Open directory users issue

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mielpopps Author

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Open directory users issue

Hello,

I run Mac Os Server 5.3.1 on a MacMini (Sierra 10.12.6) connected to my LAN.

The MacMini is connected to Pegasus2 R6 bay storage (thunderbolt).

I run DNS and OpenDirectory services on Mac Os Server.

I have issues on OpenDirectory user's permissions applied to my contents on Pegasus storage : The open directory users are available when defining a new file sharing, but once applied, some permissions seem not resolved properly (see file permissions screenshot, username do not show up).

If anyone could help me on that issue I would appreciate very much.

Best regards

Mielpopps.

Mac mini, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), Mac OS Server 5.3.1

Posted on Oct 24, 2017 1:08 AM

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Antonio Rocco

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Feb 6, 2018 7:27 AM in response to mielpopps

You've configured DNS to use Bonjour (.local) which is not what you should do. You can use anything but .local for the tld for your internal domain. Something like server.macdomain.internal or server.macdomain.private or even server.macdomain.here. Anything but .local. Why don't you use your real domain instead? This server is on a private network so won't be exposed to anything beyond it and therefore not interfere with anything you may have publicly available. DNS is absolutely fundamental to how well Open Directory and pretty much everything else works on OS X Server. Get this bit right from the beginning and it will work well - mostly.

How do you get out of the situation you're in? To be honest I would start again from the beginning and this time set up DNS services without using .local. It's very difficult to reconfigure DNS to use another tld whilst still continuing with an OD database that's based around another tld. There are far too many dependencies too deal with.

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