mcx not applied

[BobC]

Hi folks,
I have a 10.4.7 server as an OD Master connected to AD for auth of users. I made a new computer list, where I added just one test computer, which I bound to LDAP before. For this computer I set preference to use the xserver for software update.
After restart of client I found this in log:
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Jun 29 15:27:20 117-farm-g5 configd[35]: setting hostname to “117-farm-g5.local”
Jun 29 15:27:20 117-farm-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetLocallyHostedNodeNames(): dsFindDirNode() == -14008
Jun 29 15:27:20 117-farm-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetSearchPath(): DSGetLocallyHostedNodeNames() == -14956
Jun 29 15:27:20 117-farm-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetCurrentConfigInfo(): DSGetSearchPath() == -14956
Jun 29 15:27:20 117-farm-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetCacheInfo(): DSGetCurrentConfigInfo() == -14956
Jun 29 15:27:20 117-farm-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: *** MCXD.getComputerInfo: Couldn’t get cache info -14956
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Any idea?

[Flash]

Yes, I am having the same problem. None of the prefs I’ve set for machine lists are being applied to the clients. I am seeing the exact same errors in the client logs. Prefs assigned by user or group work fine, but no prefs assigned by machine list are working. Machine list prefs worked fine earlier this summer. The only thing I’ve done to my server since then was the 10.4.7 update.

Aug 5 14:20:03 US-Science-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetLocallyHostedNodeNames(): dsFindDirNode() == -14008
Aug 5 14:20:03 US-Science-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetSearchPath(): DSGetLocallyHostedNodeNames() == -14956
Aug 5 14:20:03 US-Science-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetCurrentConfigInfo(): DSGetSearchPath() == -14956
Aug 5 14:20:03 US-Science-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetCacheInfo(): DSGetCurrentConfigInfo() == -14956
Aug 5 14:20:03 US-Science-1 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: *** MCXD.getComputerInfo: Couldn’t get cache info -14956

[Flash]

I found a workaround, at least in my case. I can only guess as to why this fixed my problem, but it did. When you configure the LDAP plugin in Directory Access, don’t “bind” the client. Merely create a new node, type in your server address, then hit Continue without providing diradmin credentials. Now, no more of the above startup errors and machine list prefs are working perfectly. This may be somewhat less secure. Note, computer records won’t automatically appear in WGM, but you can easily browse to them so they can be added to machine lists. Further, this method does not create a machine record in the server’s kadmin.local database (kerberos Db). I would assume that Kerberos authentication would not work because of this.

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