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Problems installing Server in Mountain Lion

Hi,


I've just downloaded Server on 10.8.1, i was configuring and after i've specified my apple ID and password, it launches a message (in spanish) who says something like: "No server found with the name specified", but i didn't specified any name!!! i just gave the domain name, and that's all!...


Just in case, i've tried the fix of changing the version on the SystemVersion.plist, and after rebooting still the same message...


Any ideas??


Thanks so much in advance!

OS X Server-OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 1, 2012 9:03 AM

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Posted on Sep 1, 2012 11:19 AM

Begin here: OS X Server requirements and follow the complete series "before you set up" in the left hand side of the screen to get many potential startup problems ironed out.


Also do a

sudo changeip -checkhostname


in terminal and post changes here.

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Sep 2, 2012 9:23 AM in response to Mark23

i didn't know about that page, it helped me because it shows information that i didn't found.


Regarding the command, the syntax is a bit strange, isn't it?? changeip and checkhostname? you want to know my public ip? my hostname? the name of the domain?

what information you want to know?? ask me and i'll try to find it.


Thanks anyway for the tip on the link!

Sep 2, 2012 9:43 AM in response to Mark23

That's why i'm asking for the command you asked me to put on the term. the information it could show, is regarding ip's and hostname's, nevertheless it didn't work changeip, is not recognized by the term, with sudo, nor bash...


i do, but this server, will not use that information, i will access it through VPN and LAN


Thanks!

Sep 4, 2012 12:57 PM in response to Kamikafre

You likely received an error titled "this computer's host name is invalid", with the description: "the host name does not resolve to any configured address of this computer. Please ensure the host name is correct" while setting up Open Directory (via Provile Manager), am I right?


This might help: http://help.apple.com/advancedserveradmin/mac/10.8/#apdAFDAC727-24DB-41C1-845D-4 E784C8B6731

Sep 5, 2012 8:33 AM in response to Kamikafre

changeip(8) BSD System Manager's Manual changeip(8)



NAME

changeip -- Change service configuration files with hard-coded IP

addresses



SYNOPSIS

changeip [-v] [-d path] old-ip [new-ip] [old-hostname new-hostname]



changeip -checkhostname



changeip -h



DESCRIPTION

changeip is used to manually update configuration records when a server's

IP address or hostname changed in a way that affected services were

unable to properly process, for example when the server is behind a NAT

device and the WAN identity changed.



In typical usage, this command is used by an administrator to correct

affected services when a server's network information changes. changeip

can be invoked before the change is applied; in such an invocation, the

arguments consist of the server's current and pending IP addresses, and

optionally the existing and new host name. Their usage and valid values

include:

old-ip If the IP address has not yet been changed, this is the

existing IP address of the server. If the IP has already

been changed, this is the previous address. (This is the

value that will be replaced in the server's relevant con-

figuration files.)

new-ip If the IP address has not yet been changed, this is the IP

address that will be assigned to the server. If the IP has

already been changed, this is the existing IP address. This

value will replace old-ip in the machine's configuration.

old-hostname As with old-ip, the existing or previous fully qualified

domain name ("FQDN" or sometimes "DNS name") for this

server. If only the IP address was affected, this argument

and the next may be omitted.

new-hostname If old-hostname was provided, this argument must also be

provided. The machine's fully qualified domain name and

related service configuration will be set to this value.



Once the tool has successfully completed, the administrator must change

the machine's network settings in the Network Control Panel to match

new-ip (if new-ip is not the current IP) and immediately reboot the

server.



The second invocation, -checkhostname, provides a diagnostic tool that

compares the current IP address and hostname to the information returned

by DNS.



The final invocation prints usage information.



changeip must be run as root.



OPTIONS

The following options are available:

-d path Iterate over the executables in path instead of the default

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/changeip.



-h Print usage summary and exit.



-v Run verbosely, that is with additional diagnostic output.



FILES & FOLDERS

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/changeip

- daemon

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/changeip/

- directory containing service-specific tools



EXAMPLES

This would be a typical invocation for a server redeployment:

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/changeip

It is also possible to leave the host name intact and only change the IP

address:

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/changeip

192.0.0.12 192.0.1.10



Its complement could be used to change only the host names, perhaps

because the DNS tables have been changed:

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/changeip

192.0.0.12 192.0.0.12 old.example.com new.example.com

Note how the IP addresses are required, but that they are identical.



Optionally you may supply only a single IP Address if only the hostname

is changing.

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/changeip

192.0.0.12 old.example.com new.example.com

Note a warning will be returned if, after setting the new hostname, it

does not resolve to the IP Address supplied.



DIAGNOSTICS

The changeip utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.



/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/changeip must be

run as root. Because changeip modifies system-wide resources, it must be

executed by the root user.



Invalid IP Address: One of the IP address arguments was invalid.



SEE ALSO

dscl(1), DirectoryServiceAttributes(7), DirectoryService(8), scutil(8)



KNOWN ISSUES

The script does not perform the actual change of IP address; this is by

design.



HISTORY

A version of changeip has been present in Mac OS X Server since at least

version 10.3 (Panther).



In 10.6 (Snow Leopard), changeip no longer manipulates the directory and

therefore no longer takes a directory URL as an argument.



Mac OS X Server 10.8 September 17, 2008 Mac OS X Server 10.8

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