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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

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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.

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 ;-/

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

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