• Mac OS X Server

    Demote an Open Directory Server using the Server app

    macOS Server 5.4 running on High Sierra can have problems with Open Directory. Sometimes, you just need to reset your directory service. You can demote and restore the server if needed. But buyer beware, you may end up screwing things up while the directory server is being demoted and you’re restoring a backup. Or if you haven’t built out the directory server, you may end up just demoting the server and starting over. In this article, we’ll look at demoting the server. Note: If you demote the service, and you don’t have a replica, you will destroy all users and groups. To get started demoting the Open Directory master, first open the…

  • Mac OS X Server

    Demoting An Open Directory Server In Yosemite Server

    The command to create and tear down an Open Directory environment is slapconfig. When you disable Open Directory from the Server app you aren’t actually removing users. To do so, you’d use slapconfig along with the -destroyldapserver. When run, you get a little insight into what’s happening behind the scenes. This results in the following: bash-3.2# slapconfig -destroyldapserver The logs are as follows: 2014-09-18 14:42:02 +0000 slapconfig -destroyldapserver 2014-09-18 14:42:02 +0000 CopyReplicaArray: ldap_search_ext_s failed 2014-09-18 14:42:02 +0000 Error retrieving replica array 2014-09-18 14:42:02 +0000 Deleting Cert Authority related data 2014-09-18 14:42:03 +0000 Removed directory at path /var/root/Library/Application Support/Certificate Authority/Take Control Books Open Directory Certification Authority. 2014-09-18 14:42:03 +0000 command: /usr/sbin/xscertadmin…