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Stupid Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 update bug and probable fix

If you updated to Mac OS X Server 10.3.9, and you suddenly find that people are having real problems with AFP or other services on that server, but they're ketting Kerberos tickets, open up Directory Access on the server and check out the “Authentication” tab.

It will probably have been set to Local Directory/Local Only. It seems the updater changes this setting for you. Of course, that kills all your Open Directory users' ability to oh, use AFP. So you have to reset it back to Custom Path, and then re-add the /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 domain so everything's copacetic. The combo update doesn't appear to have this problem, and may fix this, but if this is the only problem you're having, try this fix first.

There, now it's in Google, so everyone knows about it.

And I hope there's a QA person at Apple with a VERY large beer tab.

Categories:     Mac Matters
Posted by John C. Welch at 10:11 | Permalink



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