Hi Frank, I think it was a little too late to be responding to eMails last night as I gave you too much info and somewhat off track. The main thing to note is that when you are logging into the Server, you must use a username that resides on that server. Your local username on your second computer has nothing to do with the Server, thus, it will not allow you to log into the Server with that username. I'll explain some more detailed info regarding servers below, you can read or ignore as you see fit.
This setup is no different than how it works on a Windows Active Directory network. The users are created on the Active Directory Server, your workstations are added to the AD domain, then you log into that network user to access the network user's data. In Windows, you can either choose to log into the local computer or the Active Directory domain, whereas on a Mac that is part of a domain, that process happens in the background and is done automatically. I'm assuming that you're Server and local network is not set up with an Open Directory Master with your other computer bound to that Open Directory, so, in a basic local Macintosh server configuration, you simply connect to the Server, login as a user that you've created on that same server, thus giving you access to the private data storage and other services granted to that user. Hope this makes some sense to you. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 17, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Usually the checkbox to administer the Server from another Mac is not checked > by default. You'll need to go to the Mini, open the Server app and select > the server name in the Services table. Stop Interacting with the table, > navigate to the Settings button and press it. Interact with the Scroll area > and make sure the "Allow Remote Administration using Server" is checked. > Now, you should be able to login to the Server from another Mac as long as > you either use a local Admin user from the Mini or, if you've set it up as an > Open Directory Master, then you should be able to use the Directory Admin > user for administering the Server remotely. > > So, whether you're logging on from within your LAN or from elsewhere, you are > logging on to the Mini, so you need to log in with an account that resides on > the Mini. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 17, 2014, at 4:51 PM, Frank Ventura <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, I have OS Server installed from the factory on a Mac Mini. I have >> two problems: >> 1. I have installed the server app on my laptop and have chosen to access >> the OSX server on the Mac mini. The mac mini shows up in the list of >> available servers. It then asks me for a username and password. I am not >> sure what username to enter. For example if my short username is Joe and the >> full username is Joe Blow and my email address is [email protected], which >> username do I use. I think I tried all combinations without any luck. >> 2. I have the VPN role enabled on the ser and I have the same problem as >> above in problem 1. No matter what variation of the username I put in it >> always fails to connect with the error that I am using the incorrect >> username and/or password. It is not a firewall issue since I have the same >> problem from within the LAN. >> Can anyone help with these two connection issues. I am new to OSX server so >> I am sure I am missing something simplisitic. I am coming over from Windows >> servers and this is somewhat new to me. >> Thanks >> Frank >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
