundation) [0x927e5cd8]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Thread id: 7d605d0
User stack:
46 _thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef2f52]
46 ___select + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91f116f2]
Thread id: 7d60998
User stack:
46 _thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef2f52]
46 __pthread_start + 321 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef3095]
46 ??? [0x1a652]
46 ??? [0x18b0f]
46 ??? [0x1a953]
46 _semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec2226]
Process: AppleFileServer [106]
Path: /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer
000e5000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ByteRangeLocking.framework/Versions/A/ByteRan geLocking
000f3000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MDSChannel.framework/Versions/A/MDSChannel
Thread id: 767b790
User stack:
46 ??? [0x1ffe]
46 __ZN5OSRefI5FPVolEC2EPS0_ + 1082 (in AppleFileServer) [0x42158]
46 __ZN16OSTree_ProtectedD0Ev + 651 (in AppleFileServer) [0x44483]
46 __ZN16OSTree_ProtectedD0Ev + 433 (in AppleFileServer) [0x443a9]
46 __ZN5OSRefI14SessionManagerEaSERKS1_ + 2245 (in AppleFileServer) [0x3264d]
46 ___select + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91f116f2]
Thread id: 767e4f0
User stack:
46 _thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef2f52]
46 __pthread_start + 321 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef3095]
46 __ZN16OSTree_ProtectedD0Ev + 651 (in AppleFileServer) [0x44483]
46 __ZN16OSTree_ProtectedD0Ev + 433 (in AppleFileServer) [0x443a9]
46 __ZN5OSRefI7FPCNodeED2Ev + 1105 (in AppleFileServer) [0x3578d]
46 _CFRunLoopRun + 84 (in CoreFoundation) [0x927e5d34]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Process: AppleSpell [453]
Path: /System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents/MacOS/AppleSpell
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents/MacOS/AppleSpell
000e3000 /usr/lib/liblangid.dylib
Thread id: 7683208
User stack:
46 ??? [0x1f22]
46 ??? [0x2229]
46 -[NSSpellServer run] + 198 (in Foundation) [0x90084dc6]
46 _CFRunLoopRun + 84 (in CoreFoundation) [0x927e5d34]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Process: AppleVNCServer [164]
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Ma cOS/AppleVNCServer
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Ma cOS/AppleVNCServer
Thread id: 767f410
User stack:
46 ??? [0x24549]
46 ??? [0x1d7a]
46 ??? [0x201e]
46 ??? [0x4945]
46 _RunApplicationEventLoop + 207 (in HIToolbox) [0x910bf3cb]
46 __AcquireNextEvent + 58 (in HIToolbox) [0x910c0c6e]
46 _ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374 (in HIToolbox) [0x910620d9]
46 _RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283 (in HIToolbox) [0x910622c0]
46 _CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 (in CoreFoundation) [0x927e5cd8]
46 _mach_msg_trap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ec21c6]
Thread id: 7682a78
User stack:
46 _thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef2f52]
46 __pthread_start + 321 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef3095]
46 _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 56 (in CarbonCore) [0x934c80a3]
46 _select$DARWIN_EXTSN$NOCANCEL + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x91ef930a]
Process: CCacheServer [3197]
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app/Contents/MacOS/CCacheServer
ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /System/Library/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app/Contents/MacOS/CCacheServer
...and it goes on like that forever...
Please, help me fix this!

SSL Certificate appears valid in Server Admin, but as expired in browsers

I've imported a certificate from Thawte that expires June 29 2008. It shows the correct dates within the Certificates tab of Server Admin, and everthing looks fine, but when I load an https: page on my server, the browser tells me that the certificate expired June 30 2007.
This is a fairly new Mac Pro running OSX 10.5.2 Leopard Server, and Apache 2.2.
If you click on the embedded icon from Thawte that links to their site for verification, it also shows that the certificate is valid.
I've deleted and re-imported it a few times, and rebooted the server, but it always shows as expired in browsers.
Sample page with link to Thawte;
https://cstore.uvic.ca/index-ssl.lasso
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me get this fixed.
Brad.
Message was edited by: FastCompany

Camelot,
Thanks for the reply. I'm not offended by your suggestion that it's something simple that I've overlooked, rather I'm hoping that it is.
I have selected the certificate on the appropriate site on the web panel. When you visit the site link In my original message, you'll see that the correct certificate is being served, but it appears as expired to the browser, even though it shows as valid in Server Admin.
I also found it in the Keychain utility, and it also shows as a valid certifcate there. I did find an entry in the Keychain utility for an earlier attempt at installing an expired certificate, so I deleted that entry.

Server Admin's proxy configuration... whacked? (Doesn't seem to work)

I just upgraded to Apache2 so that I could, sensibly, use the Server Admin app to manage all my web sites. Previously, my various httpd conf files were too complicated and I had resorted to hand coding them.
The good news is Server Admin and Apache2 are much closer to functional.
One bit of bad news: I can't get the reverse proxies to work consistently. Once set up, I get the most peculiar mix of success and failure -- almost at random. For example, some URIs load; others don't; sometimes a page loads, but it's style sheet doesn't.
What I want is simply this:
*/confluence (proxy to) localhost:8081/confluence
Using hand-edited config files, I'd usually do something along these lines (and this works great, by the way, if I stick it into 0000any_80www.mydomain.com.conf:
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPassReverse /confluence http://localhost:8081/confluence
ProxyPass /confluence http://localhost:8081/confluence
So, off to Server Admin to make this work. I tried checking "Enable Reverse Proxy" and specifying a Proxy Path of "/confluence" and a Worker URL of http://localhost:8081/confluence. This ended up created the following entry in my 0000_...conf file:
<IfModule modproxybalancer.c>
ProxyPass /confluence balancer://balancer-group/
ProxyPassReverse /confluence balancer://balancer-group/
<Proxy "balancer://balancer-group">
BalancerMember http://localhost:8081/confluence
</Proxy>
</IfModule>
I wasn't able to figure out what a Sticky Session Identifier, Route or Load Factor would be used for... so I left those blank. Perhaps that's why it's not working... sure would be nice if there was some help in Server Admin...
Hm. Anyhow, Ok, looks alright. I'm not totally sure about the balancer bits (like why they are there), but I don't see why it wouldn't work. But... IT DOES NOT. I get totally inconsistent results. Some pages load, some don't. Sometimes I get some page assets, while others don't come through. Bah. However, if I get rid of the above, and simply put this in:
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPassReverse /confluence http://localhost:8081/confluence
ProxyPass /confluence http://localhost:8081/confluence
It works great. Only problem is, anytime I edit a server configuration, Server Admin goes and deletes those lines! I think I've found a way around it though. I put the above lines into a "0000.proxy" file (in /etc/apache2/sites/0000.proxy) and now I've added this line:
Include "/etc/apache2/sites/0000.proxy"
At the bottom of my 0000_...conf file. So far, Server Admin hasn't deleted that line... and it seems to be working.
BUT, I'd just LOVE it if someone could tell me how to make this work without hacking around in the command line! Very annoying -- and of course, my proxies are showing up in Server Admin, and I really wish that would work.

Hi there
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@Jared - Was that information missing in your file? I thought when you elected to use this file that it was automatically populated with all available settings. And unfortunately (IMNSHO) the settings don't immediately reflect the settings in the dialog. (I think they should, as a starting point. At least, that's the behavior *I* expected the first time I played with the feature. I was admittedly taken aback when it didn't work that way.)
Assuming the setting was missing, how did you manage to sort what setting should be added?
Cheers... Rick
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Creating Open Directory Replica fails with Server Admin Error Value 1127

Hallo,
I have seen a lot of similar threads here and they were helpful up to a certain point, but in the end, they did not solve my problem.
Currently, it comes down to this. The Server Admin Error message ist really meaningless and I could not find a single for the error value on the whole wide web. As such, I switched to the command line versions of the tools involved to geht more meaningful results. It worked. Specifically, creating a replica of an openldap master means using slapconfig.
When executing
slapconfig -createreplica master.ourdomain.com diradmin
as root on the prospective replica machine, I get the following error message:
ssh command failed with status 127
That command is not allowed with the root account via public key authentication.
That makes perfect sense to me, but how is it meant to work then?
Executing slapconfig as admin tells me that this tool is to be executed as root. On the other hand, root login via ssh is not allowed in Mac OS X by default, which seems fine to me. I even changed /etc/sshd_config on the Open Directory Master machine to "PermitRootLogin yes". However, neither reloading ssh using launchctl nor restarting the whole server made this setting operational. Trying to login from command line as root still tells me:
root login is not permitted to this machine via public key authentication.
While this is the current state where I need help urgently, I changed some other things before. I tell about to exclude these issues as possible reason of failure. I got this message for quite a while:
Replica Setup failed : This machine does not have a valid computer name
I was sure, this machine meant the target machine, the open directory master, because the domain had changed there once before I had taken over responsibility as an admin in this environment. And in fact, changeip disguised an issue there. The command proposed by changeip to fix the situation did not seem appropriate because this machine is multihomed with a public and a private IP adress. Proper name resolution is available for both interfaces including reverse lookup. I dont like this setup, but it was the only way to get mail service running smoothly. Running changeip on the machine itself using these arguments
changeip /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 internalIP internalIP old.ours.com current.ours.com
reported success in updating password server, open directory, both interfaces, hostconfig (which in fact did not change) and samba. It reported an issue with kadmin which is related to Kerberos (we dont use Kerberos yet).
Changing the hostname of the server using changeip did not solve the issue. I then found the hint to check with scutil. This showed that the Hostname was not set on the prospective replica machine. (A question aside: in how many place is the hostname stored? The traditional /etc/hostname has gone, but seems to be replaces with several other configuration files and databases. I cant see this as an advantage). Setting the hostname using scutil worked fine. However, it did not solve the problem either. At least, slapconfig now started to complain about not being able to log in as root instead of failing from the start.
I also checked all log files on bboth machines that might have to do with openldap, as there are /var/log/slapd.log, /var/log/system.log and /Library/Log/slapconfig.log. I also checked the log of th layer on top of openldap which is /Library/Log/DirectoryService.server.log. None of them revealed anything noticeable beside a lot of of entries that I have googled in the last few hours and which all dont seem to be associated with the problem in question.
I will take a break now, but I have to fix this until tomorrow and I hope to get the ultimate hint from you, dear reader.
Thanks and bye, Christian Völker

ssh command failed with status 127
That command is not allowed with the root account via public key authentication.
Initial OD replication takes place via 'ssh'. If you have 'sshd' configured on the OD Master to authenticate with public keys then the OD replica will not be able to communicate with the OD Master via 'ssh'. You must configure the OD Master to use 'ssh' with password authentication and root login enabled.
Demote the replica back to standalone. Stop any services that you may have running on the primary network interface. Then stop any services that you may have running on the secondary network interface. In the 'Network' System Prefpane remove the IP number from the secondary interface then deactivate the secondary network interface.
Assign the private IP address and hostname that you wish to use for the replica to the primary network interface. Assign the 'public' IP number to the secondary interface. Check the DNS to see that the IP address and hostname for the primary network interface resolve both forward and reverse for the hostname of the replica that you have chosen. If it does not, fix your DNS before proceeding.
In the 'Sharing' System Prefpane, change the name of the machine to the hostname (server.domain.tld) of the replica that you have chosen. Then use 'changeip -checkhostname' to see if the IP/hostname matches. Fix it if it doesn't.
Then configure the /etc/sshd_config file on the OD master like this:
\# Authentication:
PermitRootLogin yes
PasswordAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication no
and the /etc/ssh_config file on the OD replica like this:
PasswordAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication no
Then from the OD replica as the 'root' user issue:
slapconfig -createreplica <ODMasterIPorFQDN> <diradmin user>
Make sure that the 'diradmin' user's password contains only alpha-numeric characters -no 'option-characters' or symbols, change it first if it does. Once the process completes, reactivate the secondary interface for the 'public' IP and check the configuration of services that will be using that IP, then start your other services. Secure the 'ssh' service on both machines to disable password authentication and 'root' logins.

Server Admin Graphing No Longer Works in 10.4.6

Has anyone else noticed that the graphing functions no longer work in 10.4.6?
I have also noticed that the CPU % Usage in the System - Hardware displays 62% no matter that the system is idle. This only appears on my single processor G4 not my Dual G4 Xserve.

Ever since I have upgraded to Xserve 10.4.6 the graphing function does not work and shows 0% - pretty light load for a dual 867 MHz G4 and about 12 users at the time
It is my hope that Apple does fix the problem shortly - it's useful to see the load on the CPU and network. Over the last while I did notice that the CPU load was "creeping" up steadily when the "Server Admin" utility was left running. The graph did not creep up when "Server Admin" was terminated and a graph was plotted after a few days.

Lion server VPN + Server Admin Tools 10.7

Hi,
I followed this guide http://macminicolo.net/lionservervpn to try to set up VPN on my lion mac mini server.
I also used Server Admin Tools 10.7 as instructed in the guide.
After completing the steps in the guide, I cannot get VPN to work, plus I have extra problems as below:
my mini cannot connected to the Internet or local network shares. I found under "Network" setting there was extra VLan created by the system automatically showing as "System Test--Connection error". After I delete this extra connection and revert my Ethernet to its original settings I can connect to the Internet again.
Server Admin Tools 10.7 seem to retains all its settings from the guide on NAT, Firewall etc. doesn't matter if I had removed the current server and created a new server in the left pane. Is there anyway I can restore the Server Admin Tools to its programme defaults? I suspect these settings are affecting my networks and I cannot get rid of them completely.
Would VPN still work if I just set it up in the server app? I haven't been able to get it work this way. I also want to find out is your guide for using the VPN to connect to the Internet off the server as a way to bypass restrictions? Do I have to set it up this way as the guide if I just to want to set up a VPN for simple fireshareing?
What did this command in the guide do to my mini? I was hopping if I cannot get VPN to work, then I should at least reverse the effects of this command. How do I undo this command please? "sudo serveradmin settings vpn:Servers:com.apple.ppp.l2tp:DNS:OfferedServerAddresses:_array_index:0 = "192.168.2.1"

Thanks BrianFL. This helps hugely. Yes, I just to set up a simple filesharing VPN not the kind of VPN that bypass Internet censorship. I use ethernet connection directly from my router yes.
1. I just need to use the server app to set up a VPN and port forwarding. That is it?
2. The setting I have made according to the guide with Server Admin Tools seems never going away, even after I deleted the server that has all the settings inside Server Admin Tools. Upon creating a new server inside Server Admin Tools, the new server inherits all the settings from the one I just deleted. Any idea how I can restore to Server Admin Tools's defaults settings?
3. Even VNC (I use RealVNC) on the mini stopped working after I made changes according to the guide and deleted all the changes I can find. What is the address format for lion's build in VNC (192.168.0.100:5800?) like? I forgot how it is.
Thanks so much!

Mail, Server Admin, MySQL running very, very slow

Hi all,
I have this Leopard Server on a Mac Mini and I experience some big bottlenecks on mail services (especially webmail), Server Admin connections (both local and remote), and also connections with mySQL clients (remote). Local MySQL is working fine. It is not the same for mail and Server Admin. They are very slow also for local connections. Any idea? Hint: I'm using a USB-ethernet adapter (from Apple) for my public IP's (I have 2 of them) and I use built-in ethernet for local network. I've switched them, I tried only with the built-in ethernet... no change. Please help... my enthusiasm about this server solution is getting lower and lower... Thank you very much

pterobyte wrote:
Have a look at system.log and mailaccess.log for clues to begin with.
Server Admin is usually slow (locally and remotely) when the DNS (forward and reverse) setup is not correct.
Since mySQL seems to have only problems when used remotely, I'd look at bandwidth, routers and switches involved.
Is mail only slow when used via webmail or via any IMAP client?
You're a genius as usually
It seems that I removed my reverse zone accidentally... I didn't even think to look at DNS setting before you told me... Thank you very much

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