Server Admin on other platforms

Is there any way to access Server Admin on other platforms in particular windows ? I use a 12" PB G4. Since it has no compact flash card slot, cannot use Verizon Wireless broadband card for internet access. I have a windows xp laptop. I there any way to use theses applications on windows maching ?

Hello Abhishek,
JRockit is only available on IA32/64 compatible platforms. What
platforms were you interested in?
Regards,
/Staffan
Abhishek Srivastava wrote:
Hello All,
The web page for jrockit says its a jvm optimized for intel 32/64 bit
platforms.
Does this mean, we should use jrockit (as compared to the sun jvm) only
on intell machines?
Or does jrockit perform better (as far as WLS is concerned) on other
platforms as well.
regards,
Abhishek.

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Server Admin not connecting to Leopard Server when accessing via VPN

Hi everyone,
Recently, as the title suggests, Server Admin (or Server Preferences, for that matter) would not connect to my remote server via VPN. I'm quite sure that the server is working nicely, as the users (both of them lovely young ladies with considerable charms, which makes on-site support quite interesting, if distracting) didn't call me to complain, and I can login via SSH with no problems.
The server is a Mac Mini, connected to an Airport Extreme (gigabit N), which in turn connects to our ADSL modem, if that helps any.
Now, I did tinker around a bit with the settings before this happened, so I think it's probably my fault (well, I started my "career" of administering this server a week ago, what do you expect), so I suppose I may have inadvertently limited access to a service required for Server Admin and Server Preferences to function.
If anyone could tell me which services are absolutely necessary for Server Admin to function, or at least where to start looking, I'd be immensely grateful. I didn't yet go on site to try and wrestle the whole thing from there, as the travel costs are non-trivial, so I'd rather do it remotely, if at all possible.

This is exactly the difficulty I am having with a 10.5.4 Intel xserve. I have established a VPN connection that connects me to my business LAN, and I know it has carried out the connection because there are a number of things I can access properly that are not available on the public internet. For instance, my LOM ports are restricted to my business LAN, and when I connect to the server via VPN I can access teh LOM ports and using server monitor. However, when I try to use Server Admin, nothing works. It won't connect. I too am confused. All traffic to the xserve is allowed via the business LAN. I thought all traffic was supposed to be routed to the VPN server when connected via a VPN. If this is the case, shouldn't Server Admin work? When I go on site and connect my computer directly to the business LAN, I have no difficulty using Server Admin.

Change SMB settings (sharepoint, status, etc.) with Server Admin

Hi. Big problems with Server Admin to administer SMB service with Mac OS X Server 10.5.2.
When you share a sharepoint, you set the enable oplocks and enable strict locking as you want and when you save, all your settings disappear. Fix with modifying directly /etc/smb.conf.
Worse. My server "B" is connected to an ODM "A". No problem with Open Directory / Kerberos except when I try to bind the SMB Service to the PDC. When you choose Domain Member, the setting is automatically reverted to Standalone (nothing's visible in the log with the status change). When you choose Latin 1 850, the setting goes back to Latin US 437.
I'm lost.
Any experience ?
Best regards.

I have a Leopard Server 10.5.2 and it's a PDC. Same problem with strict locking and Code Page Latin US 437.
Doing many tests I found this solution to the code page problem that seem to be a sync problem of the Server Admin.
Try this but remember to do a backup of your files!!
To change the SMB Code Page, modify the smb service default configuration file:
sudo pico /System/Library/CoreServices/SmbFileServer.bundle/Resources/ServerDefaults.plis t
Set:
<key>DOSCodePage</key>
<string>CP437</string>
To:
<key>DOSCodePage</key>
<string>CP850</string>
Save in pico with ctrl+x and Restart SMB Service in server admin.

Server Admin permissions

Hi, where do I change the permissions to allow certain users to edit server settings (e.g. NetBoot settings) in Server Admin?

A user needs to be in the Administrator group in order to run Server Admin and configure a server.
Note that this can have other consequences - since it makes the user an admin they can change any element of the server, not just the components exposed by Server Admin.

Server Admin 10.6 bug: Realms are completely messed up

After upgrading Server Admin to 10.6, I completely lost control over the Realm configuration with Server Admin. This happens regardless if the Server is 10.5 or 10.6.
Example: For a given Realm the permissions for "Everyone" should read "None" instead nothing is displayed (the field is empty). The permissions for a given Group should read "Browse and Read WebDAV", instead "None" is displayed.
If I try to change permissions, or give permissions to a new Realm, the popup menu shows the following choice:
*Browse Only*
*Browse Only*
None
Normally it should look like this:
*Browse Only*
*Browse and Read WebDAV*
*Browse and Read/Write WebDAV*
None
I can't say for sure if this has consequences for the actual access rights. I found this problem after upgrading to 10.6 and tested it by connecting from a 10.6 client computer via WebDAV as Guest. The Server gave me full access instead of none. Later I found in the logfile, that I have been connected with my current user name instead of being a Guest, with I explicitly choose to be, in the Finders connect dialog on a 10.6 client.
After that I lost all trust into 10.6 Server so far. Also it was late yesterday, so I decided to restart the Server as 10.5 from a backup disk. I'll give 10.6 a second try if I got some answers first.
Remark: I'm using Server Admin in German Language. I have translated the menu items above for this post. Is this a localization bug? Could anyone confirm, this behavior of Server Admin in other language versions?
_Further question:_ Is this "choose to be a Guest, and be connected as the curred user" behavior a bug in 10.6 Finder?
Message was edited by: root 66

This appears to be a problem with the German-language strings present in SnowLeopard Server. You can try fixing them yourself as a workaround. As an administrative user, make a backup copy of the following file (just in case), and open the file with a text editor:
"/Applications/Server/Server Admin.app/Contents/PlugIns/Web.bundle/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/Localizab le.strings"
That file contains lines that map user interface items to displayed strings. For the popup values of the Permissions section of the Realms display, you will find the following incorrect lines:
"kBrowseOnly" = "Ansehen";
"kBrowseAndReadWebDAV" = "Ansehen ";
"kBrowseAndReadWriteWebDAV" = "Ansehen ";
Change each "Ansehen" to a more meaningful German string - I think you can infer a correct string from the context - and save the changes, and then relaunch Server Admin.

Access to Mac OS X Server with other platforms

Hi there,
I am running a Mac Mini Server and I want to access my iCal and iAdressbook from outside. This is perfectly working as long as the client is a Mac, an iPhone or an iPad. But what about other ways of accessing it?
Example: I tried to access my iCal server via Thunderbird with Lightening Add-On, but I didn´t get any connection up to now.
So my question is: Do anybody can help me here? I am not willing to use any special product (eg Thunderbird), my first step would be to get it working, so access from Windows Systems and also Linux PCs.
Greets,
Michael

Hey,
You should setup a web server and make it serv ical, contacts, ...
This is pretty straight forward, there are simple tick boxes that allow you to add these services.
Go to Server Admin
Add the service "web"
in "Sites" select the standard (*) and then in the bottom part click "web services"
There you have 4 tick boxes: "wiki" "blogs" "calender" and "mail"
If you tick these and start the service you should be able to http://yourserver.domain.com
and get a signin window for these services.
making this available from outside your network is another story.
First get it to work internally and then worry about the rest
This is the way to go I think.
Hope my very basic explanation of the concept points you in the right direction.
So you should read about the web server and CalDAV as well.
interesting link for all the technical stuff:
(this ensures weeks of reading pleasure )
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/documentation.html

Deleting the dhcp (or other) config from server admin

i'm trying to fully wipe a dhcp service config in server admin, yet the leases and other config lines show up when i disable/re-enable the service. i tried moving /etc/bootpd.plist, and it doesn't seem to matter.
what do i need to do to get it to a clean slate?
i originally imported a dhcp.plist pulled from a 10.4 server before the clean install.
thanks for any help.

i'll answer my own question.
re/moving the following files worked fine after stopping dhcp:
/etc/bootpd.plist
/var/db/dhcpd_leases
there's also /var/db/dhcpclient/ and /var/db/dhcp_leases, which didn't seem to contain anything.

Server Admin & SNow Leopard

I recently updated my Macbook Pro to Snow Leopard. We have a Mac OS X server (10.4.8) and when i try to connect with Server Admin i get this message " Received an unexpected authentication failure. This may be caused by trying to connect to a server prior to version 10.5.8. If this is the ase, please install the latest ipdate of Mac OS X Server software and try to connect again."
We are unable to buy the software and update. And I need to manage the Server with Server Admin. Help!!

While the cost of upgrading hardware and software configurations is widely recognized, there are also costs involved with staying on older gear and older software.
If a site is planning to lock onto older software releases, then it is generally considered the site's responsibility to purchase enough hardware (servers, spares, etc) to maintain those requirements, or to make arraignments with a supplier or the vendor to provide services and support for duration of the installation; to reserve enough spare parts.
I regularly deal with enterprise-class computing gear that's a dozen or more years old, acquired from a well-known enterprise vendor, and newer hardware and component upgrades there are regularly not supported on older platforms, or newer platforms require newer software releases, or requires site-local customization work, or some combination of these. (I had problems a week or so ago simply because the mountings within the older 19" rack-mount cabinets differ, and the necessary rail-mounting kits simply aren't available.)
The deployments here can go for ten or twenty years and with few or no modifications, and that requirement requires acquiring and monitoring available spare parts and spare servers, and watching and resolving for failure patterns that might burn through the available spares.
Extending hardware support back a generation or three for newer gear also increases the testing and support matrix, and the associated costs. The vendor has more to test, is constrained around what can be upgraded, and there are the usual costs with maintaining the older gear. Those costs can and do get passed through to the customer, too, whether as vendor overhead costs or as reduced feature-sets, or both.

Server Admin can't connect to my server

I updated to 10.4.10 and since then I haven't been able to connect to my server using Server Admin or Server Monitor. In my system.log i get the following error over and over again:
/Applications/Server/Server Admin.app/Contents/MacOS/Server Admin: [533] ServerManager session failed in connect(server.example.com,xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,311): 61\n
I appologize if this is a dup. With no search function currently, it's hard to find what I'm looking for.

You could try this as an almost last resort ( would only if i have a reasonably recent backup of the data on that drive JUST in case it becomes non-bootable (Very slim chance; but 1% is still higher than 0%)
Here we go:
Delete kernel extension caches, other caches for some issues
A number of common issues that crop up after incremental Mac OS X updates can be resolved by deleting specific cache files -- specifically kernel extension caches -- and restarting.
This can most easily be accomplished with a shareware utility like Tiger Cache Cleaner, but also bears a manual process which involves dragging the following files to the trash:
com.apple.kernelcaches (a folder in /System/Library/Caches)
Extensions.kextcache (a file in /System/Library)
Extensions.mkext (a file in /System/Library/)
com.apple.ATS (a folder in /Library/Caches/)
Files that start with com.apple.LaunchServices (in /Library/Caches)
You will be prompted to enter your administrator password when dragging these files to the trash. You may need to restart after moving them to the trash.
Re-apply the Mac OS X 10.4.10 combo updater
A workaround that has proved successful for various problems caused by previous incremental Mac OS X updaters is re-application of the current combination updater:
Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update (PPC) [165MB]
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=14212&cat=1&platform =osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.10PPC.dmg
Mac OS X Server 10.4.10 Combo Update (PPC) [218MB]
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=14218&cat=1&platform =osx&method=sa/MacOSXSrvrCombo10.4.10PPC.dmg
Doing so overwrites potentially problem-causing files that were not replaced by the "Delta" (adjacent version-to-version) update.
(Pulled this info from here http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070709083624260 )
Then I would agree you will probably have no recourse but to reinstall.
Peter
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.10) Server - 5Gb RAM - 1.25TB HD - EVERY port in use '-)

Portal Server Admin Console login problem....

When I installed Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 (trial edition) I also installed the server package (The second zip file). During the install I was only prompted to enter ID and password my Application server. But I do not know or have an ID and password for the portal server. When I launch the Portal Server Admin Console which is really the Access Manager's Admin console, it prompts me to enter my ID and password. The ID and password I have setup for the Application server does not work. Now my problem is, I cannot access the portal server on my machine. Does any one know how I can find out what my ID and password is? or how I can access the portal server?

hi,
I'm a newbie , who has just installed the java enterprise server. i installed it on windows platform and installation was successful. I don't know how to login to the portal server.
please provide the address of the portal webpage if the one given below is incorrect:
http://localhost:8080/portal/dt
which username and password can i use for loggin in ? .....
what is the default username and password ?
is the username amadmin ?? if so what is the password ? ...
kindly help me .....thanks in advance.... :)

Server Admin Tools freezing

I've been running OS X Server 10.5.8 for a while with no issues. Today, I installed 10.6.0. After installing, I used software update to install 10.6.1, and then tried to launch Server Admin. It froze. Workgroup Manager did the same. I then re-erased the hard drive, installed again, and the same thing happened.
I have 10.5.8 on one hard drive, and was trying to install 10.6 on the second hard drive. There is 500 GB free. The machine is a 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon MacPro (MacPro 3,1).
Any suggestions?

If you have separate DNS servers operating here, then you should have your Mac OS X Server box "aimed" at those for DNS name resolution; you should likely not be running (another) DNS Server locally on your Mac OS X Server box. Just configure the standard DNS forwarding on your NICs and aimed at your production DNS Server(s) running on the other box(es) on your network.
And if your dedicated DNS Server boxes are not correctly configured and regardless of the host platform underneath your DNS Server(s), then you can and often will have network issues.
DNS must be configured, and DNS must work, and DNS errors must be resolved.
This irregardless of whether you are running the client or server versions of Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard, or running Windows or Windows Server, or OpenVMS, Tru64 Unix, Linux, BSD, Solaris, [insert your other preferred OS here] or any other operating system.
DNS is fundamental to correct IP network operations.

Newie Mail server and running other services

We have a small office network of 6 macs that connect to a Panther server, this server provides DNS and file sharing and thats about it a Filemaker Sever and Retrospect Server. I doesn't suffer from heavy use
I have been using a a separate mac to run Quickmail server 1 (os9) and I need to upgrade it as some of the mail protocols are out of date.
We have a static IP address assigned to our mail gateway by our service provider.
My question or advice
Should I just start using OS X server to run mail services
or
Upgrade Quickmail and continue running it separately on a new mac mini (or similar)
My concerns are at the moment any problem with email locally can be solved pretty much without effecting the other server or the network.
Thanks

The basic setup is prety simple...
Replace following with your own equivalents...
Domain name: woopee.com (the domain name after the "@" in your emails)
Host name: mail.woopee.com (the hostname your MX record points to. Does not need to match server hostname. This will be the hostname mail server uses when communicating with other servers)
Local Host Aliases: woopee.com (a list of the domains you want to accept mail for. Probably just same as Domain name?)
Local network: 192.168.10.0/24 (LAN IP range for local users. Used to bypass authentication when they send mail out)
Server Admin-> Mail-> General...
Tick:Enable POP
Tick:Enable IMAP
Tick:Enable SMTP, Allow incoming mail, Enter Domain name & Host name (from above).
Mail-> Relay
Tick: Accept SMTP relays... Enter localhost IP: 127.0.0.1/32 and Local network (from above).
Tick: Use these junk mail rejection servers. Add: zen.spamhaus.org
Mail->Filters
Tick: scan for junk mail. Minimum score: 5 (can be reduced later)
Junk mail should be: Delivered (will just tag and forward to recipient)
Tick: Attach subject tag: * Junkmail *
Tick: Scan email for viruses
Infected messages should be: Deleted
Tick: update junk mail & virus database: 1 time per day
Mail->Advanced->Security
SMTP: none (this prevents smtp authentication from anyone outside your Local network)
IMAP: Tick: Clear, Plain, Cram-md5 (or leave all unticked if only using pop accounts)
POP: Tick: APOP
Mail->Advanced->Hosting
Local Host Aliases: Add: localhost & woopee.com (separate entries, see Local host aliases, above)
That's it (I think ...although I cannot guarantee I have not missed something). There will be no problem setting this up and seeing it going whilst still using the existing mail server. Set up client accounts to send and receive from new server and you can send mail around internally to test. Last thing would be to change your firewall port-forwarding for SMTP from existing server to new one.
Watch the mail.log in Console for any errors & do plenty tests.
Ensure users have mail enabled in Workgroup Manager.
There are plenty mods available beyond this. Have a good read through the mail services manual (I know its a bit confusing at times) and you should see where the above settings fit in.
Lots of stuff on the forum here which you can search for. Spam filtering in particular can be made far more effective but requires editing of the underlying unix configuration files - again, plenty of previous discussions about that on forum. Meantime, the zen.spamhaus.org RBL will filter out a great many spammers.
-david

Remote Server Admin not working from outside of network for 1 server

Our company recently changed ISPs and I had to change our two 10.4 server's IP addresses. We have a mail server (intel xserve) and a file/web server (quicksilver g4). Both servers have two network cards in them. The problem is two-fold:
1- I can successfully manage the Xserve machine locally on our network and from my home. However, I can only manage the Quicksilver g4 server locally. Any kind of external access is not even acknowledged.
2- I'm not sure if I missed any steps when changing IP addresses for these server-based computers. Also, I'm not sure if I correctly set our dns names to the correct IP address.
For some background, this is the exact IP update process I used for each server:
Quicksilver G4 (file/web server) - Installed network card #2 and configured it with the new Public IP in the "System Preferences/Network" panel. In Server Admin I set our website to use the new public IP address. (network card #2 has no firewall device in between it and the internet.)
Then, I configured the default network card #1 to a static, yet private IP address that's behind our DLink firewall device with the rest of our network.
Intel Xserve (e-mail server) - Network card #1 was the only one setup before our network change. It had a static, public IP address. When we changed ISPs, I configured network card #2 to the new static, public IP address supplied to us by the new ISP in the "System Preferences/Network" panel. This new IP address is where all email traffic currently gets pointed to. (All mail is successfully sent and delivered.) Until our former ISP gets shutdown, I still have network card #1 configured to the older static public IP address. After the old ISP is shut off, I plan on changing network card #1 to a static, private address.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

What should I check in AD? I am by no means an expert with AD.
Yes, I am using the same client OS.
I am talking about RDP over the internet, like from home to the office. We have a static IP assigned to the router from ISP. A static internal IP assigned to the server on the LAN. And the router port forwards 3389 to the assigned IP.
It was working fine before we reinstalled Server 2012. These are the steps I took when reinstalling:
1. format drive and install OS
2. rename the server
3. install SQL server
4. Install TFS and SharePoint
5. Add Active Directory role and promote to Domain Controller
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7. Enable remote access on the server and add users to remote access list

Mail Server Relay Authentication Failure in Server Admin

I need to set up Mail Server to relay through my ISP. I know that I can authenticate to smtp.comcast.net:587 using my account and TLS usnig a mail client.
However, when I use Server Admin to configure my server's SMTP to send all outgoing email through this relay (Server Admin>Mail>Settings>General>
Rely outgoing mail through host: smtp.comcast.net:587
Authenticate to rely with user name: user
I get the SMTP error:
SASL authentication failed: cannot authenticate to server smtp.comcast.net[76.96.62.117]: no mechanism available
There are no toggles on Server Admin to specify TLS or SSL or anything for authentication.
Does anyone know how to tell Server Admin how to authenticate an SMTP relay to smtp.comcast.net using TLS, which is apparently what comcast expects?

Wow, this is an obscure solution, but it works. According to this thread, the problem is that:
Although Comcast advertises "AUTH LOGIN PLAIN", the Postfix SASL library won't do plain text auth by default. It needs to be told it's okay with:
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
Solution:
$ su -
$ cd /etc/postfix
$ cp main.cf main.cf.no_smtp_sasl_security_options
$ echo 'smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous' >> ./main.cf
$ serveradmin stop mail
$ serveradmin start mail
I'm not sure how often /etc/postfix/main.cf is overwritten, but presumably this happens every time you change and save Mail settings in Server Admin, so you must redo these steps every time you change the Mail server if you want to use smtp.comcast.net as your mail relay.
AAPL, would you please add a toggle to handle this in Server Admin?

How can I block Server Admin from accessing a server?

I've got a G5 FTP server running Server 10.5.7 that sits outside our firewall. Oddly I find that I can enter the IP and login info via Server Admin and voila - I have access. All sharing services are off and all remote access services in System Prefs are off. I want this system totally locked down except for the FTP server app I run. What do I need to kill to prevent access via Server Admin? Or anything else for that matter?
My concern is that via Server Admin someone could really mess things up and of course turn on services that would grant them full access.
Thanks

Oh sorry - I put this in the wrong category.
I'll duplicate this in the 10.5 section

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