well the story continues After several posts about my failed attempt at simply changing the hostname and IP for my OS X Server – my final hurdle was logging into Server Preferences again. Every time I tried I got the error : unable to set node credentials for ldapv3 So I returned to Server Admin and changed my open directory setting to ‘Standalone” from OD Master. This finally allowed me to gain access to the Server...

You may have read my other post about the mess I got into when trying to change the hostname on my OS X Server. Well after I finally managed to resolve the name changing and managed to log into Server Admin – I was surprised to find I could not make any changed to my DNS zone. It kept complaining about the reverse DNS zone. I tried removing it but after clicking save it would always return! Complaining that I did not have a name...

As you may or may not know, I’ve been experimenting with Snow Leopard Server over the past few weeks. I ran into a major DNS issue today when I needed to change the server name. Being Naive to the beast that is Snow Leopard server I simply went into System Preferences, Sharing and changed the Computer name! Little did I realise the havoc I was about to unleash! Needless to say after a reboot, all hell broke loose. I was unable to...