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Well… almost working.
I create a new user in AD, say “abaxter7”. I log in to this computer, and the Home Sync item appears for about half a second, then disappears. Subsequent logins keep it missing. However, if I delete the home directory (without deleting the user), the home directory is recreated on the next login and this time Home Sync is enabled.
Could the method OS X uses for populating the home directory change whether it is the initial creation vs a recreation?
I’m going to check to see if com.apple.homeSync.plist is even created on the first login.
Okay, after working on this for a few more hours, I’ve come to a solution that seems to work. Created a new “English.lproj” by logging in as a new mobile user to get a fresh mobile user home directory. I copied that over to “/System/Library/User Templates/” (after backing up the original, of course). I then went through and pruned some junk from it. Next time I logged in, the new homeSync setting took.
All I can conclude is that there are multiple configs in there which are required to configure the homeSync, although I couldn’t find anything despite all my browsing.
Anyways, I saw a few sites which said that the User Template files aren’t taken for mobile users. I hope this can help a few other people who may have encountered this problem.
