Important: Read Before Installing
- 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.
- To install Mac OS X Server 10.3.1, you must enter the password for an administrator account. The password cannot contain a space, or special characters typed by pressing the Option key. If you need to change an administrator account password, use Accounts preferences.
- 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 10.3.2.
Software Update
You may have been referred to this document by 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.
Enhancements delivered with this update
This update delivers the enhancements outlined below.
Open Directory / Password Server
- Resolves a Directory Access plug-in issue in which attributes received from an Active Directory Windows 2003 server, such as user "Name" and "Realname", do not propagate to a client computer.
- Can join an Active Directory domain when server names in DNS entries have uppercase and lowercase characters. For example: SERVER1x.mydomain.com
- SMB Directory Services plug-in now defaults to other Local Master Browsers (LMB's) when primary LMB is not available, providing a more reliable SMB network browsing experience.
- SMB servers are more readily detectable when browsing the network with a Mac OS X 10.3.2 client.
File Services
- Resolves an issue in which searching a remote AFP volume finds files outside of a share point being searched.
- Provides ability for a Mac OS X 10.3 AFP client to connect to a Mac OS X 10.2 Server using Kerberos.
- Improved responsiveness of NFS from client when attempting to access NFS mounts immediately after startup. (When using previous versions of Mac OS X 10.3, attempting to access NFS-mounted volumes immediately after startup would result in the alert message "Permission Denied".)
- WebDAV file system supports use of Apache virtual host names.
Administration
- Includes enhanced Server Admin and Workgroup Manager applications.
- Includes improved Network Image Utility and QTSS Publisher applications.
- Increases speed of importing of user records.
Other
- Improves printing to PostScript printers.
- Includes FileVault, FireWire 800, WebDAV and USB Printing improvements from Update 10.3.1.
- Includes previous standalone security updates.
- Updates MySQL to version 4.0.16.
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.