MAC OSX.2 and Active Directory Authentication

[brettums]

I've been banging my head agenst my desk for two straight days on this touchy subject. I just recieved 18 new emacs w/ OSX.2 for our new lab. The goal is to authenticate users via active directory (LDAP). I was hoping someone out there has successfully done this.

Can anyone send feed back and discuss in greater detail?

thanks!
-Brett

 

[kmpman]

Mac OSX (Jaguar) will authenticate into a Win2k AD. Check Apples site and they have all the info on how it's done.

KMPman
CCNA, MCP-W2K

 

[beavisandbutthead]

we had AD connecting through the MACS but they would lock up frequently, this procedure also requires some active directory schema admin actions you may need special priveledges (schema admin priveledges) to pull this off, we ended up removing the MACS, they would not play well on AD

 

[jimbopalmer]

I know that

http://www.thursby.com

has a program called ADmitMac that claims to do it

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[Zelandakh]

downside is that admitmac is extremely expensive...

http://www.macwindows.com

has a good link that involves adding services for unix.

 

[ObviousTroll]

Also not cheap, but Panther is supposed to have AD integration in it.

 

[Rastor]

Not an easy solution, I have a public school network with W2K and 10.2....To get/share usernames, passwords, home folders etc between systems took LOTS of research, Acitve Directory Schema Changes, and Netinfo configuration changes in order for both systems to read/write information back and forth.

10.3 Server is "supposed" to have these abilities BUT Apple has made this claim with 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and now on 10.3. I'll believe it when it happens right out of the box.

Apple made us pay full education price for versions 10.0 and 10.2 and now offered a 3 year "protection" plan (for full education price) for any "future" releases of OS X Server.....

So basically we have paid full price for THREE server versions in less than three years......And Apple still hasn't lived up to marketing (performance and integration) claims from version 10.0