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Open Directory is an LDAP-based Apple technology that is the centerpiece of its macOS Server product. It manages users, groups, computers, policies, managed settings, authentication and more.

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Leopard Server (10.5.8) Screen Sharing with Open Directory Authentication

I have an OS X 10.5.8 Leopard Server that I manage here in the office. Right now it has just the standard VNC single password style of authentication for authenticating for screen sharing. Our usernames and passwords are all managed through…
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Cannot setup password change policy on Yosemite server

We are running a Yosemite server 10.10.5 with Server.app 5.03. I can setup network user and assign him a password, but regardless i set up policy to change password on next login user logins without password change prompt. I also can manually…
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Connecting Outlook to Unix mail server

I notice that i am unable to connect Outlook (2013) users with my Unix mail server. I have tried from a remote computer and localhost at my local network with Mail App and its working fine except with Outlook where i cannot find a way to connect it.…
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Can I manage sudoers from Open Directory?

I have configured Open Directory & integrated it with Microsoft Active Directory so that the users sync with Open Directory. Now I want to manage sudo commands from Open Directory. Is this possible to manage sudoers from the Windows server (not…
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Open Directory won't authenticate

I have 2 servers running Open Directory (Mac OS X). One is running the master Open Directory(OD) server, the other is running a replica. For a little while, the master has been down to Apple requests. I am able to connect using third party…
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Authenticate Samba share via Kerberos using Open Directory

I have an Open Directory master on a machine called "minime" (El Capitan, Server 5). I further have a Samba server "tricky", running Ubuntu and a Mac OS X client "wallace". I want users on wallace to access files on tricky while being authenticated…
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OwnCloud on Synology-NAS should use OpenDirectory-Server (LDAP)

I got a little problem: I want to configure LDAP with OwnCloud. The LDAP-Service is my OS X Open Directory-Server. OwnCloud runs on Synology DS214play. Well, I got the domain bureau.example.com which points to my external ip. This IP is static but…
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OSX 10.6.8 can't find OD users after DNS change

I recently switched out a DNS server, to a more stable one, but now of my mac servers are giving me some trouble. When the network cable is in, I'm getting stuck at the login screen, even when trying local users, so I pulled it out. After that I…
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10.9 Server DNS Server Having Intermittent Issues with Open Directory

I work for a school and we're undertaking the large task of moving from Xserves running 10.6.8 to Mac Minis running 10.9. I have a lot of experience with OS X Server (I held ACSA up until they ditched it, and ACTC through the current OS) but I've…
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How to recognize windows' permissions on a OSX server share

I have a server running OSX (Mountain Lion), accessed by a Windows 7 box. Investigating a permissions problem from the Win client, I open the permissions dialog on a network share's directory and see this: Authentication on workstations are local,…
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Open Directory password expiration warnings

I have authentication for Linux, Macs and Windows hanging off of an Apple OS X Server via open directory. I want to expire passwords for my users every 180 days, which is set up and works fine. The trouble is that non-Mac clients, especially Linux…
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Accessing Active Directory list on Apple Remote Desktop 3

We are working on a project where a software needs to be deployed on a set of Mac clients connected to a Windows Active Directory server. Software will be pushed from a Mac machine using Apple Remote Desktop 3(ARD3) Application available from…
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Syncrepl support in Mac OSx 10.8 OpenDirectory

From Ryan Faas's article Apple's OpenDirectory does support overlays but I can't seem to enable the syncprov or accesslog overlays. Adding following block to slapd_macosxserver.conf turns the server in to vegetable. # defines replica provider for…
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OSX 10.8 w/ OpenDirectory - Admin log in as user? and switch to Admin?

I now have a OSX 10.8 workstation environment where the clients are bound to OpenDirectory on an OSX 10.6 Server and their home directories are stored on another OSX server. Two questions: Is it possible to log into another user's account with…
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How to deal with BYOD users with OSX Server (10.8) and Mobile Accounts

I am moving over to an open directory setup with users able to create mobile profiles to allow for syncing of their home directory on their own machines and the server. However, since we have been without that, and the majority of users are…
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