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Hi, I have a network that runs on Active Directory, and a room full of PowerMacs that are connected to the AD. I also have an XServe that has 2TB of storage specifically for this room (a media room). What I want to do is have the macs authenticate users against active directory, but not...

Hi, is there a way of making the last few accounts that have logged in to be stored on the client computer temporarily, just incase the server ever went down? There is such a setting in Windows Server 2003, I'm just wondering if Apple has anything that does that. Thanks

It's working now :-D I think it downloading was part of the problem, but I also found that when the proxy settings are set on the clients, they can't see any available updates, even when I tell them to bypass the proxy for that specific address. So the server's working properly now, just the...

Yup, doesn't help :)

They're all running 10.4.10, and some definitely have uninstalled updates, as when they're pointing to the official software update server it shows several updates available.

10.4 Server, 10.4 client. No updates available

I'm not sure. I didn't see an option for that anywhere. I'm just mirroring anything apple throws at me (using the auto-mirror option).

Hi, I'm setting up a tiger server to serve software updates to the clients, but the server doesn't seem to want to serve the updates. The client can connect to the server, but then shows the user a message saying the computer is up to date. I know that is not true, and I have all the updates...

You could use a proxy server like Squid for that. You might have to do a bit of reading up on how to configure it, but it sounds do-able. Configure the proxy server as a transparent proxy, point the gateway option on your DHCP server to the proxy server, and you won't need to set the proxy...

Hi, is there any place in the Workgroup Manager where I can set the background image of the connected computers? I can't see any, but I'm thinking it must be possible. Thanks

Probably getting more into the windows section here, but is it possible to point all the windows clients to a windows server, and the windows server authenticates against the mac os x server, while still providing it's own group policy information? Thanks

Okay, here's my situation. I am at a school that currently runs on a mac os x 10.4.9 server. We have both pcs and macs as clients. Currently, the network is a mess, with no central management at all, so we are wanting all the computers connected to the server, with user permissions and login...

Oh. What would be the best way of setting something like this up then? I can use a windows server if required, but I would still like all the files and account information hosted on the Mac OS X server. Thanks

Hi. I'm wanting to set up my Mac OS X Server to allow network authentication from windows clients, but I also want the users to have policies to restrict what they can do (like the workgroup manager for mac os x clients). I know that in Windows server 2003 you can set the group policy settings...

The network is in a school, and the students don't use the same computers all the time. Some of the teachers laptops already have portable homes set up. Thanks, BriteSpaak

Hi, I'm thinking of setting up open directory logins on my network, but I've been looking at the sizes of the folders, and have found that the Cache folder in Libraries can get quite large. Seeing as there are quite a few users on this network, is there any way of limiting the size of Cache by...

Hi, I have reciently set up network logins on Mac OS 10.3.9, and I'm trying out Mobile accounts. When the user isn't a mobile account, all the preferences are saved on the server, but with the mobile accounts, all the preferences (background, dock, etc.) are only on the local computer, and the...

Hi, how does MacOS X find out which programmes open which kinds of files? I know there's a file in each package that tells the OS what it can do, but how does MacOS read it? Does it do a full system scan every so often, or once you browse the folder does it read the application info? Thanks...

Hi, I've made a few programmes (scripted), how do I make them double clickable applications (one of those packages with all the resources inside)? I have the Development tools, and I can see something like that for java, but not perl. Thanks, BriteSpaak

Okay, new question, how do I move the local directory user accounts to the ldap directory, and keep the passwords? Thanks, BriteSpaak