Can't complete initial setup - Open Directory problems

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Can't complete initial setup - Open Directory problems

"Easy to set up, easy to run" my big ***. On initial bootup, the automatic setup failed. "There may be a problem with the Open Directory." A few days later, it was suddenly working. So I set up and enjoyed one, count em, one user account. Then it stopped working again. I can't set up a Group. I can't use Workgroup Manager successfully, either. The whole server has been one big mess of fail.

Is this a common problem? Is there a fix? A workaround? Do I need to take this thing back??

Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on May 17, 2010 7:46 PM

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May 17, 2010 8:17 PM in response to ap0110

Check this site out for starters
http://www.wazmac.com/serversnetwork/fileservers/osxserversetup/index.htm
It's not just for schools, and it offers a lot of info on setting up OS X server.

It is possible that there is some hardware problem, but it's more likely that you need to setup the server correctly. If you're not familiar with OS X Server, it's not necessarily easy.

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May 19, 2010 10:19 AM in response to ap0110

Update: it turns out I hadn't installed all the patches. Once I updated the OS, everything began working fine.

Of course the bigger question is: why on earth would Apple put a product on the shelves that doesn't work? I mean not just buggy, it wouldn't even complete its own setup!

But that's a question for another day.

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