MSUAM on 10.4.4 ???

[techie211]

Mac noob here. just got our first iMac w/OS X 10.4.4 and need it to authenticate on our Windows 2000 AD domain. I installed 'MSUAM_for_X' and enabled 'Files/Print services for Macintosh' on the windows 2k server. I get an ip address and can manually connect to our \\server\share but I thought once UAM was installed I'd get a logon prompt when the iMac boots up??? another board said that's all I would need??? obviously not huh? What am I doing wrong? what else do I need? What settings need to be set?

any help is appreciated,

thanks

[nixgeek]

I'm wondering why you have had the Macs access the Windows servers using SMB. Mac OS X has Samba built in so you should be able to connect to the Windows server that way. If you want to configure more options, you can head to Applications-->Utilities and bring up Directory Access. There, you can configure things like NT domains and Active Directory.

[techie211]

thanks for the reply, I'm new to this and wasn't aware samba was built into the Mac OS X. How do I enable samba or configure it to access my Win2k server? better yet, how do I set it up so the users type their username/password and logon to the domain?

thanks,


-j

[nixgeek]

Samba is already ready to go. All you need to do is open the hard drive and select Network from the listing on the left, and the Windows machines should start showing up. You can also go to the Finder menu where it says "Go" and then select "Connect to Server" (btw, the Macintosh Finder is the name for the desktop and file manager....like Windows Explorer is for Windows).

As for configuring the Mac with Active Directory access so users can user their domain names to login, if you open up Directory Access you can configure it there. There should be an option for Active Directory as well as SMB (to let it know of which domain it is under).

[techie211]

I just got it to 'bind' to the domain and when I logon with a user account I don't get the whole path to their home directory??(i.e.; E:\Home\student\2007\<user folder>). It loads a volume on the desktop labled 'Home$'(which is the share name of E:\Home). But folder is empty. Why won't it load the <user folder>?

[nixgeek]

That I am not quiet sure of. I wouldn't be able to give you the exact details on why since the Macs I am using here at my work site are still running Jaguar (which didn't have the Active Directory option but did have a hack that allowed you to configure it through the LDAP section). The best I could get it to do is login with the username and password from the domain, but I never was able to get that far with the user folders on the server.

In looking at my iMac G5 at home through VNC, I noticed some options under the Active Directory settings. If you "Show Advanced Options", you'll be able to see some more configurations. Do you have the option "Use UNC path from Active Directory to derive network home location" enabled? Also, are you using SMB as the protocol?

[swbsl]

If you are connecting to a Windows AD, is it necessary to create a computer account or will a user account suffice?

[nixgeek]

Well, you can use the account from the Active Directory to log in if you've configured the Mac to be a part of that Active Directory, but I don't think you can manage the Mac using Active Directory unless you use ADmitMac from Thursby Software. ADmitMac gives you a lot more options for managing Macs in an Active Directory domain.