Can't login to Server.app after 10.7.3

I installed the 10.7.3 Server Combo update today, and now when I try to use Server.app to administer my server, it just shakes to tell me they are invalid (even though I'm logged in to the server with that username/password). Anyone else run into something like this?

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Server | 2.53 ghz | 4GB | (2) 500GB

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 1:52 PM

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Feb 5, 2012 4:14 AM in response to MajWoops

this hasn't worked for me.


When i follow the additional steps using terminal, the second command brings back the same outcome - 'David is not in the sudoers file. this incident will be reported'.



I've been having trouble with login on for a week but didn't realise this was the problem. I've reset passwords, reinstalled OSX (twice) and now, bizarrely, i can log onto the mac mini as the administrator, but once logged in, the 'administrator' password doesnt work for anything. I can run Software Update because it comes up with a message:


"Software Update wants to make changes. Type an administrator name and password to allow this".


I then put in my password but it shakes and tells me its wrong.



Can anyone advise any other solution? I'm kind of stuck - because the system doesn't recognise my admin password for updates, i cant update anything. And also because my itunes library was set up by a newwer version (I reinstalled OSX believing it would fix it reverting it back to a previous version) i can't listen to any music.

Feb 6, 2012 9:57 AM in response to da_vide78

I experienced the "this incident will be reported" line, but realized I was logged in as a regular user. Once I logged in as an Admin and ran those commands, it worked.


Although with my (limited) understanding of sudo, I don't think you have to be logged in as a super user/admin (that's why the sudo command exists).


When you log in as an admin, what's the result of running the second command from the KB?

Feb 28, 2012 6:23 PM in response to PEIhelp

PEIhelp wrote:


I found a temporary solution to this, it says it should not happen in 10.7.3 but it does, this got it started for me:


http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3960

Same here. I had same problem with upgrading from a Lion Server install that had gone from 10.7 to 10.7.2 and was working fine. But the upgrade to 10.7.3 broke my admin login and sure enough this apple support item worked when I used the CLI commands. Now my 10.7.3 server is running fine.


russ

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