Do you have your server set up as an Open Directory master, or as a standalone server? Rich On Sep 22, 2004, at 12:29 PM, Frank Flynn wrote: > Hi, > > I have an xServer and i want to have it authenticate users on other > Macs in the office. > > The server is up and working, users can login to it. But the clients > cannot authenticate through this server - a quick look in the "Open > Directory" shows the KDC is "stopped". Looking in the logs shows this > "Unable to bind to parent" error everytime the server starts up. > > I think I have DNS set up properly - it can ping itself and the rest > of the internet (by name) is there a better way to test? > > Does anyone know what this is? Or does anyone know of a step by step > guide to walk me through setting up authentication? > > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > X-Servers mailing list > X-Servers at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-servers > --- Rich Trouton (Contractor) LAN Support rtrouton at mail.nih.gov ----------------------------------------------------------- National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health — Bethesda, MD Office number: (240) 476-3652 NHGRI LAN Support number: (301) 402-7408 The best way to get in touch with me is through email. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2361 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-servers/attachments/20040922/5314e62e/smime.bin