Thread How to secure the home network: Components and configuration
How to secure the home network: Components and configurationWe recently changed our home network and I'm concerned about security. In the past I relied on my ISP-supplied modem's software to carry the security load. (Maybe not a good solution, but I went with it.) Now I have a...view more
Can't Enable Device ManagementI am getting the dreaded 'An error with code -1 occurred' when trying to enable device management on 2 different XSAN deployments. This is an secondary XSAN metadata controller. The primary metadata ...view more
What are we supposed to do now.....So... we have a network of various macs all running 10.10 and above and some old Xserves on 10.7 that are well past it. We're running network homes and as each OS version comes out it's getting more and more flakey an...view more
Restoring deleted user Server 5.1.5Had a (network) user account that had something corrupt (long story, got bad advice) and so decided to delete the account altogether and then make new one with the same name. Deleting seemed to go fine (though the use...view more
Thread Win Server 2012 R2 in .local vs OSX server 10.11.5
Win Server 2012 R2 in .local vs OSX server 10.11.5Hello Again, At the school I work with, we have a Windows Server 2012 R2 in its early stage of implementation, testing a dozen accounts only and only 20 first Win 7 computers linked to it yet. It's sum...view more
Mac Server IntegrationWe're currently using Exchange 2008 and recently bought a Mac mini and setup the server on it. Please be warned, I am a newbie to this. My question is in 3 parts How can I find out what the address for...view more
Thread CommonExtras folder missing from Server.app
CommonExtras folder missing from Server.appI have been trying to fix several issues with my server. Many solution refer to using files in the CommonExtras folder. However I do not have one. How do /i make sure it is installed properly. ...view more
OS X Server VPPHi all, We purchased two copies of OS X Server through VPP so that we could administer them through Casper and deploy the app to the machines that we wanted (without having to worry about Apple ID's). Th...view more
Fixed ip but no domain nameCan you setup a server that is not intended to host a website but only a few select features such as file shareing, ftp, calendar, etc. with only a fixed IP? If so, what is the easiest step by step walk through of os ...view more
PF Firewall configuring frontendsWith Mavericks Apple phased out support for the IPFW firewall and switched to using the PF firewall instead. (Yosemite also uses PF.) Clearly one can configure this firewall by hand editing the pf configuration files ...view more
NetInstall vs Profile ManagerHi, For years I've been using NetInstall to roll out my Macs to my 50ish users. As typical, I set up a machine exactly the way I want it. When I buy a new machine (or decide to reimage an old one), I boo...view more
Access network accounts remotelyHi I want my daughter to access her network account from school. Is there a way of doing this? Or are the network accounts on OSX server designed to be accessed on a internal network. The reason for this is that...view more
Set default open directory home locationOS X Server 5.1.5 usIng Open Directory. How do I set a default "/Users" locatIon where Open Directory home folders are created? Currently when they are created, they are stored In the startup disk /Users...view more
Server 10.10 mailHi, we have a SSL certificate from Thawte that covers 4 domains, domain1.org, www.domain1.org, domain2.org, domain3.or domain3.org shall be used for mail services. When I enter this domain it t...view more
Unable to install enrollment profileI have the same problem like this: https://discussions.apple.com/message/28861995#28861995 for one week everything was ok, but now "InteralError". I don't understand the solution, which database on which machine? on t...view more
Thread OS X Server: Push Notifications doesn't work
OS X Server: Push Notifications doesn't workHello We running about 30 pcs OS X Server (10.8 to 10.10). I configurated on all system the Notification with my Apple ID, but when something goes wrong I never get an notification. All of them have an unique ...view more
