[andrewhu]

Thanks Robert,

Crazy it is but I believe I’ve tracked the source of the problem. It looks as though it has to do with servermgrd not accepting security certificates – self signed. This has happened to others but in 10.4 upgrades (.9 and .11).

[andrewhu]

nslookup 192.168.0.101 ->
Server: 192.168.0.101
Address: 192.168.0.101#53

101.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa name = xserve.rapidlearning.com.au.

nslookup xserve.rapidlearning.com.au ->
Server: 192.168.0.101
Address: 192.168.0.101#53

Name: xserve.rapidlearning.com.au
Address: 192.168.0.101

Resetting did not change Server Admin

nslookup google.com ->
Server: 192.168.0.101
Address: 192.168.0.101#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.67.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.45.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.127.100

and no problrm accessing google page with ip
Switched to open DNS servers no change.

status.txt
afp:state = “RUNNING”
dhcp:state = “STOPPED”
dirserv:state = “RUNNING”
dns:state = “RUNNING”
ftp:state = “STOPPED”
ipfilter:state = “STOPPED”
jabber:state = “RUNNING”
mail:state = “RUNNING”
mysql:state = “RUNNING”
nat:state = “STOPPED”
netboot:state = “STOPPED”
network:state = “RUNNING”
nfs:state = “STOPPED”
radius:state = “STOPPED”
smb:state = “RUNNING”
swupdate:state = “STOPPED”
vpn:state = “STOPPED”
web:state = “RUNNING”

[andrewhu]

sudo serveradmin list ->
accounts
afp
backup
calendar
dhcp
dirserv
dns
filebrowser
ftp
info
ipfilter
jabber
mail
mysql
nat
netboot
network
nfs
pcast
print
qtss
radius
sharing
signaler
smb
swupdate
teams
vpn
web
webobjects
xgrid
xserve

nslookup ip_of_your_server ->
Server: 192.168.0.101
Address: 192.168.0.101#53

** server can’t find ip_of_your_server: NXDOMAIN –OK I can see this being a problem

hostname ->
xserve.rapidlearning.com.au

ifconfig ->
en0: flags=8863 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::203:93ff:fec1:6bfa%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 192.168.0.101 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255

resolv.conf ->
nameserver 192.168.0.101
nameserver 192.168.0.1

So yes to ip matching expected.
Drive reformatted in the move to 10.5 so essentially a clean install with no tiger remnants. I have modified php and added some apache mods including gd but otherwise it’s from out of the box. It is on a G4 though.

[andrewhu]

Thanks for the reply Robert

In Server Admin, do you connect to the server with an IP Address?
I’ve tried both ip and qualified DNS name with the same result – no server found. Also tried on the server itself with no success including local loop ip address.

(You’re best off troubleshooting with Server Admin because I have experienced problems with monitor while admin works fine.)
Agreed.

Are you running a firewall?
Yes but this is from an internal address and no ports are closed of – I can ping them. Even from the local machine.

I tried downloading the latest 10.5.7 Admin tools to a Mac Pro I have not used with admin tool before with the same result – I would assume it is some problem with the Server 10.5.7 update’s effect on remote client connections.

I tried re-installing the 10.5.7 update (used the combo standalone installer) with no change.

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