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Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect

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In message <bl0mp7Ftsr8U1@mid.individual.net> 
  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2014-01-30, Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> wrote:
>> Jolly Roger wrote:
>>
>>> I've got Mavericks Server running on a Mac mini that runs various
>>> services for my network. I've got the Server application installed on
>>> two other computers on the network: a Mac Pro, and a MacBook Pro for
>>> remote management. 
>>>
>>> When I launch the Server application on the MacBook Pro, it
>>> automatically connects to the Mac mini without asking. But when I launch
>>> it on the Mac Pro, it presents me with this screen, where I must click
>>> "Other Mac" and then another screen where I must select the Mac mini to
>>> connect to it, followed by a third screen to specify the administrative
>>> user credentials (which are already filled in from the key chain). 
>>
>> I have Mavericks Server on my mini and when I launch Server.app from a
>> non-admin account it always presents me with a screen with 
>> "This Mac - mini" and "Other Mac".  Probably because I've saved
>> something somewhere "This Mac - mini" is highlighted (in light grey -
>> clicking on it does a full highlight in blue but isn't necessary).
>>
>> I then hit Continue (return will do) and throws up a dialog asking for
>> Administrator Name and Administrator Password, with my non-admin
>> username filled in.
>>
>> I shift-tab back to the username field and start entering my admin
>> username.  As soon as I have typed the last letter of that, it autofills
>> the password *and* ticks "Remember this password in my keychain".
>>
>> At this point both the password field and the "Remember
>> password" checkbox are greyed out.  It looks as though the only way to
>> remove this setting would be to go into Keychain maintenance.
>>
>> Yes I have previously saved this password in the keychain (even though I
>> have doubts about the wisdom of saving an admin password in a
>> non-admin's keychain).

> Yeah, that's similar to the unwanted behavior I have - only for me, the
> credentials are already filled in. What I want is automatic, unprompted
> connection to the server.

>> It looks to me as though the info is getting stored in the keychain, and
>> I do see Server entries there for 127.0.0.1 and mini.example.com
>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out why there is a difference in behavior.
>>> Obviously, I would prefer the automatic connect behavior exhibited on
>>> the MacBook Pro. 
>>>
>>> The web searches I've done so far offer no help on the topic.
>>>
>>> I've looked for a way to specify automatic connection in the Server
>>> application, but don't see any such settings. 
>>>
>>> As far as I can tell, there are no preference files in
>>> ~/Library/Preferences or /Library/Preferences on the MacBook Pro that
>>> might cause this different behavior. Perhaps such defaults are stored
>>> elsewhere.
>>>
>>> Any ideas are welcome!
>>
>> Look in Keychain Access?

> I looked at the key chain again and figure out what was going on. A
> while back I changed the host name of this machine. But I still had a
> key for the old name in the key chain, in addition to another for the
> new name. Apparently, that was enough to cause Server to refrain from
> connecting automatically.

That makes sense, actually. the same thing happens with the Finder
"Connect to Server" command. If you have ONE set of credentials, it just
connects and doesn't prompt for the user name and password, if you have
more than one set, it *always* asks and will not fill in the password,
regardless of the "remember password" setting.

It's annoying, but at least it's consistent.

-- 
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief
stops, because it isn't needed any more. --Pyramids

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Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-28 03:57 +0000
  Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-30 16:20 +0000
    Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-30 16:37 +0000
  Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-30 19:27 +0100
    Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-31 04:23 +0000
      Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 09:48 +0100
        Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-31 17:26 +0000
      Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-31 12:16 +0000
        Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-31 17:28 +0000

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