This is really annoying... I need to administer a Mini Server running Mac OS X Server 10.6. Should be easy by using the Server Admin Tools I thought, but no. To administer a server running Mac OS X Server 10.6, I need Server Admin Tools version 10.6. Fair enough. But, to run Server Admin Tools version 10.6 I need Mac OS X version 10.6?! Coming from a Windows world, that makes no sense to me what so ever. Isn't Server Admin Tools just an app? What makes it even more annoying is that to get Mac OS X 10.6, I need Intel, and we have no macs running Intel here yet.
Soo... what can I do here? How can I administer that server? What are my options? Do I have any options at all? Or do I seriously need to buy another mac just to administer that mac server?
Note: I know I can put a screen on it, but it's location is so that that would not really be a workable solution.
You could use remote desktop. If you know the ip (or hostname), then in finder, use the Go menu, and then connect to server. You would want to connect to vnc://ip or vnc://hostname
I use a combination of remote desktop and the terminal to administer a 10.6 server. All admin features are available through the terminal, which is essentially independent of the OS on your client machine.
Apple is a company that doesn't believe in or pay attention to the past.
What is this 10.4 or 10.5 thing that you speak of? Is that a new beta of Snow Leopard's successor or something?