Snow Leopard - Server 2008 AD issues

Hi there,
having mega issues with Snow Leopard connecting to Server 2008 AD,
setting screen shot and error message are here, http://public.me.com/timace
any bright ideas appreciated
regards
Tim

Anyone?

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Snow Leopard - Server 2008 AD connection issues

Hi there,
sorry to post here it's just you guys seem to have better knowledge of networking and since there is no specific AD section it was here i posted, Sorry!
having mega issues with Snow Leopard connecting to Server 2008 AD,
setting screen shot and error message are here, http://public.me.com/timace
any bright ideas appreciated
regards
Tim

Try just soulstinger.com as the AD Domain value. Also, did you confirm that DNS and time are working properly. They are the primary causes of failure. Use a local time server on your LAN, probably the domain controller.
Also, you can put DirectoryServices into a debug state and get better information from the bind attempt. Do the following before you attempt to bind:
sudo killall -USR1 DirectoryService
This will create a new log file in /Library/Logs/DirectoryService called DirectoryService.debug.log. Watch that file using tail or Console and filter for errors.
Hope this helps

Snow Leopard - Server 2008 AD

Hi there,
having mega issues with Snow Leopard connecting to Server 2008 AD,
setting screen shot and error message are here, http://public.me.com/timace
any bright ideas appreciated
regards
Tim

Windows server is DNS Server, also DHCP, File, Print, AD. Windows boxes connect fine as do linux, just not SL, unfortunatly we bought family packs of SL and upgraded all machines, bit of a silly thing to do now i think of it, but it wasn't me on shift, ARGH!!!
I think i need to post on a Windows Server 2008 forum about DNS, i am now certain this is the issue not snow leopard, could be to do with WINS also.
Thanks for the help, if you know of any good free windows forums it would be great!!!
Message was edited by: Timmy2005

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internet > router 1 > ethernet ports > switch > router 2
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/etc/dns/options.conf.apple
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Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
10.7 & 10.8…
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10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
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PS. Your English is quite good & completely understandable.

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Your comment indicates "crash the computer"? Do you mean that OS X Server itself fails, and you have to reboot? Or that the application crashes, and you have to restart it?
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Launch Terminal.app from Applications > Utilities and issue the following harmess, diagnostic command:
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The server is mainly used for file sharing in a small (<10) person office.

Are you backing-up the clients, or the server, or both?
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Summary:
After rebooting my VPN server, i am able to establish a VPN (L2TP) connection from outside my private network. I am able to connect (ping, SSH, …) the gateway only until the first client disconnects. Then i can perfectly access all the other computers of the private network, but i cannot access the private IP address of the gateway.
Additionally, during my first VPN connection, my DNS server, which is on the same server, is not working properly with VPN. I can access it with the public IP address of my gateway. I can access it from inside my private network. A port scan indicates me that the port 53 is open, but a dig returns me a timeout.
Configuration:
Cluster of 19 Xserve3.1 - Snow Leopard Server 10.6.2
Private network 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -> domain name: cluster
-> 1 controller, which act as a gateway for the cluster private network, with the following services activated:
DHCP, DNS, firewall (allowing all incoming traffic for each groups for test purposes), NAT, VPN, OpenDirectory, web, software update, AFP, NFS and Xgrid controller.
en0: fixed public IP address -> controller.example.com
en1: 192.168.1.254 -> controller.cluster
-> 18 agents with AFP and Xgrid agent activated:
en1: 192.168.1.x -> nodex.cluster with x between 1 and 18
VPN (L2TP) server distributes IP addresses between 192.168.1.201 and 192.168.1.210 (-> vpn1.cluster to vpn10.cluster). Client informations contain the private network DNS server informations (192.168.1.254, search domain: cluster).
_*Detailed problem description:*_
After rebooting the Xserve, my VPN server works fine except for the DNS. My client receives the correct informations:
Configure IPv4: Using PPP
IPv4 address: 192.168.1.201
Subnet Mask:
Router: 192.168.1.254
DNS: 192.168.1.254
Search domain: cluster
From my VPN client, i can ping all the Xserve of my cluster (192.168.1.1 to 18 and 192.168.1.254). If i have a look in Server Admin > Settings > Network, i have three interfaces listed: en0, en1 and ppp0 of family IPv4 with address 192.168.1.254 and DNS name controller.cluster.
The DNS server returns me timeouts when i try to do a dig from my VPN client even if i am able to access it directly from a computer inside or outside my private network.
After i disconnect, i can see in Server Admin that the IP address of my ppp0 interface has switch to my public IP address.
Then i can always establish a VPN (L2TP) connection, but the client receives the following informations:
Configure IPv4: Using PPP
IPv4 address: 192.168.1.202
Subnet Mask:
Router: (Public IP address of my VPN server)
DNS: 192.168.1.254
Search domain: cluster
From my VPN client, i can access all the other computers of my network (192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.18) but when i ping my gateway (192.168.1.254), it returns me timeouts.
I have two "lazy" solutions to this problem: 1) Configure VPN and DNS servers on two differents Xserve, 2) Put the public IP address of my gateway as DNS server address, but none of these solutions are acceptable for me…
Any help is welcome!!!

I would suggest taking a look at:
server admin:vpn:settings:client information:network route definitions.
as I understand your setup it should be something like
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 private.
at least as a start. I just got done troubleshooting a similar issue but via two subnets:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2292827&tstart=0

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I started the server app and it got to the part where it said "Upgrading services". After running for a few minutes, I get a window that states "An error occurred while configuring your server." It also sayd "The following actions failed or were not attempted:" with a red dot next to "Upgrading services". The other three items: "Authenticating to local directory", "Reading directory configuration" and "Authenticating to local directory services" have gray dots so I'm sure they were not even attempted.
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