Mac OS X Server

When using Active Directory or a non-Apple LDAP server for authentication, you may need to enable cleartext authentication to the Address Book service. If you choose to use cleartext authentication, Apple strongly recommends the use of SSL to provide a … Continue reading →

Some Xsan features are not supported when accessing a SAN volume running on Quantum StorNext metadata controllers.

Learn how to use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to encrypt packets between Active Directory clients and servers.

When configuring the NetBoot service in Lion Server (in Mac OS X v10.7), /etc/exports is created in order for the NetBoot related share points to be exported via NFS. When /etc/exports is created, the NFS service starts automatically. If all of your … Continue reading →

When binding to a Lion Server’s Open Directory Server, the server’s SSL Certificates may not be downloaded to the client if using the Server.app’s "Connect to Directory Server." Use System Preferences instead.

The "Make available for home directories" option can be checked in Lion Server’s Server.app on a server that is simply joined to a directory server, but the mount record is not actually created. After this happens, the option cannot be … Continue reading →

The createhomedir command may not create home directories for Active Directory users configured to store their homes on Lion Server.

Lion introduces the capability to create case insensitive volumes. Case sensitivity can also be changed after a volume has been created.  If a volume is currently case sensitive, you may not be able to change the volume to case insensitive … Continue reading →

Lion Server provides the option to "Dedicate system resources to server services" option in the Settings section of Server.app.

This article discusses how to enable the FTP service in Lion Server.