Re: Active Directory and Workgroup Manager
From: Michael Bumbalough (bumb_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 10/23/04
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:12:18 GMT
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:59:58 -0500, Paul Nelson <nelson@thursby.com>
wrote:
>in article pvrgn09pfj894f7udgld0vion351vnhf60@4ax.com, Michael Bumbalough at
>bumb@earthlink.net wrote on 10/21/04 9:33 PM:
>
>> I have an AD domain setup with Panther clients joined to the domain
>> and authenticating with no problems. I installed a Panther server as
>> a domain member server to be used for file storage. Both Windows and
>> Mac clients can access this server shares with their AD credentials.
>> No problem.
>>
>> Here is the issue. We are a school and would like to use Workgroup
>> Manager to manage the student stations. Workgroup manager shows all
>> the AD users and groups with out an issue, but every time I attempt to
>> use Workgroup Manager to set preferences on a Mac user, I get several
>> cryptic error messages and the changes aren't saved.
>>
>> I think the problem is that Workgroup Manager can't write the settings
>> changes to AD. Does anybody have any ideas as to what I can do to get
>> Workgroup Manager going with out running two directory services?
>
>You would have to change your Active Directory schema to get this to work.
>The reason is that the attributes that WGM wants to save in the directory
>are not in the schema. Changing the schema is non-trivial.
>
>There is a way to do managed preferences by setting up Open Directory on
>your server, then creating managed groups in there that contain active
>directory users. However, you can't set managed setting on an individual
>user account.
>
>You could look into ADmitMac, which will handle managed settings without
>needing to change your schema. It does not require OS X server to do this.
>http://www.admitmac.com
>
>You will find a lot of info on Apple's Mac OS X server mailing list:
> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/macos-x-server
>
>Paul Nelson
>Thursby Software Systems, Inc.
Thanks for the input. I looked at your product. Unfortunately, if I
understand your licensing rates, it would cost us 30 grand to
implement it at one school. This is way too expensive for us to
consider. I will continue to look for other options.
You were able to confirm my suspecions on what was wrong with the
setup that I have so thanks for the help.
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