Unable to add new groups/users from OSX 10.6.2 to Active Directory

[rex5]

Hello,

I’m unable to add a new user or group from OSX 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) to our Active Directory domain. I have bound 10.6.2 to the Active Directory domain (2003 server) with no problems. I’m also able to see the user’s and groups in our AD domain through 10.6.2. I just can’t modify anything in the AD forest. Icons to add are grayed out. Also I’m authenticated properly to the AD domain with the proper credentials. Is does appear I have the capability to delete users or groups, I just can’t add anything new.

Can anyone help with this? Is there something I’m missing here?

Thank you..

[prometheon123]

Are you trying to add users and groups with the Server Admin tools? If so, you can’t unless you extend the schema in AD.

[rex5]

I’m doing it from the workgroup manager. Still no luck. Not sure what you mean by extending the schema.

[arekdreyer]

I think you’d be most interested in:
http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/managing/apple/index.html

Look at:

http://www.apple.com/business/solutions/it/directory.html

There’s a link to:
Best Practices for Integrating Mac OS X into Active Directory
http://www.seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/activedir/apple/index.html?s=203&locs=us_en

Click the “More Online Seminars”, then Enterprise, in order to get access to:

Directory Integration:
Best Practices for Integrating Mac OS X into Active Directory
Managing Mac OS X with Workgroup Manager and Active Directory
Modifying Active Directory Schema to Support Mac Computers

Here are some direct links, current now, but may become outdated…

Modifying Active Directory Schema to Support Mac Systems, a white paper providing information on how to create and apply schema modifications in Active Directory
http://images.apple.com/business/solutions/it/docs/Modifying_the_Active_Directory_Schema.pdf

Managing Mac OS X with Workgroup Manager and Active Directory using Extended Schema, a white paper with detailed information on how to manage Mac systems using Workgroup Manager
http://www.inspirednetworks.ca/site/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Managing_Users_and_Policies.pdf

Best Practices: Integrating Mac OS X with Active Directory, a high-level white paper designed to help system administrators integrate the Mac into an existing Active Directory infrastructurehttp://images.apple.com/business/solutions/it/docs/Best_Practices_Active_Directory.pdf

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