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Mac Forum / General / Networking / September 2004Local home folders on MacOSX with Active Directory
Hi all, We're about to roll out Active Directory authentication scheme at the University where I work, and I've come across a problem. The authentication is working fine, but assigning the home folder is problematic. We are not offering network home folders. For the Windows PC's, the users home folder lies in D:\Home (and wiped at each log-on). This attribute is set via AD. While I can log on using the Macs, it tries to create a folder D: in the root of the hard disk, and that is giving several problems. Is it possible from the client to change D:\Home to say /Users/Student/ perhaps using lookupd or dsconfigad? Thanks, Tim >While I can log on using the Macs, it tries to create a >folder D: in the root of the hard disk, and that is >giving several problems. > >Is it possible from the client to change D:\Home to >say /Users/Student/ perhaps using lookupd or dsconfigad? Hmm. Never did that to me. I automatically got the home directory in /Users. I'm using Mac OS X 10.3.5. I know you need to be using at least 10.3, and 10.3.3 for SMB home directories. When you do 'dsconfigad -show' you should see a line that says 'Force Local Home is Enabled'. If not, then issue the command 'sudo dsconfigad -localhome enable'.  SignatureArt Gorski * Mac Integration Staff * Rice University * Houston, Texas Remember to remove NOSPAM from address when replying via email Ar an 29/09/2004 14:49, scríobh Art Gorski: >> While I can log on using the Macs, it tries to create a >> folder D: in the root of the hard disk, and that is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > /Users. I'm using Mac OS X 10.3.5. I know you need to be using at > least 10.3, and 10.3.3 for SMB home directories. They are not SMB home directories, nor are they AFP. There is no network directory. The AD config just tells the account to use the local path D:\Home as the home directory. > When you do 'dsconfigad -show' you should see a line that says 'Force > Local Home is Enabled'. If not, then issue the command 'sudo dsconfigad > -localhome enable'. I've tried that, but no success. I believe what that command in dsconfigad tries to do is to map smb and afp network folders to /Users - I have no network folders. Tim >Ar an 29/09/2004 14:49, scríobh Art Gorski: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >tries to do is to map smb and afp network folders to /Users - I have no >network folders. I can only say that when I first configured the AD plug-in in Directory Access I got exactly what you want - AD authentication with a local home directory that was automatically created in /Users. There is no local account for the user on this Mac, just the home directory. After I issued the command 'sudo dsconfigad -localhome disable' I got a network home directory, as specified in the AD profile. The 'home folder' under the 'Profile' tab in AD Users and Groups doesn't have any effect with local home directories. My next step would be to wipe /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService and start over. SignatureArt Gorski * Mac Integration Staff * Rice University * Houston, Texas Remember to remove NOSPAM from address when replying via email |
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