Setting one idleDisconnectFlag Clears the Others

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Setting one idleDisconnectFlag Clears the Others

Hi,

I'm trying to get server working the way I want on 10.11. I want to set it so afp clients are disconnected after a couple hours of being idle, but not if they have files open and not if they are Admins.

I issue this command:

sudo serveradmin settings afp:idleDisconnectFlag:adminUsers = no

Then this:

sudo serveradmin settings afp:idleDisconnectFlag:usersWithOpenFiles = No

The second one clears the first. In other words, if examine the value of afp:idleDisconnectFlag:adminUsers after setting setting afp:idleDisconnectFlag:usersWithOpenFiles, it returns _empty_dictionary.

If I set afp:idleDisconnectFlag:adminUsers = no again, then usersWithOpenFiles returns _empty_dictionary.

Is there a way to set both these flags without clearing the other?

Thanks,

Jeff

Many-OTHER, Xserves, MBPs, Minis, iMacs, etc

Posted on May 25, 2016 8:36 AM

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Jeff at K2 Author

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Jun 6, 2016 6:06 AM in response to Jeff at K2

I think it's a bug in the "serveradmin settings" command. I could put the missing values back using Xcode, then restarting the service, and they seem to be there. But setting anything under afp:idleDisconnectFlag:... deletes all other afp:idleDisconnectFlag settings. I use Xcode to set the various values and o far so good. But it's a really awkward way to set pretty basic server options, made more awkward by the fact that it doesn't really work.

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