MAC OS Domain

dannaswolcott

dannaswolcott

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I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to make a mac Running MAC OS 10.3.9 or mac OS 10.4 a member of a domain? Thanks in advance
 
You should be able to go into the directory utility and add your domain to the active directory service.
 
IN 10.3.9 it may be different, and I haven't used Panther for years. In Tiger and Leopard both, there is an application under /Applications/Utilities for binding a client to a domain controller. There is an AD plug in.

However, the only thing you can accomplish is authentication, you won't be able to manage clients over AD.
 
tlarkin said:
IN 10.3.9 it may be different, and I haven't used Panther for years. In Tiger and Leopard both, there is an application under /Applications/Utilities for binding a client to a domain controller. There is an AD plug in.

However, the only thing you can accomplish is authentication, you won't be able to manage clients over AD.
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Thats all I want it to do..... Thanks all, Ill try it as soon as I get my OS installed.
 
Ok I have tried it and it gives me a error saying the domain forest is wrong? What do I put in for the active directory forest and active directory domain?

On my server, the network name is SERVER1 and the domain name is WOLCOTT
 
you gotta make sure your DNS is in order. BIND is very DNS dependent and if DNS is not in order it gets all whacked out. So if you run DNS on your AD server, you need to make sure everything is set up properly and you can resolve DNS forwards and reverse.
 
[-0MEGA-];1139639 said:
You should be able to go into the directory utility and add your domain to the active directory service.
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I am not sure if you can get into the directory on a mac or at least I can not find it on mine
 
Still cant get it. In mac os 10.3.9 I see right where to change it. My DNS server is working fine, Other computers in the house are using it no problem with the domain. I need to know what to put in for active directory domain, and domain forest? When I know what to put in here ill be just fine.
 
can you resolve reverse dns? Just because a windows box can bind doesn't mean anything since all Linux and Unix boxes are way more picky when it comes to DNS.
 
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