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Noob iCal server setup on OS X 10.6.6
I have a Mac Mini server which I want to install ical server on. I am pretty new to Mac OS but have a good deal of knowledge of networking etc on the PC side. Any help is greatly appreciated
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@maestropsm mac mini server only comes with 10.6 server version of OS X.
iCal instructions to follow. Do you want to use just inside your network, via the Internet? Also what's your client population?
iCal instructions to follow. Do you want to use just inside your network, via the Internet? Also what's your client population?
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it is 10.6.6
i would like to do it both inside and outside the office but can handle just inside for now if it is a huge deal to setup for the outside
client population is 5 users
i would like to do it both inside and outside the office but can handle just inside for now if it is a huge deal to setup for the outside
client population is 5 users
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OK, so it is already installed on there? That makes life a lot easier then... They want to share all of their calendars with eachother as well as have a company wide calendar
Sharing calendars with each other is done by each user from iCal. Aak about group calendar when you are further ahead.
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OK i was able to get to the point of setting up the SRV. Now this is not a domain controller or anything, basically just setup as a workgroup. Will that make a difference? Also like I said I can blow these directions fine on a PC but when it comes to MAC I am a little slow... Where can I find the DNS settings etc...
DNS Setting on the mac server can be found by going to the top left corner of the screen; click on the System Preferences option. When this opens up, go to the Network section (kinda like Windows Control Panels); and all the appropriate network settings for the server are there.
Hang on.
1. The SRV setting has to be on the DNS server that governs your internal domain.
2. I don't believe the OS X server would even be functional without properly configured DNS.
Before you do anything else, please advise what services you are currently running on your Mac OS X server and what other servers you have on your network.
1. The SRV setting has to be on the DNS server that governs your internal domain.
2. I don't believe the OS X server would even be functional without properly configured DNS.
Before you do anything else, please advise what services you are currently running on your Mac OS X server and what other servers you have on your network.
I believed eli290 was looking to set up the dns server address on this server as opposed to setting this up as a dns server....
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Basically this is a workgroup configuration and not a domain configuration. I would like to keep it as a workgroup if possible.
Currently each workstation is setup with a local account and then they connect to the server using a user name and password logon that i created on the server.
Currently each workstation is setup with a local account and then they connect to the server using a user name and password logon that i created on the server.
The SRV record is not necessary, but useful. Generally speaking, however, it has to be in the DNS server for your internal domain in order.
In any event, please answer my questions from my previous message. From your initial message, it sounded like all you had at the location was a mac mini server, which was already configured to provide some services, which would certainly have included DNS and authentication services. Since it now appears that there is more going on, additional issues come into play that we can only guess at.
Off the top of my head, DNS, mail, Jabber (XMPP) and directory services are used by iCal and iCal server. There may be more that I am not thinking of at the moment. Until you provide more detail, there is no point proceeding. Things won't work properly, or at all.
In any event, please answer my questions from my previous message. From your initial message, it sounded like all you had at the location was a mac mini server, which was already configured to provide some services, which would certainly have included DNS and authentication services. Since it now appears that there is more going on, additional issues come into play that we can only guess at.
Off the top of my head, DNS, mail, Jabber (XMPP) and directory services are used by iCal and iCal server. There may be more that I am not thinking of at the moment. Until you provide more detail, there is no point proceeding. Things won't work properly, or at all.
And what version 10.5 or 10.6?