MCX can’t cache or read cached data

[dbrannan]

I have 1500 users with laptops.

We first started noticing problems after January’s “security updates”.

If you are in range of our network (wireless) and login with airport on, managed profiles work.
If you are not in range of our network (wireless) or turn off airport and login, managed profiles DO NOT work.

We’ve tried this on a vanilla apple install (image).
We’ve tried this on s our district custon install (image).

All our clients authenticate against AD through an X Server running 10.4.8 (same on client).

Here are the errors generated:

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Feb 6 14:12:35 InfoTech-Version-1-1 DirectoryService[228]: NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
Feb 6 14:12:35 InfoTech-Version-1-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/Resources/MCXCacher: DSCacheRecord(): dsSetAttributeValues(“dsAttrTypeStandard:MCXSettings”) == -14273
Feb 6 14:12:35 InfoTech-Version-1-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/Resources/MCXCacher: CacheGroups(): DSCacheRecord() == -14273
Feb 6 14:12:35 InfoTech-Version-1-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/Resources/MCXCacher: UpdateCache(): CacheGroups() == -14273
Feb 6 14:12:35 InfoTech-Version-1-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/Resources/MCXCacher: CacheUser(): UpdateCache() == -14273
Feb 6 14:12:35 InfoTech-Version-1-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/Resources/MCXCacher: CacheUser(0, bhstest) == -14273\n

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As you can see, MCX can’t cache or read cached data. The logs shows netinfod is running. The capture script doesn’t grab the local database.

This is a HUGE priority for us. We have 1500 users running around without any sort of management and Apple care support seems stumped.

Does anyone have suggestions on where to go from here?

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