[roobieroo]

From the advanced server admin documentation

To change the DNS name
sudo scutil –set OldName You can use the scutil command-line tool to set the computer name and local
hostname. For more information, see the scutil man page. Do not use the changeip command-line tool to change DNS names, even though the
tool is still available.

and

You can use the scutil command-line tool to set the local hostname and local hostname. For more information, see the scutil man page.
Do not use the changeip command-line tool to change computer names, even though the tool is still available.

I’m confused. In the same manual they tell you to use changeip to modify other records so what gives?

[roobieroo]

Thank you SO much for posting your solution to this issue! As I read through the thread I figured it would be yet another case where multiple people have the exact same problem I do and then once they find a solution they don’t post back to the original thread with the answer. Remember folks, do what Jpbuse did and share your solution. It’s good karma. 😀

[roobieroo]

Sweet. Thank you so much. I was trying to figure out exactly how this works so I looked a the xargs man page and the following passage makes my head want to explode. This make sense to people?

-I replstr
Execute utility for each input line, replacing one or more
occurences of replstr in up to replacements (or 5 if no -R flag
is specified) arguments to utility with the entire line of input. 😮

I take it they assume you know what the hell replstr means since it’s not really explained at all in the man page and I also don’t quite understand the “in up to replacements” line either. Oh well, it works.

I actually had to change your command just a bit. Here’s what worked in case anyone else is interested.

dscl /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 -list /Users | xargs -I % dscl /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 -read /Users/% RealName UniqueID

Thanks again!

[roobieroo]

MacTroll wrote:

Run OD Assistant again and set your server not to use a password server.

Delete everything in /Library/ApplePasswordServer.

You should also try moving anything in the /var/db/authserver directory.

Then try re-running ODA again to see if it sticks this time.

Joel

I tried all of the above but I still can’t get an admin user set up to use a password server. I also tried to use sudo mkpassdb -a -u admin -p mypassword but that didn’t work either.

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