Really Basic Question(s)….

[stmoddell]

I’m trying to sort out an OSX server 10.2.3 and find out if it is working correctly and if not, why.

I’m pretty sure my issues are with NetInfo.

I don’t know if my server is currently serving out a domain, and I’m not at all certain how to set that up. Any urls, and suggestions are appreciated.

I don’t have the documents for this, or I would be RFM’ing.

thanks
ST
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[stmoddell]

Thanks for the info. I used the command and found out what domains the machine was serving out; local and Network. It was also useful to know that it was serving those out on udp & tcp port numbers (my firewall has those ports closed) .

My next series of questions are how to recover from the mistakes I made after…. 😳

I blew away the netinfo server entry for Network, as I was trying to change its name (clone would have been a better idea, I’m sure). I read the man pages on nidomain, and had the thought, hmm wonder what nibindd does…, and in so wondering forgot to read up on it before typing in the command… (okay, sometimes I learn by burning myslef) 🙄

In doing that I appear to have caused myself some rather complex issues. What is the best way back out of this mess. I’d rather not reinstall, as there is .conf files and data on this box that would be a pain to recreate. My user list is tiny and hasn’t really been used, so if I can just find a way to start from scratch on the netinfo side of things (hopefully using server setup assistant or some such) ❓

again, any and all help appreciated.

[stmoddell]

Well thanks for the suggestions, but I think that it walked you thru the Server Setup Assistant because you blew away your local nidb. Not certain, but since I did what you instructed above, and I’m still not able to get the Server Setup Assistant to kick off….

So this is the way things are now.
I have nidomain -l showing
tag=network udp=985 tcp=985
tag=local udp=1033 tcp=1033

I’m unable to open NetInfo manager, or more correctly, the app will open but I get this following error.
Domain (null) has no root account. You must log in on the computer named (null) (where the master is located) to make changes.

This is puzzling, because I am on that computer.

If I attempt to re-run Server Setup Assistant if doesn’t show any servers in the list of hosts/IP’s. Further if I attempt to unlock to edit, it asks me for the first 8 digits of the server license. I put in every combination of that I can think of and it still fails to authenticate.

I don’t necessarily want to blow away the local nidb, but I guess I could mv it to local.nidb.old or some such. What are your thoughts. Mostly I don’t want to have to reset up users like httpd, sshd, and such.

[stmoddell]

Maybe I’m wrong

I checked my NetInfo Manager prefs (cause I knew I’d changed ’em) and it turns out, I was set default to open a domain that no longer existed.

I changed those local and it opens with no problem.
I’ve now changed those again to / to see what happens…
Well, hmmm, seems to be improved. It opens the network domain as served by server foo.
So it reads / machines > foo >
foo shows property
ip_address 192.168.0.10
name foo
serves ./network

I’m hoping that all this is correct. Of course it doesn’t show any of the infor that fills the local entry…. Is that correct? Is this now serving my local network an OSX server domain?

thanks in advance and feel free to point me a URLs and say RFM
oh, and thanks again for all your help.

[stmoddell]

Okay, so you have what I’ve done above.

To test this I rebooted the box, and then once if finished its reboot, I opened NetInfo Manager. The preference were still set to open / by default. When it opened it opened the local nidb near as I can tell as it was full of stuff, but not necessarily showing the network nor the machine foo.

Now if I open by tag and open foo with tag network, I do see what I saw above, but… I get an error…
Domain / has no root account. You must log in on the computer named foo/network (where the master is located) to make changes.

I’m beginning to feel really dumb in regards to NetInfo…, and I’m pretty good with this unix stuff.

According to what I’m seeing, I’m not actually serving the info that is shown in local, which is my users and shares and such. Is that correct or am I just not trusting this NetInfo stuff.

thanks again and again.

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