On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Tom Wilson <twil...@d50schools.com> wrote: > Ok. So I was hoping to get a box, install Linux, put Joomla on it and then > set up a new website for the district with the $1900 that was earmarked for > a server in the grant. The outgoing Supt. instead purchased two > “Mini-macs”. So now I am left here with no support or knowledge of how to > install/setup/configure/use these things. I got one hooked up and I am > going through the initial setup steps. I got to a place where it gives me a > choice of using it’s open directory or importing users and groups from AD. > I am trying to import the users from AD since we are a Win2003 network. I > put in the DNS name of the server (servername.district50.local) and it shows > it as an AD server. I put in my administrator account and password and > click on continue. It then pops up and says it is cannot authenticate and > that my username and password are incorrect. > > > First, should I even be doing it this way or is there a way to just join > this thing to my domain and have my win servers manage the users? > > Second, If I am on the right path, any ideas as to why it will not verify my > account information and import the users? > > > Third, Anyone have any “Mac OS X server” for dummies websites that may help > me as I am now forced to teach myself Apple, OS X, and it’s integration with > a Windows network? >
If you just want it to be a web server running Joomla (or any other xAMP apps--Mac OS X Server is a great platform for open source web apps), you can set it up as "Standalone" and not worry about binding to any directory, since you don't need any accounts other than the server administrator. One thing to make sure of is that there is a forward and a reverse DNS record for the machine ahead of time. A Mac OS X Server is is much happier if it can resolve its own name when it starts up. What version of Mac OS X Server is it running? (Pull down the Apple menu and choose "About this Mac".) -Tom -- Tom Donovan Chief Technology Officer Aptakisic-Tripp SD 102 Buffalo Grove, IL | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
