Important: Read Before Installing
1. You may experience unexpected results if you have installed third-party system software modifications, or if you have modified the operating system through other means. This precautionary statement does not apply to the normal installation of application software.
2. To install Mac OS X Server 10.2.4, you must enter the password for an Admin account. The password cannot contain a space or special characters typed by pressing the Option key.
If you need to change an Admin account password, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then choose View > Accounts. Select the account name and click Edit User. Type the current password and press Return, then type the new password in both text boxes. Click OK when you are done.
3. The installation process should not be interrupted. Monitor progress by clicking the Detailed Progress disclosure triangle. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Featured Software to install.
Installation
There are two ways to update to Mac OS X Server 10.2.4.
Automatic Software Update Installation
You may have been referred to this document by Automatic Software Update. For more information on this feature, see technical document 106704, "
Mac OS X: How to Update Your Software".
Because some updates are prerequisites for others, you may need to use Software Update more than once to get all desired updates.
Standalone Installers
An installer is also available from Apple Featured Software (
http://www.apple.com/swupdates/).
There are two versions of the update installer available:
- Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 Update updates Mac OS X Server 10.2.3 to the new version. This document describes how to use this installer.
- Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 Update (Combo) updates Mac OS X Server 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, or 10.2.3 to version 10.2.4. If you need to use the Combo installer, see technical document 107365, "Mac OS X Server: About the Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 Update (Combo)".
Enhancements
This update delivers many enhancements, as described below.
Workgroup Manager / Client Management- User list display performance enhanced, especially when displaying large lists of users.
- Improved managed client login performance and reliability.
- Management of Mac OS X preferences can be disabled by someone with a local Admin account on a client computer by removing the Directory Services binding using the Directory Access application.
- When the root user logs in on a managed client computer, management is disabled for the duration of the login.
- "Other . . ." user now appears in the Login Window of a client computer when the computer is configured such that no valid users would otherwise appear in the user's list.
- Preference allowing you to "limit search results to x records".
- Preference allowing you to "search for all on empty search key" .
Server Status - Server Status provides more accurate graphic representation of Server CPU Usage and Network Traffic over time.
Web Server - New Apache authentication module (mod_auth_digest_appl) handles digest authentication for WebDAV via DirectoryServices.
- Ability to process Rendezvous directives to Web server. This allows Safari users to browse for websites on a local subnet using the Rendezvous pop-up menu in Safari.
Netboot / Network Install - The Network Image Utility is capable creating disk images with up to 10 GB of storage. This feature gives administrators the ability to image DVD content. Disk Utility is required to create images larger than 10 GB for use with NetBoot and Network Install. Netboot and Network Install images larger than 2 GB require Mac OS X 10.2.3 or later.
QuickTime Streaming Server- QuickTime Streaming Server has been enhanced to provide greater security.
File Services: Apple (AFP), Windows (SMB), NFS, and FTP- SMB: Improved handling of file copies larger than 4 GB to and from SMB share points.
- Enhanced NFS export to a specific subnet, in addition to World or Client IP list.
- The Inherit Permissions feature of Workgroup Manager copies execute bits from parent directories, if selected.
- Improves ability to save existing Microsoft Word files located on a Windows 2000 server share point.
- Improves ability to save Microsoft Word files on a Mac OS X Server share point, which sometimes resulted in the message "Word could not read from disk".
- Addresses issue in which clients using the LDAP plug-in and an "Authentication" search policy other than "Automatic" results in auths failure for AFP connections.
- Addresses issue in which trying to copy files to an auto-mounted group drop box results in the message "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items". (Managed Mac OS X clients were more likely to encounter this symptom.)
- Addresses issue in which AFP client cannot connect to Windows 2000 SFM "password protected" volumes. This issue could have resulted in a dialog requesting a "volume password," followed by a failure to connect to the selected volume.
- Better handling of Finder Comments field when using the Get Info command on any file or folder, allowing workflow and other applications using this information to perform normally.
- Addresses issue in which connection from a client to users' home directories can be broken if ejecting (unmounting) a second share point of the same server.
- Improves Finder experience when remotely viewing contents of folders in which filenames are being edited by two or more users over an AFP connection.
- Improves Finder experience when remotely viewing contents of a folder hosted on a uShare AFP volume.
Print Server - Improved Print Queue performance when printing multiple jobs.
- Integrated latest LaserJet 4 Series of PPDs, providing improved compatibility.
Mail Server - Sendmail has been updated to version 8.12.6.
- Improved support for Kerberos authentication via SMTP.
- Improved support for alternate locations of the mail database file; changes can be made in Server Settings.
X Serve - if the security lock on X Serve is engaged, X Serve drives will not unmount when the drive handle is pressed. The drive indicator lights will remain green and drive operation should not be affected.
Networking - Mac OS X Server version 10.2.4 supports jumbo Ethernet frames (MTU up to 9 KB) on Xserve when used with supported PCI gigabit Ethernet cards.
Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only, and does not constitute Apple's recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.
Document 17159, "
Locating Vendor Information" can help you search for a particular vendor's address and phone number.