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Corrupt Apple Leopard Server Open Directory Services
Thu, Oct 15 2009 22:24 | LDAP, Open Directory, tips, software, Troubleshooting, apple | Permalink
I had a Leopard Server crash and burn so that nothing was responding, and when I forced the server to reboot (as well as rebooting a bunch of other ancillary servers and services just in case), I found an ominous sign in Server Admin, along with no user accounts in Workgroup Manager. Eek! Server Admin's Open Directory showed:

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How to Re-associate File Types with Applications in OS X - If you are an OS X user, and you find files of a certain type, say PDFs, are opening in one applications but you want them to open in a different one, you can easily change the association using Finder.

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I just installed Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 with no problems after getting a replacement for a bad Family Pack install disk (the Shibuya Apple Store said that many people reported the same), and found that my EMobile Huawei D02HW USB Wireless Dialup card, which was fine in Leopard, died when Snow Leopard was installed.

Reinstalling the EMobile Huawei D02HW on Snow Leopard

Here's how I fixed it:...

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I updated my MacBook Pro's OS X from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 today, and there was a little hiccup. Here's what happened.

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I did an experiment on my test Leopard Server to migrate User Folders from the default /Users to another direct-attached volume based on some questions that came up.

The problem is, OS X Leopard Server defaults to using the system disk as the Users partition, and this disk is not often your largest disk. It can fill up quickly if users start storing their photos or music. Long story short, the trick is to use Workgroup manager to auto-create the User directories, but, before that there's some things you need to do for prep.

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How to change the Apple OS X Leopard Server's Wiki Server's repository location. -- Rick Cogley |

From the site: I was able to change where the Wiki Server (the thing responsible for the blog you're looking at) keeps its "repository" (all the files and pages you've added). Merely use the serveradmin tool:

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Excellent guide on setting up "mobile home directories" in OS X Server. These are similar to Windows' roaming profiles. Allow enough space on your server before enabling... --Rick Cogley

From the site: "Available since version 10.4, Portable Home Directories have become one of the most elegant and well-implemented features of a full Mac OS X Server deployment. Functioning much like Windows' roaming profiles (or earlier Solaris NFS/NIS environments), they allow a user to log in from any computer on your network while retaining their personal data and settings. Unlike entirely network-based systems, however, they do so by synchronizing user data to the server (so that a full copy of the home directory exists in both locations), eliminating the need for constant connectivity."

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If you use scripts in OS X, you can enable the script menu easily, by double clicking a file with a .menu extension.

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AGENDA Net develop the Atena Shokunin tool, for creating Nenga postcards, the cards you send to people when you live in Japan, every New Year. Atena Shokunin was recently upgraded to version 15, with full OS X Leopard compatibility.

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Netmojo's down-to-earth guide to upgrading a Tiger Server to Leopard. Good for going from Leopard to Leopard too. Steve Jobs reality-distortion field on LOW for this one, folks.

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MacLemon ist ein Dienstleister der Mac OS X Server Lösungen bietet.

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If you delete a user folder in /var/spool/imap/user/someuser, you need to run this command to reconstruct

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Apple - Support - Discussions - originally about interface name error on Leopard, but good discussion on using changeip.

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Apple - Support - Discussions - on OD migration

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Apple Discussion Forum topic on re-kerberizing a Leopard Server.

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Change the hostname of leopard server and implications if the server is the OD master.

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A java-based LDAP browser and editor. Not updated since 2001 but still works with OS X Leopard.

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How to turn on screen sharing remotely via SSH connection to Leopard Server.

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MailTags for tagging mail in Leopard Mail.app

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