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Apple Mac OS X Server (Version 10.6 Snow Leopard) User Manual

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To use setup data from a file remotely:

1

Create the folder for the setup file on the remote server.

a

Connect to the remote server.

ssh root@

b

Create the saved setup folder on the remote server.

mkdir /Auto\ Server\ Setup

2

Copy the saved setup file from the administrator computer to the remote target

computer.
The password is the same for ssh connections during installation. For more
information abotu passwords, see “About Server Serial Numbers for Default Installation
Passwords”
on page 90.

scp root@:"/Auto\ Server\ Setup"

3

Restart the server using the command-line tool

shutdown

.

a

Connect to the remote server.

ssh root@

b

Restart the remote server.

shutdown -r now

Setting a Mac OS X Server Serial Number from the Command Line

After an automatic setup, you might need to set a specific Mac OS X serial number
for your server. For example, you might have completed an automatic setup with a
generic setup data profile and now you need to put individual serial numbers to their
respective servers.

To set the server serial number

sudo serversetup -setServerSerialNumber

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Chapter 6

Initial Server Setup