The Situation: You have a Mac OS X Server with network home directories and disk quotas enabled. The Problem: The Mac OS Finder on client machines does not have very good support for warning users they are approaching their file quota limit.
If you're not familiar with the Pymacadmin project - you should be. Nigel Kersten and Chris Adams have created an awesome tool called crankd that will let you execute Python code or shell scripts in response to system events.What does this mean to you?Do you have laptop users that are bound to OD or AD?
DNS can always bite you in the rear. in some case you run your own DNS server and you can correct the issues. In other cases, you're beholden to the powers that be to determine your fate. All is not lost, however, it is possible to run your own DNS proxy to override specific answers.
Apple has moved Directory Utility from /Applications/Utilities/ to /System/Library/CoreServices/ .It can also be accessed through the Accounts System Preference by going to Login Options and clicking "Edit" next to the network account server at the bottom.
In a number of contexts, we hear about directory services plug-ins. A directory services plug-in is a way for a Mac OS X computer to leverage the DirectoryServices daemon to obtain account information (be it authentication or policy information) from a server.
Ed. Note: This is a fairly common question that we get. Sizing is always a pain, especially when you're moving into a new setup. So if you have any wisdom on the matter, please post in the comments.
I've borrowed from Peter Bukowinski's script that will lookup when an AD user's password is due to expire, and expanded upon it to run as a task in the OS X menu bar. The applet includes preference settings for the following: Adjust how often you are required to change your password (5 - 365 days).Automatically launch the applet at logon.
I had a hard time finding a step-by-step procedure for setting up OS X Server Wiki with Active Directory Integration (aside from just setting authentication to plain text on the Apple site) so, I wrote the following procedure.
I have to set up the IT infrastructure for a company that has 4 different offices. Two of the sites have Apple based clients and the other two have windows based clients. All of the servers are Xserves.
I just surfaced out of a situation with a Mac Server connected to ADwith Kerberos Authentication. Much help was received from Apple and I was given permission to share the "fix" for anyone else out thereattempting this type of solution.
