Mobile homes with AD Users

[Mr. B.]

Hi all.

Leopard server OD is integrated in our AD domain. Users are configured in AD and their home folder is on the Leopard server. All works fine so far.

I want that the AD users (Mac clients) get mobile accounts: When they are in the office they work from the server, when they are out they user the local copy, when they are in the office again in synchronizes.

Since I cannot edit AD information from my Mac server I configured OD groups like the Bombich guide says and add the AD users to that group. Now I want to manage the group and specifically that they are mobile users. That doesn’t work.

– When they log in they are not being asked to create a mobile home
– When I make a group with OD users it does work, so it can be configured per group
– When I tell the AD plugin to use a mobile home it creates one locally but that doesn’t synchronise with the server

How can a set this one up?

[bentoms]

Hi Mr B, Mr T here! 😆

Err anyways… I think you are getting you account types mixed up, here are the account types as I know them in Tiger (sorry haven’t used Leopard Server yet).

Network Accounts: Authenticated to LDAP server & hosted on a Server.
Mobile Accounts : Authenticated to LDAP server for creation & created locally so can be used off site.
Portable Home Directories: Authenticated to LDAP server for creation, created locally & on server with syncing so when in the office both copies are current.

(From the apple documentation on 10.5 I see that the accounts are now either: Local Account (normal), Network Account (as above), Mobile Account (same as portable home directories above).

Now if you have the ‘Magic Triangle’ configuration (again thinking Tiger), & you wish to use PHD’s then you need to specify the profile location in the Users Profile in AD under the Profile Tab in the Active Directory Users & Computers in the Home Folder section.

You then add the Mac Users from AD to the OD group for MCX settings or just the Computers depending on what is needed.

In my experience the above is true for Tiger, but I guess some of it is still applicable to Leopard.

[Mr. B.]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: bentoms[/u][p]Now if you have the ‘Magic Triangle’ configuration (again thinking Tiger), & you wish to use PHD’s then you need to specify the profile location in the Users Profile in AD under the Profile Tab in the Active Directory Users & Computers in the Home Folder section..[/p][/QUOTE]

Hi! Many thanks for your reply. 😀

Before I try to explain a bit further what has been setup to this point my first question comes to mind when I look at the above quote. In the profile tab I told the AD server where the home folder is, i.e. on the OD server. This works. But should I also enter something in the ‘Profile Path’ box? If yes, what should that be?

[Mr. B.]

Bentoms? Anyone? 😥 😉

[bentoms]

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Hi! Many thanks for your reply. 😀

Before I try to explain a bit further what has been setup to this point my first question comes to mind when I look at the above quote. In the profile tab I told the AD server where the home folder is, i.e. on the OD server. This works. But should I also enter something in the ‘Profile Path’ box? If yes, what should that be?
[/QUOTE]

Hi Mr B,

Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner but had an employment crisis! 😥

Anyways, the profile path is for Win clients profiles only & so doesn’t need to be changed for you Mac profiles.

(If you were using “Roaming Profiles” for your win profiles (READ: Portable Home Directories for Win users) then you would fill out this field).

Hope that helps!

Ben.

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