Tiger: Logging in using diradmin w/o internet connection is futile

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I have a test server nearly identical to my production server. I use SuperDuper! to make a bootable image of the boot disk. Put that into the test server, but I don’t want to plug it into our network for obvious reasons. I KNOW OS X Server relies on correct DNS to function correctly, but I cannot even login! I can login using the root user, but not the directory admin (or any other for that matter). After putting the name and password in, it just site on the login screen.

Any ideas?

I can put in the wrong password or a non-existent username and it will “shake it’s head” at me. But when I put in the correct info, it just hangs.

Also, I’d like to hear any ideas for setting up a dummy DNS server so I can have some PTRs available for this test server. I’m thinking just a PIII with something on it sitting behind a switch or linksys router:

SOMETHING < > ROUTER < > Tiger Server
(ISP FAKE w/DNS)

Thanks.

Mike

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no replies? 😐 can I clarify something that might be confusing? I need to build a functioning test environment, but 1) without proper DNS, OS X punts, 2) what is a good source for “proper DNS” for a test environment for me – i.e. NOT connected to the LAN or a real WAN?

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126 people viewed this, but no one replied. Maybe it was too out there. I dunno. At any rate, here’s the solution:

Setup: OS X server with 2 NICs: 1 built-in (WAN) and 1 PCI (LAN).

1) Used Ubuntu with this tutorial. Created a Zone for my domain AND the public IPs that my server thinks it’s connected too.

2) Plugged an ethernet cord into the built-in NIC from Ubuntu per usual. And, here’s the kicker! Samba would NOT start unless I had something plugged into the OTHER NIC for the LAN side! And it, of course, had to be plugeed into like a switch or hub just for activity. Problem is, I hadn’t plugged in the LAN one because nothing was working! I didn’t think to set up the WHOLE lab just to get OS X to boot properly. yikes!

Anyway, after those two things, it seems like my server is “alive” now.

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