I would like to have my MacBook Pro authenticate against Active Directory running on Windows 2008. A couple of years ago I tried to set this up between OS X 10.4 and Windows 2003 but I wasn't successful. A detailed step-by-step guide and a list of gotchas around domain security policy would be great.
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I'd recommend starting with this guide on Apple's mailing list (credit to Gilbert Palau):
The crux is quoted here:
- Go to the Directory Utility ‐> /Applications/Utilities/
- Click the Advanced Settings Button ‐> Buttons should appear on the top
- Click Services
- Make sure you're authenticated to makes changes ‐> click the lock and login
- Double‐click the Active Directory
- type in your domain in "Active Directory Domain" ‐> ex. (mydomain.com) watch out if your domain ends with .local opposed to.com or .net, you need to disable bonjour if it ends with .local.
- click bind
- enter in username and password ‐> just the username NOT email@hidden or MYDOMAIN\User
- Click ok.
Chealion
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Two great resources on joining OSX clients to Active Directory are:
The Apple white paper on how to do it: pdf
An Apple video presentation on best practices for OSX AD: seminar
Apple has an extensive list of white papers and the like for a whole range of topics - check it out at http://www.apple.com/business/resources/
Jon Rhoades
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