Mail keeps asking for password and icloud setting do not load in system preferences

Hector;

I would read through everything here (especially earlier posts until resolutions appear). What made everything work for me is detailed there, but in very short summary:

1. Running server as .local
2. Running DNS on server, and all manually entered.
3. All clients are using the server as DNS.
4. Any changes you make to the name under which you serve, kinda requires you blow away the open directory and redo. Reinstalling the server does not do much, but blowing away the open directory resets everything (and yes, users too), and cleans up the mess.

However, everything does not work. Mail <-> Keychain problems remain with Maverick 10.9.1 / Server 3.0.2 as I stated previously.

I can go on a rant here regarding Apple not being what it used to be, and starting with Lion, every piece of software that came out of Apple for Mac had been subpar and buggy, not unlike M$. But after spending way too many hours to resolve these issues, I try to keep all that frustration bottled up. My opinion, however, is that Maverick 10.9.1 / Server 3.0.2 is basically unacceptable junk.

I just ran into the Mail/Keychain issue tonight. This was the final straw for my home server project. I simply can't waste this much time debugging my Mavericks server.

Time Machine and Caching seem stable so I may leave them running but DNS causes problems with guest network use on our AEBS and network accounts with their SMB share issues are too time consuming for me to fix as a home server admin.

I totally agree. Ran into these problems today with Mavericks Server. What a disaster. Someone needs to fix this ASAP. I have clients waiting to use these machines...

Unfortunately, with today's release of 10.9.2, this problem still seems to be with us. I keep entering the same passwords under previously reported conditions... Bummer.

During development of 10.9.2 I submitted the bug for this with each seed; around 5 times total.

Frustrating.

I really really don't know how to help you on that one, Hector. But I have a brand new issue with 10.9.2, which I documented here and here, where Finder copies to server volumes fail with error -36. This was not there with 10.9.1. After 3 long months, I am starting to believe that Apple is not interested in addressing these issues.

Ali

My home folders on the server are on a seperate internal drive. But it should not matter as long as your Server is properly set-up. I did fix the new 10.9.2 problem with error -36 by turning off SMB altogether. SMB is problematic with Mavericks.

In my case, DHCP is handled by the router. Seems to work fine.

I originally had both AFP and SMB checked, with AFP selected on the drop down menu. But following the -36 copy error I reported elsewhere, I am now using AFP and AFP only for all shared drives. Made no difference in terms of repeated demands for password, however. Just made the error -36 during copy to go away.