Missing .plist file

[HallX]

Hi all

 

I'm playing around with a mac 10.6 server to understand a litte about them. I'm having an issue with Server Admin not displaying anything. I've found an apple support discussion with similar problems giving the solution:

 

"I finally talk to a support guy at Apple. First thought it was a license problem, but not. Basically I had to stop "Server Admin", remove the file Preferences/comp.apple.ServerAdmin.plist then restart "Server Admin". I got back the view of my server the way it is supposed to work. It looks like the file was probably corrupted somehow."

 

Unfortunately, I cant find the comp.apple.ServerAdmin.plist file, help!!

 

Cheers

Paul

[SC-UK]

Looks like it's just a case of a simple typo on the discussion board - try searching for, and deleting com.apple.ServerAdmin.plist instead

[HallX]

Hi SC-UK

 

I've tried that, but cant find any of the com.apple files. Do I need to enable hidden files or anything like that. (please remember I'm a relative noobie to Mac).

 

BTW, I'm searching in "finder", "this mac", is this correct?

 

Cheers

[SC-UK]

If you open finder and browse to Home/Library/Preferences/ it should be in there. If not, try MacintoshHD/Library/Preferences.

 

Tom

[HallX]

Tom

 

You're a star. Why cant you search for it though?

 

Paul

[SC-UK]

Also, when you've found and deleted the file, make sure you empty the trash before relaunching Server Admin. OSX has a useful, but often annoying, habit of knowing where files are that have been moved and deleted, and still trying to use them until they are properly gone.

[SC-UK]

Tom

 

You're a star. Why cant you search for it though?

 

Paul

 

To search for plist files you need to enable system files in Finder search. Type this into Terminal:

 

 
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

 

To turn system file finder searching back off again the command is simply:

 

 
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

 

Tom

[HallX]

Tom

 

Many thanks, will keep this post for future reference. You were right about the trash bin as well!!

 

Regards

Paul