The Lion server install went fairly well. Noticed it did not keep my Active Directoy bindings correct. I rebound to AD and now I cant get into the server app. It shakes me off. I can log into the server..but not the server managming app. I unbound...it still shakes me off.
Any thoughts?
I did try putting in the local address... 127.0.0.1 no go...
Okay.. I downloaded the Server Tools for 10.7
Tried to use Server Admin... it tells me more than the "shake off"
Basicly... it says it was unable to connect. Tryed it with the ip address. Tryed it with 127.0.01.
No go.. so... not sure where I go from here.
I'm having the same problem.
It was working correctly.
I don't know if there is a connection or not, but I booted into the utilities and they reported permission errors.
I had it fix those and I am seeing the same symptoms now as you.
The Lion server application gives me the shake off if I attempt to log in and the server tools give me a message that it can't connect.
I did the permission repairs because my VPN server was failing and I found suggestions online that the error could be caused by file corruption, which the utilities didn't find.
I was looking at the keychain because I was getting a notification E-mail about an expired certificate and I noticed that the com.apple.servermgrd certificate has expired. I wonder if there is a connection with the server administartion not working.
I checked the server administration preferences and it isn't set to require a trusted certificate.
On the server that you can't admin, open the Terminal and enter this command:
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.servermgrd.plist
This should allow you to use server.app
That got me back in and it is working fine, even after a restart.
Thank-you very much for your help.
yep... fixed mine as well.
Thanka
Had the same issue, and that fixed mine as well. Thank you so much! What exactly did that command do, and what was the original problem?
For completeness I add my experience.
My server was a fresh ML install and the settings and data from a Lion server had been migrated onto it. Also prior to the migration, Server.app had been intalled and then deleted by deleting in LaunchPad.
I had the shake problem logging in, and a quick glance at the log showed this had something to do with a certificate. I checked out the System Keychain and there was an expired com.apple.servermgrd certificate which must have been transfered from the old server.
I tried the suggested remedy of relaunching the daemon, but the plist was missing.
The cure to these ills was to uninstall and reinstall Server.app. This created a new certificate and the plist file after which it all works great.
Incidentally worth mentioning is that the Migration Assistant moved everything from the old server including the OD master and the contents of /usr/local. It was very impressive but did need aroound 9 hours for 250GB.
How do I get pass the big "shake off" from the server app
