[Jon_c]

Thank you for the recommendations!
I was able to use the -u option with the createmobileaccount tool and specify the afp user home sharepoint where I had previously directed my AD augments ( e.g. sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/ManagedClient.app/Contents/Resources/createmobileaccount -n username -u afp://server.domain.edu/Users/username ).
After that I logged in with my AD credentials and was prompted with the option to create a portable home directory – synchronization to the network home worked flawlessly and all the mobility settings that I had previously designated for the OD group of with the AD user was a member functioned properly.

The next step is to document everything for my particular environment and see if I can stream line the process for AD users – logon script?.

So lets review…golden triangle (AD/OD)- cylinder of destiny (AD Augments – Network Homes for AD users with no scheme changes) – prism of truth?(AD/OD w/ portable homes).

[Jon_c]

Tom,

I am having the same or similar issue:

Following the “Leveraging Active Directory on Mac OS X” documentation I have successfully configured augmented user records to derive an alternative home location, in my case the Users folder on the server – essentially I can log in the local computer with my AD credentials and mount a network home held on my Leopard Server. However, I am unable to apply the mobility settings from the group level (apparently you cannot apply MCX directly to augmented AD users?) successfully and synchronize with the network home. What I am left with is a mobile home that seems to have the home sync MCX settings applied (the home sync menu appears on the finder menu bar, but no sync occurs during login or logout and when I attempt to force a sync nothing happens. Also, the account is listed as a “mobile account” in System Preferences and not a “Managed Mobile Account”. Has anyone successfully implemented mobile homes with synchronization via AD augments?

I have attempted to add additional MCX augments to mirror the OD users – all to no avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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