Logins via OpenLDAP not cached

[hobleyd]

Hello,

I have configured my Mac (Leopard) clients to authenticate against a vanilla OpenLDAP server with the Directory Utility and the LDAPv3 Service. This works well when connected to the network.

However, when I take my laptop home it will not let me log in as it can’t connect to the LDAP server.

Googling this, I was under the impression that Mac OS should cache the last login so that I can log in while not connected to the network. Is there something I need to do to make this happen?

Cheers,
David

[hobleyd]

🙂 Ah ha – that would explain things. Thanks.

Having said that, how do I specify this? Following on from your pointer, I just went to System Prefs -> Accounts and to my network account. Clicked on the lock to make changes, but the Mobile Account button is grayed out.

I logged on as root and did the same thing, but it can’t see my Network account at all.

Cheers,
David

[hobleyd]

Ok, worked it out. For some reason I couldn’t do this via the System Preferences. However running the following command worked as expected…

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/ManagedClient.app/Contents/Resources/createmobileaccount -vsn username -h /Users/username

Hope that helps anyone else having this problem.

Cheers,
David

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