Open Directory and LDAPv3

lmacadmin · 09-08-2006, 03:39 PM

Hey eveyrone, first post here and need some help, our mac admin left and is being a jackass when I try to contact him for help.

We have a Mac OS x server with some older ibook clients, it was setup but now it's not working,

iBooks are supposed to be bound to the server but I can't get them to login to the server.

I am new to the mac os but know more than the rest of our IT Team, please help me in being able to find out if the ibooks are joined to the server and how to make them login, user accounts are setup but won't login.

thanks for any help in advance.

lmacadmin.

gsprague · 09-08-2006, 04:34 PM

You'll have to be a little more specific. Do you happen to know what version of operating systems are on the server and client machines? Is the server bound to the active directory?

If for some reason there is a different password on the client account than in the active directory or the password is expired on the active directory there may be an issue logging in. What exactly is happening, do you just get a progress bar, do you get any errors on login? Does it just log into the account on the machine and bypass the AD authentication?

Thank you!

lmacadmin · 09-09-2006, 09:34 AM

see i think thats stupid, why should it be that much ddifferent between different version numbers, windows xp and 2000 were always the same, server 2000 and 2003 were always the same...

anyway, enough ranting.

server is 10.4.6 running Open Directory on LDAP v3

client is running 10.2.8 (they're old and won't support anything newer and theres nothing in the budget)

09-08-2006, 03:39 PM	#1
lmacadmin Prospect Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2	Open Directory and LDAPv3 Hey eveyrone, first post here and need some help, our mac admin left and is being a jackass when I try to contact him for help. We have a Mac OS x server with some older ibook clients, it was setup but now it's not working, iBooks are supposed to be bound to the server but I can't get them to login to the server. I am new to the mac os but know more than the rest of our IT Team, please help me in being able to find out if the ibooks are joined to the server and how to make them login, user accounts are setup but won't login. thanks for any help in advance. lmacadmin.

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09-08-2006, 04:34 PM	#2
gsprague Major Leaguer Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 416	You'll have to be a little more specific. Do you happen to know what version of operating systems are on the server and client machines? Is the server bound to the active directory? If for some reason there is a different password on the client account than in the active directory or the password is expired on the active directory there may be an issue logging in. What exactly is happening, do you just get a progress bar, do you get any errors on login? Does it just log into the account on the machine and bypass the AD authentication? Thank you!

09-09-2006, 09:34 AM	#3
lmacadmin Prospect Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2	see i think thats stupid, why should it be that much ddifferent between different version numbers, windows xp and 2000 were always the same, server 2000 and 2003 were always the same... anyway, enough ranting. server is 10.4.6 running Open Directory on LDAP v3 client is running 10.2.8 (they're old and won't support anything newer and theres nothing in the budget)