Network home syncs with AD/OD

[Firefly Dave]

All,

I have 200 mac clients authenticating to AD and OD. I am pulling AD user accounts into an OD group. I then assigned managed preferences to the group so that each clients who logs in becomes a mobile user and has a network home directory built on the xServe (actually to another volume that is a RAID on the xServe)

In directory utility, the AD plug in network protocol is set to AFP

In Server Admin, I created the sharepoint and set it to automount.

In WGM, I assigned the following mobile preferences to the group:

Create mobile accounts when user logs into network account
Require confirmation when creating mobile account
Create home with default sync settings
All set to always

In the options tab:
The path for the storage of home directories is specified and valid

In the rules tab:
I have just the user documents selected (that is all I want to sync) at login and logout
I have background sync always enabled, with, again, just the documents to be syncd

When the client logs in, they get the proper mobile preferences. But the homes do not sync.

In AD, the client’s home is pointing to the correct path.

No matter what I try, the homes will not even begin to sync. Is there something I am doing wrong? I have never had a problem doing this with just an xServe. Is there something else (short of a schema extension) I can try on the AD side?

Your help is greatly appreciated,
Dave

[LowrySpiecher]

I am having a similar issue but I am trying to sync the home folders to a windows file sever once the AD clients log into the mac. I have the home folder location set to something like “/network/servers/servername/sharename”. At the point of login the user is asked to setup the mobile account and when they click ok they are prompt with an error that they do not have access. The user then clicks ok. Once completely logged in the users windows home directory is mapped currently with access.

So my problem is if they have access to this folder once completely logged in why is it not allowing access at mobile account creation. 😕 I am lost at this point.

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