kbase: Mac OS X Server 10.4.6: Changes in Server Hostname Discovery and changeip
Worth pointing out, since it contradicts what some people have said in the past. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303697
Category: Servers and Services
Advanced Mac OS X Server Administration
Update: The dates are now 6/27-29 in Austin. Apple has a new training class coming out that deals with Advanced Server Administration. I'm proud to have done some work during the development of the class, and happy to say that it includes material from my Panther book that has been updated for Tiger (specifically, Part I).
How to Split a Server (Part 1 of 4)
Some thoughts on getting a small office network setup. Read on for the beginning of a four part series on configuring some basic connectivity on your server.
Importing updated certificate requires previous to be first deleted.
If you are using the Server Admin GUI to update/replace an expiring certificate (say, from Verisign) with a newer one that has the same hostname/common name, here is tip so you don't get stumped: When looking to…
AFP. It ain’t so bad….
From looking at the mailing lists and discussion boards, you'll see that a reasonable number of people seem to be having problems with their AFP servers under OS X Server 10.4.x, particularly under heavy load with network home directories, and particularly in terms of stability.
FSCK-ing a Big Storage Disk ‘On-the Fly’
Verifying large volumes can be a real pain, especially on systems that need to be up as much as possible. Here's some ideas on how to make this as painless as possible.
Spotlight for the Network
Search your network shares through a web interface. SearchlightRSS.com has released Searchlight 1.0 which allows you to use Spotlight on a server through a web interface from a client machine. In addition to finding documents you can also set up saved searches and get change notifications.
*WIP* Running AWStats on Mac OS X Server (revised)
Mac OS X Server has tools to monitor trends in network traffic and look at your log files, but I've always wanted easy to read, detailed stats for my web server. AWStats is a free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically.
WebDAV and Access Control Lists (ACL’s)
Using ACLs with WebDAV allows for much finer control. In the past, in order to allow a user access either access locally to their home directory or remotely via WebDAV the ownerships on the folders either had to be owned by the user themselves for local access or owned by www for remote access.
10.4.4 Released
So, what's the deal with 10.4.4? Well for a start it's the OS for the new Intel chip machines - everything from the OS to all included applications run natively - no rosetta required. But what else?