SMC cripple with NIS+

This is my story.
I installed Solaris 9 on my V880 and setup nis+. I had a hard time to make user template working. One of the support guy told me that there is a bug and gave me a patch to make it work. After that patch, 114503-01, template started working. However, I had another problem. Whenever I create a user, SMC pops up a warning message and sometimes it just hangs. I later found out that SMC threw the following exceptions:
java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.admin.usermgr.common.WBEMClient.HomeDirProxy.createHomeDir(HomeDirProxy.java:147)
at
com.sun.admin.usermgr.common.WbemServiceWrapper.addUser(WbemServiceWrapper.java:1211)
at
com.sun.admin.usermgr.client.users.AddUserWithTemplDlg$2.run(AddUserWithTemplDlg.java:613)
So, I called the support again and told them my story. Tech support guy told me that SUN can NOT give a suuport because I am not using /home for user home directories. I asked him if there is any document
says I had to use /home. He simply refused to answer my question and just threw me a bunch of manuals. So I gave it a rest a month or two because there was no point in talking to him any more.
When I called again to follow up the case, the operator told me my ONE year support ran out so they can't help me even though it's ongoing problem.
So Here I am still have many problems with SMC and no support from sun. I believe many other problems I am having are related this one. Here is a list of some of them:
1. user can't change the passwd
2. SMC put mail wrong mail alias for each user I edit
3. ...
I would appreciate any comment on this.
Anyone knows what I could have done wrong?
John ([email protected])

Hii Ed,
Hello, see how many of these you can answer...
See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?
How much RAM & free space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
In the Memory tab, are there a lot of Pageouts?
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Has it had extended disconnect from AC power in the past?

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    # The VIRTUAL_README document gives information about the many forms
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    # an expensive shell process. Procmail alone is expensive enough.
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    # file, then you must update the "local_recipient_maps" setting in
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    # file, then you must specify "local_recipient_maps =" (i.e. empty) in
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    # The controls listed here are only a very small subset. The file
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    # that each logical message header is matched against, including
    # headers that span multiple physical lines.
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    # headers of attached messages. With older Postfix versions, MIME and
    # attached message headers were treated as body text.
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    # Postfix maintains per-destination logfiles with information about
    # deferred mail, so that mail can be flushed quickly with the SMTP
    # "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
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    # eligible for this service. By default, they are all domains that
    # this server is willing to relay mail to.
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    # code in the SMTP server's greeting banner. Some people like to see
    # the mail version advertised. By default, Postfix shows no version.
    # You MUST specify $myhostname at the start of the text. That is an
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    #smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version)
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    # delivery, it does not make sense to do massively parallel delivery
    # to the same user, because mailbox updates must happen sequentially,
    # and expensive pipelines in .forward files can cause disasters when
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    # parameter. The default is $default_destination_concurrency_limit for
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    # logging level when an SMTP client or server host name or address
    # matches a pattern in the debug_peer_list parameter.
    debug_peer_level = 2
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    # an SMTP client or server host name or address matches a pattern,
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    # when a Postfix daemon program is run with the -D option.
    # Use "command .. & sleep 5" so that the debugger can attach before
    # the process marches on. If you use an X-based debugger, be sure to
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    debugger_command =
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    # If you can't use X, use this to capture the call stack when a
    # daemon crashes. The result is in a file in the configuration
    # directory, and is named after the process name and the process ID.
    # debugger_command =
    # PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin; export PATH; (echo cont;
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    # >$config_directory/$process_name.$process_id.log & sleep 5
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    # <id_string>" where <id_string> uniquely matches one of the detached
    # sessions (from "screen -list").
    # debugger_command =
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    # The following parameters are used when installing a new Postfix version.
    # sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
    # This is the Sendmail-compatible mail posting interface.
    sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
    # newaliases_path: The full pathname of the Postfix newaliases command.
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    newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
    # mailq_path: The full pathname of the Postfix mailq command. This
    # is the Sendmail-compatible mail queue listing command.
    mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
    # setgid_group: The group for mail submission and queue management
    # commands. This must be a group name with a numerical group ID that
    # is not shared with other accounts, not even with the Postfix account.
    setgid_group = _postdrop
    # html_directory: The location of the Postfix HTML documentation.
    html_directory = no
    # manpage_directory: The location of the Postfix on-line manual pages.
    manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
    # sample_directory: The location of the Postfix sample configuration files.
    # This parameter is obsolete as of Postfix 2.1.
    sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
    # readme_directory: The location of the Postfix README files.
    readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
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    message_size_limit = 52428800
    myhostname = mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu
    mailbox_transport = cyrus
    mydomain = stanwood.wednet.edu
    mailbox_size_limit = 0
    enable_server_options = yes
    inet_interfaces = all
    mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/17,169.204.240.0/25,172.29.1.22,169.204.240.2
    smtpd_use_tls = yes
    smtpd_enforce_tls = no
    smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/certificates/mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu.crt
    smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/certificates/mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu.key
    smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
    smtpd_use_pw_server = yes
    smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination,permit
    smtpd_pw_server_security_options = gssapi,cram-md5,login,plain
    content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
    mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost,mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu,stanwood.we dnet.edu
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    recipient_delimiter = +
    alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases
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    bounce_queue_lifetime = 6h
    delay_warning_time = 6h
    maximal_queue_lifetime = 2d
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    disable_vrfy_command = yes
    smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, permit
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    smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination,permit
    smtpd_data_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit
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    virtual_mailbox_domains =
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    mail1:~ admin$ postconf -n
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    bouncequeuelifetime = 6h
    command_directory = /usr/sbin
    config_directory = /etc/postfix
    content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
    daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
    debugpeerlevel = 2
    delaywarningtime = 6h
    disablevrfycommand = yes
    enableserveroptions = yes
    html_directory = no
    inet_interfaces = all
    localrecipientmaps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps
    mail_owner = _postfix
    mailboxsizelimit = 0
    mailbox_transport = cyrus
    mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
    manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
    maximalqueuelifetime = 2d
    messagesizelimit = 52428800
    mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost,mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu,stanwood.we dnet.edu
    mydomain = stanwood.wednet.edu
    mydomain_fallback = localhost
    myhostname = mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu
    mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/17,169.204.240.0/25,172.29.1.22,169.204.240.2
    newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
    ownerrequestspecial = no
    queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
    readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
    recipient_delimiter = +
    sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
    sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
    setgid_group = _postdrop
    smtpdclientrestrictions = permitsaslauthenticated, permit_mynetworks, rejectrblclient zen.spamhaus.org, permit
    smtpddatarestrictions = permit_mynetworks, rejectunauthpipelining, permit
    smtpdenforcetls = no
    smtpdhelorequired = yes
    smtpdhelorestrictions = permitsaslauthenticated, permit_mynetworks, checkheloaccess hash:/etc/postfix/helo_access, rejectnon_fqdn_hostname,reject_invalidhostname, permit
    smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = gssapi,cram-md5,login,plain
    smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
    smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
    smtpdsenderrestrictions = permitsaslauthenticated, permit_mynetworks, rejectnon_fqdnsender, permit
    smtpdtls_certfile = /etc/certificates/mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu.crt
    smtpdtls_keyfile = /etc/certificates/mail1.stanwood.wednet.edu.key
    smtpduse_pwserver = yes
    smtpdusetls = yes
    unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
    virtualmailboxdomains =
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    mail1:~ admin$

  • [SOLVED]Issue with Postfix sending to external mail addresses

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    May 08 16:05:12 my.dns.stuff.org postfix/smtpd[31464]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
    May 08 16:05:12 my.dns.stuff.org postfix/smtpd[31464]: 091E011E3C: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
    May 08 16:05:12 my.dns.stuff.org postfix/smtpd[31464]: 091E011E3C: reject: RCPT from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]: 550 5.1.1 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Local delivery only!; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<sendingdomain.com>
    May 08 16:05:12 my.dns.stuff.org postfix/smtpd[31464]: lost connection after RCPT from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
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    # For common configuration examples, see BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README
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    Last edited by nadman10 (2014-05-14 14:36:10)

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