From time to time you’ll see an error that “daemon: bind(8) failed errno=48 (Address already in use)” when trying to promote a Mac OS X Server to be an Open Directory Master. The address in question is usually fine and the DNS usually checks clean with changeip: changeip -checkhostname However the error recurs no matter what you do, even if you try and change the name of the Open Directory Master or the address you still usually end up seeing the same error. If it isn’t the address or the name then could it be the port? If you run lsof to see about that whole ldap port: lsof -i…
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Resolve “rootDSE not found” Error in Open Directory
Occasionally, when we go to install an Open Directory Replica for a new Open Directory environment, where the Master is running 10.8.4 we run into an error that: NSMutableDictionary *_getRootDSE(const char *): rootDSE not found At the GUI this just looks like: This could mean that you need to check the SSL box in the Directory Utility for the replica. You’ll know that’s the case if the Replica appears in the Server app but is still throwing errors when trying to work. This could also be an issue where the Master can’t get a version or the DSE from the Master. Assuming you already checked IP/DNS, let’s see if the…