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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Active Directory Configuration

This article demonstrates how to join your computer running Mac OS 10.4 system to the Active Directory domain.

  1. Open "Directory Access" located in the Utilities folder.
  2. Select "Active Directory" and click "Configure" (figure 1).


    3. Figure 1: Directory Access Utility

  3. Joining the Macintosh to the PSU domain (figure 2).
    1. Type PSU.DS.PDX.EDU into the Active Directory Domain field.
    2. Name the computer following OIT guidelines for PC workstations in the Computer ID field.
    3. Click the "Bind..." button.


    4. Figure 2: Active Directory Plug-in Configuration Window

  4. You may be prompted to enter the username and password of an account with local administration rights (figure 3). If not, go to the next step.


    Figure 3: Local Administrator Authentication Dialog

  5. Enter the username and password for a domain account with rights to bind workstations to the Active Directory (figure 4).


    Figure 4: Network Authentication Dialog

  6. If the bind operation is successful, you will be returned to the Active Directory plug-in configuration window (figure 2) but all of the fields will be grayed out and the "Bind..." button will be replaced by an "Unbind..." button. Click the "OK" button.
  7. Click the "Apply" button on the Directory Access window and quit the utility.
  8. Open the System Preferences under the Apple Menu and click the "Accounts" icon.
  9. Modifying Login Options (figure 5).
    1. Select "Login Options" at the bottom left of the Accounts window.
    2. Uncheck the "Automatically log in as:" box.
    3. Under the "Display login window as" section, select "Name and password".


    10. Figure 5: System Preferences Accounts Pane

  10. Quit System Preferences.
  11. Logout and test login using a PSU Active Directory domain account.
  12. On initial login, the Active Directory plug-in will create a local home directory under "Users" just like a local account. It will automatically mount the HOME share point where the user's network home directory resides ("H: drive") and will also create a Dock alias/shortcut to it (figure 6). You may also create an alias/shortcut to their network home folder in their Sidebar or on their Desktop to make it easier to navigate to in save dialog boxes.


    13. Figure 6: Tiger Desktop Under a Domain User Login

 

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