Server admin needs com.apple.servermgrd.plist - which is not on my mac

Hi, I've installed server admin 10.5.7. It tries to connect to my server then says "there is no server available at the address you entered". Found a topic in the forums that says I need to run /System/Library/LaunchDaemons /com.apple.servermgrd.plist but it is not on my mac. Can someone please tell me where I can download it, or even post the contents (it's a gob of xml).
Thanks much for any help.

Chances are that there is something wrong with DNS or something else on your network. plist files are files that are created when you run apps. Can you provide more info on how you set up the server - has it worked before, is this a new instal, have you verified that your server/network is working properly aside from this issue?
Jeff

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Mail(1739) deny file-read-data /Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
Process:         Mail [1739]
Path:            /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Load Address:    0x10f773000
Identifier:      com.apple.mail
Version:         1485 (6.0)
Build Info:      3-Mail~1485000000000000
Code Type:       x86_64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [237]
Date/Time:       2012-08-05 11:54:01.392 +0100
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269)
Report Version: 8
Thread 0:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib            0x00007fff8c9d5fee __open + 10
1   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c12a588 __33-[CFPrefsPlistSource synchronize]_block_invoke_0 + 296
2   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c125f07 withDaemonConnection + 87
3   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c12a36c -[CFPrefsPlistSource synchronize] + 316
4   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c1291a1 -[CFPrefsPlistSource synchronizeIfStale] + 113
5   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c12927a -[CFPrefsPlistSource copyValueForKey:] + 42
6   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c128213 -[CFPrefsSearchListSource copyValueForKey:] + 131
7   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c124080 __CFPreferencesCopyAppValue_block_invoke_0 + 32
8   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c1277e8 +[CFPrefsSearchListSource withSearchListForIdentifier:perform:] + 824
9   CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8bffd67a CFPreferencesCopyAppValue + 186
10 Foundation                        0x00007fff8ccb7db0 -[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) objectForKey:] + 22
11 Foundation                        0x00007fff8ccb7c97 -[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) boolForKey:] + 23
12 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92932d8b ABDLog + 290
13 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92935eda -[ABSafeNotificationEntry reflectNotification:] + 63
14 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92935cf1 -[ABSafeNotificationReflector reflectNotification:toEntryIfElligible:] + 72
15 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92935c72 __50-[ABSafeNotificationReflector notificationFunnel:]_block_invoke_0 + 37
16 CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c0597d9 __NSSetEnumerate + 985
17 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92935c26 -[NSSet(ABSetAdditions) _abEach:] + 91
18 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92935ad3 -[ABCopyOnWriteSet useReadOnlySet:] + 44
19 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92935a9e -[ABCopyOnWriteSet each:] + 91
20 AddressBook                       0x00007fff92935a1e -[ABSafeNotificationReflector notificationFunnel:] + 181
21 CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8bff5b8a _CFXNotificationPost + 2554
22 Foundation                        0x00007fff8ccb7a76 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 64
23 Mail                              0x000000010f7757d5
24 CoreData                          0x00007fff88968e64 -[NSManagedObjectContext(_NSInternalAdditions) _didSaveChanges] + 2132
25 CoreData                          0x00007fff88958589 -[NSManagedObjectContext save:] + 1241
26 Message                           0x00007fff88d3e755 -[SeenMessagesManager saveChanges] + 46
27 Message                           0x00007fff88d372f6 -[POPStore fetchSynchronously] + 2175
28 Message                           0x00007fff88d2edd2 -[POPAccount fetchSynchronously] + 140
29 CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c036cac __invoking___ + 140
30 CoreFoundation                    0x00007fff8c036b47 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 263
31 CoreMessage                       0x00007fff8b271d5d -[MonitoredInvocation invoke] + 225
32 CoreMessage                       0x00007fff8b28a2b2 -[ThrowingInvocationOperation main] + 33
33 CoreMessage                       0x00007fff8b236602 -[_MFInvocationOperation main] + 431
34 Foundation                        0x00007fff8ccfdbb6 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 684
35 Foundation                        0x00007fff8cd053d1 __block_global_6 + 129
36 libdispatch.dylib                 0x00007fff8cc5ef3d _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
37 libdispatch.dylib                 0x00007fff8cc5b0fa _dispatch_client_callout + 8
38 libdispatch.dylib                 0x00007fff8cc5c23e _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 304
39 libsystem_c.dylib                 0x00007fff8c361ceb _pthread_wqthread + 404
40 libsystem_c.dylib                 0x00007fff8c34c1b1 start_wqthread + 13
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Any wise wisdom?
Thanks, Chris.

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display dialog theResult buttons {"Done"} default button 1
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It gets repaired & then all over again . So far I could not find a solution . I have already sent feedback to Apple .
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I actually have this all the time. com.apple.alf.plist is always repaired whenever Disk Utility repairs permissions.
I also came across somewhere that it was included in the solution for a problem about iTunes requesting permission to access internet everytime it is launched. And I had that issue as well. (iTunes asks for my permission for internet access everytime I launch it.) And the solution proposed for this included the deletion of this "com.apple.alf.plist" regarding a firewall issue. Although I deleted the file, Disk Utility still repairs this file (though iTunes haven't yet asked for internet permissions.) everytime I run the permission repair.
I suppose there has got to be a solution to keep the file stable, like without causing the repair.
Not a big issue, as mentioned in the thread title; but still, this may be the cause or result of something going on in the computer; so any suggestions are welcome.
Cheers!

Missing com.apple.dashboard.plist files

Just upgraded (Tiger 10.4.12 to Leopard 10.5.2). Everything groovy except for Dashboard which will not launch because there is no com.apple.dashboard.plist file in my Library.
Any remedies? Or am I going to have to start again and reinstall Leopard to get Dashboard working?

I did a complete ERASE and INSTALL upgrade, so all the former Tiger settings were wiped, or should have been.
Prior to the install I backed up my own files to an external.
The very first thing I did after the install was to run Time Machine and back up the whole system to a second external. This initial backup does not contain any dashboard plist files either, so it looks like they didn't install!

Problems with slow finder and com.apple.finder.plist

I have four users in my marketing department, all running Mac Pros with 10.6. and Adobe CS5 and some other software for design work. Each one has a slowness issue using the Finder (by itself and inside programs (ie, within Photoshop and going to Open)) when accessing our network drives. Other people, including myself, can access those same directories without slowness.
'Slowness' is an understatement. What would normally take a second is taking 5 to 10 minutes to show content in folders.
When I delete "com.apple.finder.plist" off their systems, and reboot, everything snaps back to being speedy, but it doesn't last and they need to remove that file once a day.
I have two saved plist files before they deleted it, but I don't know what do look for when I view the contents with a plist editor.
Can anyone offer some suggestions on why this could be happening? Or how can I view and see what this file is being hung up on?

Download and run all the cleaning and maintainence aspects of the free OnyX while each machine is offline and reboot, leave offline until all are completed and then put them back online.
See if that clears the issue or reveals some more issues with the checks.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
OnyX also has a plist checker under Verify.

Auto open docx and xlsx files in MS Office 2011 after it download in Safari (com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist not work)

Check "Open safe files" in Safari and define docx and xlsx extensions in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist not work. Old doc and xls files was auto opened successfully...
Content of .plist file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
          <key>LSRiskCategorySafe</key>
          <dict>
                    <key>LSRiskCategoryExtensions</key>
                    <array>
                              <string>doc</string>
                              <string>docx</string>
                              <string>xls</string>
                              <string>xlsx</string>
                              <string>ppt</string>
                              <string>pptx</string>
                    </array>
          </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Yes, but there at least you are talking to people who all use the app, while in this forum (which is for hardware and not software in any case, so already off the mark, since the problem has nothing to do with hardware), it is probably a minority.
A better place would be
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion
and or
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/safari
I did see someone from serveral years ago with the same problem at
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/877358-open-microsoft-office-files-automatical ly-after-download-in-safari/
I wonder if there is another list somewhere of permissible extensions in that .plist....

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