Ports used for administration, Ports open by default – Apple Mac OS X Server (Version 10.6 Snow Leopard) User Manual
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Ongoing System Management
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You can use Workgroup Manager on a v10.6 server to manage Mac OS X clients
running the latest Mac OS X v10.5. However, after you edit a user record using
Workgroup Manager on v10.6, you can only access it using Workgroup Manager
on v10.6.
Ports Used for Administration
For Apple’s administration applications to function, the following ports must be
enabled.
Port number and type
Tool used
22 TCP
SSH command-line shell
311 TCP
Server Admin (with SSL)
625 TCP
Workgroup Manager
389, 686 TCP
Directory
80 TCP
QuickTime Streaming Management
4111 TCP
Xgrid Admin
In addition, other ports must be enabled for each service you want to run on your
server. For a port reference guide, see the online help and Mac OS X Server Resources
website at www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/.
Ports Open By Default
After setup, the firewall is off by default in Advanced Server mode, and therefore all
ports are open. When the firewall is on, all ports are blocked except the following for
all originating IP addresses:
Port number and type
Service
22 TCP
SSH command-line shell
311 TCP
Server Admin (with SSL)
626 UDP
Serial number support
625 TCP
Remote Directory Access
ICMP incoming and outgoing
standard ping
53 UDP
DNS name resolution