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GUI access available on OSX client as well
The GUI tool Disk Utility can be used to control journaling on Mac OS X Client as well, as it determines at runtime whether to show the journaling controls or not. All it does to verify if it's running on Server is check for the presence of the file ServerVersion.plist in /System/Library/CoreServices. Establishing the following symbolic link is sufficient to make this test pass: sudo ln -s SystemVersion.plist /System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plistBTW, with this in place, About this Mac will claim that the machine is running Mac OS X Server.
GUI access available on OSX client as well
Be carrefull !
After this hint if you hit software Update again, Apple will send you the Jaguar Server 10.2.2 Combo update ! I recommend to delete this link after you enabled the journaling FS : sudo rm /System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist
Point of no return
Well, I wasn't careful enough and just blindly applied the hint.
GUI access available on OSX client as well
The System Software updater dont get confused?
GUI access available on OSX client as well
i did this just for fun and reboot my mac...
Don't do this...
Yes, your machine thinks it's running OS X Server, but attempting to install the OS X Server 10.2.2 Update will, at best, leave your machine with non-functional, or maybe half-working, Server bits. At worst, it will hose your machine. The Server updater, like many Apple updaters, expects the items that are being updated to exist beforehand in their default locations in order for them to be updated properly. They of course don't exist. Another issue would be that you'd have no valid serial number for OS X Server; but the bigger issue would be that you'd still be missing a LOT of OS X Server parts.
Don't do this...
i looked at the files it updates, re-read your post , and figured i didn't want to go through the hastle of re-installing X and all my apps... just for 'fun'
Now I am running OS X server
I did this and then ran software update, and the OS 10.2.2 Server update is listed now. I will install it to see if it works. If I don't respond today then assume I am reinstalling :)
Now I am running OS X server
Everything is OK! In Utilities I now have the extra programs that Server has, Macintosh Manager, SQL Manager, ect. Some do not work (Network Image Utilty), others I don't know what they do (Workgroup Manager). Over all, the machine still boots and the apps still run.
Now I am running OS X server
I logged in to my machine via an account where I had not turned of auto software update; next thing I know the 10.2.2 Server Update was being downloaded and installed. (Actually, having installed 10.2.2 remotely via ssh, I thought it strange that the update didn't seem to take and said "go ahead" before I realized it was Server not Client update that was being applied.)
Now I am running OS X server
I logged in to my machine via an account where I had not turned of auto software update; next thing I know the 10.2.2 Server Update was being downloaded and installed. (Actually, having installed 10.2.2 remotely via ssh, I thought it strange that the update didn't seem to take and said "go ahead" before I realized it was Server not Client update that was being applied.)
Symbolic link not needed
Actually, it appears that ServerVersion.plist just has to exist; it doesn't have to be a link to SystemVersion.plist. All you have to do is a
Symbolic link not needed
The touched file has to be deleted indeed. At least Sharing Preferences Pane get confused by the existing ServerVersion.plist file. |
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