Q: Open Directory 10.9.5 can't add new user / Password failure
MacMini Server with OS X 10.9.5 Server - it worked fine since December 2014.
OD Master activated.
Beginning of August, OD didn't work anymore. We made a restore from the last night TimeMachine Backup.
OD didn't work either. Deactivated OD, restored from od_backup. Now, users with their access work fine again.
But by adding a new user there is the failure "The password could not be set. In order to set the password of a a user with an Open Directory Password, your own password type must be Open Directory. Administrators with other password types cannot set the password of a user with an Open Directory password.
No idea, what that should be. We can add the user, but we can't log in with it.
Thanks for your help!
Peter, Switzerland
MacMini, Other OS, OS X Server (10.9.5)
Posted on Aug 5, 2015 2:48 AM
Hi there again.
The only solution we found: Reinstall the whole server from scratch. Due to this, we decided to upgrade to OS X 10.10.x (aka Yosemite Server).
OD works now again, we only have problems with calendars (but, this will be in another thread).
Posted on Sep 18, 2015 10:18 PM