• Mac OS X Server

    Demote Open Directory Servers Using The Command Line in macOS 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# sudo slapconfig -destroyldapserver The logs are as follows: 2017-09-09 20:59:31 +0000 slapconfig -destroyldapserver 2017-09-09 20:59:31 +0000 Deleting Cert Authority related data 2017-09-09 20:59:31 +0000 Removed directory at path /var/root/Library/Application Support/Certificate Authority/krypted Open Directory Certificate Authority. 2017-09-09 20:59:31 +0000 command: /usr/sbin/xscertadmin add –reason 5 –issuer krypted Open Directory Certificate Authority –serial 1339109282 2017-09-09 20:59:51 +0000…