VPN Finder SlowHaving problems using our VPN connection access files in the finder. It takes ages for the finder to list the files. Navigating through multiple folders takes ages. This only really happens when going overseas. I am a...view more
Thread Network time machine backups fail to create initial backup
Network time machine backups fail to create initial backupI have a Mac Mini running OS X 10.11.5 and OS X Server 5.1.5. One of the many services that I use on this server is the network Time Machine server. I have three client machine that have been happily backing up to thi...view more
Thread Webmail and setting up self-hosted mail server
Webmail and setting up self-hosted mail serverRunning 10.11.6 and Server 5.1.5 Does the mail server have webmail built-in? If yes, how is it configured/enabled? If no, can webmail be installed? I'm using a combination of Cloudflare DNS and port f...view more
Profile manager not pushing group profileI hope someone can help... I am running the latest OSX 10.11 on both our mac workstations and server along with the latest server app. They both are bound to ACTIVE DIRECTORY and OPEN DIRECTORY and we are using ...view more
Thread DNS setting: Add host, error: A host name is required.
DNS setting: Add host, error: A host name is required.Hi, Here. I was stuck here a while. When I trying to configure My DNS by adding some host in "host names" section. I given host name in my ComputerName (it is same with LocalHostName and HostName as: "MacMini...view more
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
Local Network Users Cannot LoginHello, I upgraded our server to 10.11.5 and Server App to 5.1.5 and have everything working accept Local Network Users cannot login when the Home Folder setting is set to "Users" where everyones home directory...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
Thread VPN error racoon: not acceptable Identity Protection mode
VPN error racoon: not acceptable Identity Protection modeVPN seems to stop working after awhile. The console then reports the error: racoon: not acceptable Identity Protection mode. The fix is just to stop and restart VPN using the OS X Server app. Using the latest ...view more
OS X Server as NTP serverApple used to provide an obvious option in Server Admin to enable an NTP time server, this option is not visible in Server.app However, supposedly one can edit /etc/ntp-restrict.conf and thereby enable the NTP...view more
Migrate cache to new serverI've been running Server on an older computer and now I got a new one and have finished setting it up. I have many apps and OS installs cached on the old server, how do I migrate the cache to the new server? &...view more
spotlight search on share on os x serverHello. We have a Mac Mini (2 GHz i7 with 16 GB RAM) with OS X 10.10.5 and OS X Server 5.0.15 We have found, that the users get no reults when they do a search for files in the shared folders. However...view more
Thread Caching Server - Failed with status code 400, reason code 66
Caching Server - Failed with status code 400, reason code 66Noticed a new problem thats started in the latest release of OS X Server. The caching server log shows caching data coming from google storage centres used by apple is denied because the source is not whitelis...view more
Secondary Active Directory ServerHi, I'm running a file server on 10.11.4 and authenticate to AD on Win2012r2. I have set up a secondary AD server in case the primary one goes down because, well, Windows. But I'm not sure how my...view more
VPN Errors - Won't ConnectHello, My VPN used to work ok on an older version of OSX Server therefore I never updated it but my OS X updated and the old version would no longer run. My VPN does now not work on the latest version of OSX S...view more