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An OS X Open Directory account which is set to be a mobile account will cache its password locally in the event the computer cannot communicate with the Open Directory server. You can reset this locally cached password by doing the following:
Note: The following instructions work for local accounts AND mobile Open Directory accounts [...]
In: Apple
19 Jun 2009Sometimes the diradmin account or some other admin account’s password becomes corrupted resulting in you unable to log into the Open Directory with admin rights. To reset the password to fix the corruption run the following commands:
sudo mkpassdb -setpassword 0×484f162b4b8b45670000000200000002
where the long hex string is the <slot id> for the diradmin account. You can find [...]
Symptom: Users are unable to connect to the FTP service on MaxOS X Server 10.4. Both local user accounts and Open Directory users are unable to connect to the server via FTP. However they are able to connect to the server via Apple File Sharing (AFP). The system.log file has FTP server entries which contain [...]
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