Hi On a brand new 10.6.2 server I'm seeing this odd behaviour. Software Update Service turned on and has mirrored all the updates. From the server checking http://localhost:8088/index.sucatalog and I see the usual pages and pages of XML. However any attempt to read http://servername:8088/index.sucatalog or http://1.2.3.4:8088/index.sucatalog fails with 404 Not found. What's going on? There's definitely a Software Update Apache server listening on port 8088, but only responding correctly to loopback requests. The swupd.conf file looks right to me and includes the line "Listen *:8088" Is this a known configuration problem, or something weird here? While I'm here, what's considered best practice for getting clients to use the software update server via managed prefs? Should I create computer groups for 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 and use http://server:8088/index.leopard-snowleopard-merged-1.sucatalog etc. Or is there a simpler way of doing this that will apply to all? Cheers
Kevin Davidson Technical Director Apple Certified System Administrator t 0870 745 4001 m 07813 149620 w www.indigospring.co.uk
]]>Eli and Dan, Thanks for the quick intro to VPN, and leave it to Dan to come up with a great metaphor "like a bag of screaming cats" -- this is firmly planted now in my mind as it reminds me of a 3 Stooges episode where a fellow at a dinner party is playing the piano and a bunch of cats are inside the piano (Moe pushes Larry into the piano to to remove the cats)! So for your VPN visualization => Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcGXhu6wjSYÂ
The world of VPN / screaming cats is valuable to learn about and start building some walking steps experience with, given that its not going away, and with the recession having had such an impact, there might be more people who will require VPNs so they can work remotely / mobile (for example as consultants or setting up their own small businesses -- probably reducing fossil fuel consumption compared to sitting in a car on a highway for hours transporting carbon units to an office, whereas it strikes me as better to transport electronic packets to and from instead)!Â
Thanks, Serg On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Dan Shoop <email@hidden> wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Sergio Trejo wrote:
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Much more than that. VPNs are best executed at the network border, and certainly highly problematic behind "fake" 'routers' that are really NAT boxes that you get free with your breakfast cereal. Many of these 'routers' will never work for VPNs implemented behind them at all.Â
[...]
Well you need to forward traffic that NAT typically doesn't forward, that is you need to forward packets that are neither TCP or UCP but have other IP protocols and most NAT only passes TCO and UDP traffic.
[...]
]]>On Nov 23, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Matt Federoff wrote: > quoted text Hello, 1.) Boot from a OS X 10.5 install DVD. 2.) Backup/clone/restore the known-good data to another drive. 3.) Rebuild the RAID set. 4.) Restore the data onto the RAID set. 5. [...]]]>
I'll definitely try that if the situation arises again. Thanks. On Nov 24, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Micheal Jones wrote: > quoted text
]]>Hi, Have you tried restarting the Email Rules application: sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.emailrules.plist sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.emailrules.plist I have the same issue and while trying to figure out the cause restarting it has fixed it. I'm just not sure for how long. Micheal On 2009-11-23, at 11:49 AM, Jyri L. Palm wrote: [...]]]>
From the responses I got earlier today, it seems Push notification is just broken, unusable, and undocumented in Snow Leopard... What about Shared Contacts in Address Book Server when using CardDAV? From the Address Book Server Admin Guide: "Any groups in the shared address book are displayed below this via a disclosure triangle." which gives me hope, but then I see: "Enable either (or both) searching of user accounts available available to Address Book Server or public shared contacts (as designated in Mac OS X Server 10.5)." which makes it seem like the ability to use Shared Contacts with CardDAV is just for backward compatibility when upgrading from 10.5 ? And I don't see any other meaningful references to shared contacts in the guide. Does Snow Leopard Server's Address Book Server support Shared Contacts?]]>
[...] I Second this. Macs hold their value better than any other hardware I've personally experienced. Old g3 mobo for iMacs, $30.00 or so on eBay. Oddly, parts them out, $20.00 for the internal modem board. Airport cards, Bluetooth cards, PSU's. They all sell high. [...]]]>
On Nov 24, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Dan Shoop wrote: On Nov 24, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Jonathon Kuo wrote: > quoted text [...] Prime example of wooly joking. ;-)]]>
[...] I think the general consensus is that Push Notification is really poorly documented and also doesn't work with Mail, despite some of the material that says that it works with iPhone 3.0 or higher. There was a long thread about this (you might want to check the archives and read up on that discussion) about two months ago closer to the SL release date. ======================= Mike Friedman MGF Consulting Computers without Attitude http://www.mgfconsulting.net 415-823-9990 Instant Message AIM/Yahoo: sfmike64]]>
Hello! I just wonder what do I have to take care for when I upgrade a cluster of 6 Xserves running Leopard and Xsan to Snow Leopard. I thought I switch off every Xserve and upgrade one after another. Do I have to take special care for the mdc? I think I can do it this way: 1. [...]]]>
[...] What was set up as a mirror RAID? Two whole drives? And you meann RAID1, right? [...] I'm not sure what you mean by this. [...] This is a RAID1 member that you had before as part of the RAID1? If so, yes this would be expected. [...] Always use UUIDs for operations with RAIDs, not device names. Your RAID1 is named "A92C1BD3-2192-42B2-94A2-FADB31FAAD4C" and you want to remove "3A51A517-9496-4EAF-8775-4E3EE4B51189" from it. [...] Yes, reading the parts of the man pages and docs that recommend you use the UUIDs. -d GoogleVoice: 1-646-402-5293 aim: iWiring twitter: @colonelmode]]>
[...] Just for information sake here's what I get when I use tcpdump on "portal" while connecting from 155.100.140.157 and then disconnecting. Again we use Shared Secret for machine authentication and Password for user authentication. Portal is running 10.4. [...]]]>
[...] OK, one more address for the blacklist. -d GoogleVoice: 1-646-402-5293 aim: iWiring twitter: @colonelmode]]>
[...] I think you're confused regarding "running things" in 64-bit mode, especially WRT AFP and other apps. All Snow Leopard systems (sever or client) run in 64-bit mode when dealing with 64 bit apps appropriately set for 64-bit operations. This is regardless of anything else. [...]]]>
So, I'm looking at the Promise configuration scripts posted by Apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1200). The system will be setup as direct storage to a server (over fibre). Is there a benefit to the configuration script that divides the storage up into two data [...]]]>
[...] The main thing will be re-build time if you have a drive failure. Obviously that's less of a problem with RAID6 but still an issue. I'd normally go for smaller RAID5 sets and some hot spares. James ACSA 10.5 Website: www.themacplace.co.uk Blog: www.themacplace.co. [...]]]>
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to try and test an Augmented Account and I am getting an error on Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 with 10.5.7 Server tools. Here is what I am doing: Open Advanced WGM and go under /LDAP/127.0.0.1 directory. Select “New Augmented User Records” under “File” Menu. [...]]]>
So, I'm looking at the Promise configuration scripts posted by Apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1200). The system will be setup as direct storage to a server (over fibre). Is there a benefit to the configuration script that divides the storage up into two data volumes as RAID5, as opposed to just a large data volume as RAID6? The single RAID 6 data volume isn't available in a configuration script, but can be done through the management web page for the system. -Chris
]]>[...] What problems do you expect "to expect". I have no problems checking L2TP VPN configs on users machines by connecting to the local subnet before sending them out. I can connect with either L2TP or PPTP while connected to the serviced network. If it makes any difference, we use Shared Secret for machine authentication and Password for user authentication. Phil [...]]]>
Hello, I am deploying a new Snow Leopard Server in our environment for Mail and Calendaring in a nearly all Apple shop, with Snow Leopard workstations and iPhones. I am having a difficult time understanding the current state of Push Notification with Snow Leopard Server. [...]]]>
[...] On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Dan Shoop wrote: [...] On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Brian Blood wrote: On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Ansgar Wiechers wrote: [...] And do you believe that using such anger-driven language increases your credibility any? [...]]]>
hi- I have an IMAP account that works on Mac OS X, but with Windows Mail I get MD5 authentication failed. The connection is using IMAP/SSL over the default port, but the server does not like to complete the authentication. Is there anything special I need to do on the Windows side (or the mac os x server side for that matter)? thanks!- -lance]]>
[...] At this moment, i'm just testing it. I need to know if it's working at all, before i'll try to go through firewall. So it's very easy topology, few computers connected to switch. [...] Exactly. Before it at least answered and failed, now there is no answer from L2TP server. NO answer. [...]]]>
So, I needed to reformat at test server that was running 10.6.2 and
was set as a Mirror RAID.
I pulled out one of the slices prior to reformatting.
I did the reformat and after a good amount of testing, I was ready to
rebuild the RAID.
So, I put in the removed slice and reformatted it ("Untitled"):
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_RAID 159.7 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OSX 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk1
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Untitled 159.7 GB disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Server HD *159.7 GB disk2
However -- likely because of the reformatting -- I have a "missing"
member of the RAID that I can't get rid of:
diskutil checkraid
AppleRAID sets (1 found)
===============================================================================
Name: Server HD
Unique ID: A92C1BD3-2192-42B2-94A2-FADB31FAAD4C
Type: Mirror
Status: Degraded
Size: 159.7 GB (159697895424 Bytes)
Rebuild: manual
Device Node: disk2 and if I try to remove that "Missing" slice, I get this:
root# diskutil appleraid remove 3A51A517-9496-4EAF-8775-4E3EE4B51189 disk2
Started RAID operation on disk2 Server HD
Error: -9983: Could not find RAID
If I look at this with the "Disk Utility" application, it shows the
"Server HD" mirrored RAID set degraded and then under it my "disk0s2"
slice, but then a "RAID SET" slice that looks like a RAID for some
reason...
Am I missing something *really* obvious here? Do I have any other
options short of cloning up the RAID drive to an external drive, then
destroying/recreating the mirror and cloning things back?
Thanks!
- Steve
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]]>[...] If you are on subnet X, connecting to a VPN server servicing subnet X, expect to have problems. Sounds like you'd better describe your network topology, it already sounds like there's woolly thinking here. [...] So sounds like you're not seeing any connections? [...] [...]]]>
Simon, All On 24/11/2009, at 2:25 AM, email@hidden wrote: On 21 Nov 2009, at 2:47pm, Glen Low wrote: [...] On Mac OS X 10.4, do I use the ds-prefixed functions? Any recipe I can use to get the users record? [...] But surely the OD domain has a set of users which are allowed to log [...]]]>
Hello all, I'm running a clean install (meaning, no upgrade) of Snow Leopard Server 10.6.2 experimentally for learning purposes. When I first performed the clean install on the server, I had it sitting on a LAN with a private subnet with a fixed IP (I.e., 192.168.0. [...]]]>
hi- On Nov 24, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Chuck Marzec wrote: [...] Things change very fast. I have found that taking a hit on selling used equipment on ebay and buying new for a feature is not too painful and it seems that there is a market for "not the latest" hardware. [...]]]>
Aaron Faby <email@hidden> writes: [...] Thanks to all who have replied. The late 2006 xserve is 32 bit EFI. However it really irritates me that a server that I purchased 2 years ago this Friday is not able to take full advantage of the latest OS. [...]]]>
[...] The latter. You should definitely not enable and start the DNS service on your own server. You need to find someone involved in the university's own DNS server and get them interested in the page 19 you quoted in your post. However, note that special DNS support is only needed for a particular automatic setup of iCal clients with iCal server. You don't need to worry about this if you're willing to set up your user's iCal software manually. Simon.]]>
Hi, I have new Intel Xserve running 10.6.2. The machine is mainly used as a file server for our group and is part of a larger University network. The server hosts an Open Directory Master, and has AFP,SMB, and Web services running. I wanted to set up the server so that several investigators and their support staff can use iCal to manage their schedules. Most services on the Xserve are not above my rudimentary Unix and Mac knowledge, but the instructions for setting up the iCal hinge on the ability to configure DNS on the Xserve. In the iCal server _v10.6 guide, pg 19, the following is written: "Because DNS systems can be administered in many ways and on many platforms, this topic can’t give exact, step-by-step instructions for the creation of the record. This section contains only SRV record keys and values." Later, the manual says: "If you want to edit the DNS system running on a Mac OS X Server v10.6, you must edit the zone record files manually via the command-line. Doing so is not recommended for administrators without previous experience administering DNS BIND 9 on Mac OS X Server" I have administrative privileges on my Xserve obviously, but we rely on the University DNS servers for our DNS. In the network setup for the server, the server points to the University DNS servers for domain name resolution. Is there any guide, manual, or simple setup that I can use to set up enough DNS services for the iCal server to run, or should I escalate this to the University level and get their DNS people involved? Thanks, Alan]]>
On 23 Nov 2009, at 9:07pm, Sandro Noël wrote: On 2009-11-23, at 4:36 AM, Simon Slavin wrote: On 23 Nov 2009, at 4:51am, Sandro Noël wrote: [...] That is a much better -- in fact a very good -- error report. You have managed to corrupt the information associated with that account. [...]]]>
Hi the list, I installed a new host with MacOSX 10.6, updated to 10.6.2. I get the following message in syslog : Server Admin[1148]: Unexpected call to doMarkConfigurationAsDirty by 'DNS' plugin during updateConfigurationViewFromDescription Each time this log appears ServerAdmin ask me to save changes. But, i didn't make any changes. I erased all zones configured with ServerAdmin GUI. Even without any zone configured, this message occures. (In fact in the view it exists the defaults one : ., localhost and 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa zones.) Any help is appreciated. -- *Fabien COMBERNOUS* /unix system engineer/ www.kezia.com <http://www.kezia.com/> *Tel: +33 (0) 467 992 986* Kezia Group]]>
2009/11/23 Jamie Lists <email@hidden>: [...] We are storing our home directories on an apple server (we are using the magic triangles set up) and yes they are set to auto mount and set to be "a users home directory" HTH! Charles de Gaulle - "The better I get to know men, the more I find [...]]]>
[...] On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Brian Blood wrote: [...] GoogleVoice: 1-646-402-5293 aim: iWiring twitter: @colonelmode]]>
Hey James, Do you run SMB on OSX server or another server solution? Also do you have the SMB homes set up to automount or are they just a regular ole share with that's a home directory? Thanks so much! Jamie On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:03 AM, James Bensley <email@hidden> wrote: [...] [...]]]>
[...]
While I don't know anything about the actual implementation requirements for booting 64bit EFI-aware OSs (there are probably some nasty details in there), I did want to point out that Windows does not know it is running on EFI, so the fact that Windows 64bit versions run only tell you that the processor is 64bit, and has nothing to do with EFI (other than EFI is simulating BIOS for it).
There is probably a complicated, nuanced conversation to be had, but experience with Windows is not going to add any pertinent details.This email sent to email@hidden
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]]>[...] This is normal behaviour, nothing wrong with the machine at all. Your expectation was wrong! Think of it this way: in order to boot (no matter from where), the machine (boot eeprom) needs to remember where to boot from. This was (and after exchanging the disk) still is, disk in bay 1. [...]]]>
You should edit /etc/postfix/virtual and add an entry like email@hidden shortnameofthedestinationuser /etc/postfix/main.cf virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail Then issue : postmap hash:/etc/postfix/virtual And restart postfix [...]]]>
[...] I've been reading this won't always work. From what I understand, 32 bit EFI won't boot the 64 bit kernel. It's not that it's not *capable* (I have 64 bit Windows on a 32 bit EFI Mac Pro) of booting 64 bit operating systems, it's just that Apple for some odd reason won't support it (i.e. [...]]]>
[...] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3770 The 64 bit kernel is not supported on Late 2006 Xserves. -Bill]]>
On 2009-11-23, at 4:36 AM, Simon Slavin wrote: On 23 Nov 2009, at 4:51am, Sandro Noël wrote: > quoted text The error is : Error of Type eDSAAttibuteNotFound (-14134) on line 368 of /SourceCache/WorkgroupManager/WorkgroupManager-361.2.1/Plugins/UserAccounts/UserInfoPluginView. [...]]]>
what about for a headless machine?
- Bob
Newton Mass &
Northeastern University
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On Nov 23, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Graham McLuhan <email@hidden>
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Hi Chuck,
You can boot holding the 6 and 4 on your keyboard. That will force
the machine to boot in 64-bit kernal. [...]]]>ISAKMP uses port 500. Looks like port 500 may be blocked somewhere between you and the VPN server. Check devices in between you and the VPN server and make sure nobody has changed settings or reset something to default settings. Since it was raining, maybe there was [...]]]>
Hi Chuck, You can boot holding the 6 and 4 on your keyboard. That will force the machine to boot in 64-bit kernal. I'm not 100% sure in the first gen Xserve supports 64-bit boot. Graham On 2009-11-23, at 1:19 PM, Chuck Marzec wrote: [...]]]>
Greetings, I have a late 2006 xserve with 2x2.66 procs and 7 gigs of ram that I put SL server on. The server is just a AFP home dir server. I want to run it in 64 bit mode to see if there is any noticeable performance increase. The apple server page (http://www.apple. [...]]]>
On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Matt Federoff wrote: > quoted text
Try holding down the option key while booting, that will allow you select the other mirrored drive for booting. -rick > quoted text
]]>At log off, when syncing your work back up to the server, we recommend to our users not to point their portal gun at the skip! Jonathan Swift - "May you live every day of your life." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jonathan_swift.html]]>
On Nov 23, 2009, at 1:03 PM, James Bensley wrote: > quoted text
I didn't know VALVe made a Home Directories version of Portal. ;-) ]]>I missed part of this discussion, so forgive me if this has already been mentioned, however, if you're on the same network, of course, you can use Server Assistant to input the serial number and finish configuring the box. I ran into this problem just last night, and swapping out USB keyboards, etc. [...]]]>