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Found a solution for the problem I was experiencing on my end, might work for others. On the AFP server that host the PHD, authentication method for [b]AFP service[/b] was [b]”Any Method,” changed the authentication method to “Standard.”[/b] This modification resolved the problem. [u]

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I’m also experiencing a similar problem at my end with PHD.

[b]Quick background:[/b]

PHD settings are being applied via OD policy. Users are authenticating against Active Directory. PHD server is bound to AD and OD, services running are AFP and SMB.

[b]Symptoms:[/b]

After login (at client) when performing a sync, the following error dialog message appears:

[i]Your network home is currently unavailable. Try again later when it is available[/i].

~/Library/Logs/FileSyncAgent.log entries:

[[i]2009/07/15 13:21:26.281] Starting manual sync of “HomeSync_Mirror”.
[2009/07/15 13:21:26.489] -[SPeer_FS_PHD mountPeerVolume]: Remote home located at “/Volumes/Home/aavarca”
[2009/07/15 13:21:44.181] EXCEPTION: Permissions Error
[2009/07/15 13:21:44.182] Unable to scan ‘/Users/aavarca/Documents/documentation/PRINTERS/printers/CNM Print Drivers/CNM7-HP
Designjet z3100/MAC/HP Community-local.app’ (-[SStore_FS(private) _doUpdateDirectory:ref:recurse:] (Store-FS.m:1170): “‘((e
rr))’ error -5000″)
[2009/07/15 13:21:44.186] EXCEPTION: Permissions Error
[2009/07/15 13:21:44.187] Unable to scan ‘/Users/aavarca/Documents/documentation/PRINTERS/printers/CNM Print Drivers/CNM7-HP
Designjet z3100/MAC/Knowledge Center-local.app’ (-[SStore_FS(private) _doUpdateDirectory:ref:recurse:] (Store-FS.m:1170): ”
‘((err))’ error -5000″)
[2009/07/15 13:21:44.189] EXCEPTION: Permissions Error
[2009/07/15 13:21:44.189] Unable to scan ‘/Users/aavarca/Documents/documentation/PRINTERS/printers/CNM Print Drivers/CNM7-HP
Designjet z3100/MAC/Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer-local.app’ (-[SStore_FS(private) _doUpdateDirectory:ref:recurse:] (Stor
e-FS.m:1170): “‘((err))’ error -5000”)
[2009/07/15 13:22:21.148] Finished sync of “HomeSync_Mirror”[/i]

[b]Work Around / Temp Fix:[/b]

For some reason (I’m still investigating) the Kerberos tickets, on the client, are conflicting with the PHD sync process (possibly the AFP server). When removing the tickets, on the client, PHD sync is successful.

Command to destroy tickets:

[i]aavarca$ kdestroy -A[/i]

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Here are some suggestions that might be the same as your procedure.

Remove the Library folder [code]rm -R /Users/*/Library [/code] Copy the new Library folder [code]ditto /Users/templateuser/Library /Users/*/ [/code]

Then do a [code]chown -R[/code]

In terminal do a man on diito for detail information

[code]man ditto[/code]

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Couple of questions/suggestions: are you obtain software updates from Apple or are you running your own software update server? If you are obtaining updates from Apple, you might want to consider having your own software update server to pull updates from Apple and then the clients pulling from the local network server (this will save your WAN bandwidth).

Regarding your script, have you tried running with launchd instead of cron? Launchd provides more flexibility. Here is a link for a graphic user interface for launchd: http://tuppis.com/lingon/

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Try disabling IPV6 from the network interface. IPV6 seems to conflict with AD plugin. Let me know if that helps.

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Skaffen, I am experiencing the same issue, but I have not found a solution. On the windows client, connect to the server using the IP address instead of the DNS address. I have found that I can access the server via IP but not via DNS. If you find a solution please post in this forum.

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Go into the advance settings in Airport and make sure “Disconnect from wireless network when logging out” is NOT checked. Then try disabling IPV6 from Airport. See if those changes help. You might want to enable a ssh connection, with an AD account, to the laptop while logged off to verify connection. Let me know what happens.

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