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Q: iCal - "Add a Mac OS X server account" fails

Hi all. I have finally got networked users working on my Lion Server environment however have hit a stumbling block with getting a shared iCal environment up and running. I have setup the iCal service to be on in Server.app however receive an error when trying to set up an account. Here are the steps I take.

 

1. Login as a user (have tried local administrators, network administrators and network users on both the server and clients).

2. System Preferences.

3. Mail, Contacts & Calendars.

4. Add Account - Other.

5. Add a Mac OS X server account, Create.

6. Select the Lion Server, Continue.

7. Have tried combinations of Full Name, Username and Password for different users.

8. When I click Setup it comes back with a message saying "Unable to verify user credentials".

 

There is the following entry in the console, but no other information available:

 

9/10/11 11:47:48.779 PM System Preferences: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFStreamErrorDomainHTTP error 404.)

 

I have googled everywhere and am out of ideas, does anyone have any suggestions please? Not even sure where to look next...

 

Thanks.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Oct 9, 2011 5:50 AM

by jordanwfromaus,Solvedanswer
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A:

So Terry Walsh from wegotserved.com was able to help provide the answer to this. The problem was in step 6 where I selected the Lion Server name, this was somehow incorrect. If I enter the FQDN of the server here then the connection is made successfully.

Posted on Oct 11, 2011 1:41 PM

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  • by jordanwfromaus,

    jordanwfromaus jordanwfromaus Oct 10, 2011 12:56 AM in response to jordanwfromaus
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    Oct 10, 2011 12:56 AM in response to jordanwfromaus

    Bump... please anyone? I am really concerned my only option is going to be to reinstall Lion and start again which is not appealing to mer at all. I can confirm this has worked previously, though in making some changes to network settings and certificates I have somehow broken the OS X Server login.

     

    Appreciate any help at all please.

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    jordanwfromaus jordanwfromaus Oct 11, 2011 1:41 PM in response to jordanwfromaus
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    Oct 11, 2011 1:41 PM in response to jordanwfromaus

    So Terry Walsh from wegotserved.com was able to help provide the answer to this. The problem was in step 6 where I selected the Lion Server name, this was somehow incorrect. If I enter the FQDN of the server here then the connection is made successfully.

  • by jynk,

    jynk jynk Dec 9, 2011 2:07 AM in response to jordanwfromaus
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    Dec 9, 2011 2:07 AM in response to jordanwfromaus

    also having major problems with the "Add a Mac OS X server account" issue.

     

    How do i make sure my names match up? I've gone throught the naming wizzard several times but still no joy. Also tried using the server's ip addresses, name & hostname.

     

    server IP is 192.168.0.50 and lookup shows;

    Lookup has started…

     

    Trying "50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa"

    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41223

    ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

     

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:

    ;50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.          IN          PTR

     

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:

    50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. 10800 IN          PTR          serverdanielcrabbe.com.

     

    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

    50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. 10800 IN          NS          serverdanielcrabbe.com.

     

    helpy badly needed ;-/

  • by basilmir,

    basilmir basilmir Nov 25, 2013 3:08 PM in response to jynk
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    Nov 25, 2013 3:08 PM in response to jynk

    At first glance there seems to be an error with your DNS settings.

     

    serverdanielcrabbe.com.

     

    should be


    server.danielcrabbe.com.