mac os x server

ok im a new'b ill admit.... but i set up my imac that i bought from a friend and i want to update the software and set up my wireless keyboard... the message im getting is The update “Mac OS X Update Combined” can’t be saved. You do not have appropriate access privileges. The...

Hello, I've got a couple of subnets hooked up via a site-to-site VPN. Each subnet has an Xserve running Mac OS X Server 10.5 on each. One is the Open Directory Master and the other is an Open Directory Replica. Everything works great until one location loses its internet connection. A...

I was wondering if there is a way to transfer all media such as music, pictures, and all other files from one user to another. Thanks, Joe

Is there a way to push the work group application preferences to 10.4.11 clients from a 10.6 server? It says and only does send them to 10.5 clients. I was wondering if there is a work around for this. There are OLD machines that still work well out here in the real world, LOL. Thanks for...

well.. Its been a long time when i have to put in my password... And because it was a long time i forgot about it.... and i never used it but i wanted to install something anddddddddd there it was! :p So ive been readin on this forum about resetting passwords. I have the cd but if i reboot with...

I apologize for my "ignorant" posts. I'm at a small school, self taught ALL of my networking/server work. I've been working for a couple of weeks on and off to get this new server too work and need help. Thanks in advance. Here's what we had: We had standalone computers that had an admin...

We just got a 10.6 server. We have not been using open directory but would like to start. I can get 10.5 clients to connect to the open directory serve but I don't know how to get 10.4.11 clients to connect. The 10.6 is on an X server. The 10.5 clients are on MacBooks. The 10.4.11...

I have a G4 EMac,167MHz bus speed. Is it possible to upgrade from my MacOSX10.3.9 to a Mac 10.4 and if so how? I also have QuickTime 6.5 on the machine but it seems that I need Quick Time 7 before I can purchase QuickTimePro. Is that possible to upgrade or should I face reality & abandon...

My NAT portforward service to run a MAMP webserver: Network setup: I have setup a local static ipadress for my machine which is running a MAMP webserver. Which means i always get the following IP-adress 192.168.1.50. MAMP works on http://192.168.1.50:8888/ but not on the portforward...

I have been running Mac OS X Server 10.3 without trouble for a long time. Upgrading to 10.5 has been nighmarish. I cloned my startup drive before starting. The installer refused to install on the 1 TB drive that 10.3 was running from. Disk Utility hung several times attempting to re-partition...

Me and some of the guys a work where wondering if the OS X Server was worth it. Me and my coworkers are Sun Solaris System Administrators. We see that OS X is BSD or UNIX so what does the OS X server give you that can't be added to the desktop version? You can install web, app, LDAP, DNS, or any...

I previously dabbled with 10.5 server with some 10.5 clients and found that the first time I opened Directory Utility on one of the clients it automatically found the server and offered to configure the client to use all the services like Time Machine, iChat, etc. (like this). Then we bought...

We are making the move from Windows 2000 server to Xserve with Snow leopard and need help or tips of any about migrating our DNS from windows to the Xserve. Thanks

I'm trying to bind a 10.6 stand alone server into our 10.5 OD to run as an iCal server. When I bind the apple-serviceinfo attribute is not created in the Computer record so I can't enable calendaring. I think that I had the same issue when I was testing a 10.5 calendar server - but I can't...

Please prompt CalDav server which supports synchronisation with iPhone

Hello, First post here so let's hope I can find something out! About a year ago I made a change on a Mac OS X Server (10.5) to allow it to share USB printers. This was an important requirement at the time. Now to do this I had to login as the root account and change a preference, this...

Hello admins and readers I did install SLS 10.6.2 on a mac Mini 2.53GHz with 4GB of memory. I have AFP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, OD and TM up and running. In the network there are some other Mac Mini's running SL 10.6.2. No I face the problem, that SLS is loosing the password's used to admin and...

Hi, This is my first time posting, I have had my mac osx version 10.4.1. I have had this computer for 5 years and have never had a problem opening pictures in either photoshop or photoshop elements. I think it is the computer and not the photo editing programs as I cannot open pictures in...

What is the most efficient way to handle this situation. I have a Mac Pro and a Macbook Pro. I am trying to setup mobile accounts that match on both computers, but I only want one time machine backup. Options I have come up with: 1st, use time machine to backup the networked copy...

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...