Mac OS X Server: About the Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 Update

Important: Read Before Installing

1. An Admin user password that does not contain spaces or Option-keyed characters is required to install. The password may not be blank. If your password must be changed, then follow these steps: Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu. Choose Accounts from the View menu. Select an Admin user and click Edit User. Type your current password, and press Return. Change the password, and click OK.

2. 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.

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 Software Downloads to install. Installation

Installation

There are two ways to update to Mac OS X Server 10.2.6.

Automatic Software Update

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 Software Downloads (http://www.apple.com/swupdates/).

Two versions of the installer are available. One is for updating version 10.2.5 to 10.2.6; the other updates version 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, or 10.2.5 to 10.2.6 (a "Combo" update). This document describes the former. If you need to use the Combo update, see technical document 107532, "Mac OS X Server: About the Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 Update (Combo)".


Enhancements delivered with this update

This update delivers the enhancements outlined below. This installer is server-specific, but the issues it resolves are not. This update provides the same fixes found in the client version of the Mac OS X 10.2.6 Update. The issues described below are relevant in a server setting, but you must also update the client computers.

File Services

• Provides more reliable software installation for a client computer that is installing from a file located on a remote Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) server volume.
• Improves AFP client copy reliability, resolving an issue in which a file could have become unusable after copying via AFP in certain circumstances.
• Improves compatibility with Microsoft UAM (User Authentication Module) 1.0.2 when connecting to Windows share points.

Core OS

• Addresses a rare condition in which users cannot complete the login process.
• Improves compatibility with some USB devices, providing greater system reliability.

Printing

• Improved CUPS printing experience for Hewlett Packard LaserJet 8150 DN laser printer, allowing full text and image print by default.

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.

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