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"Seamless" Integration of Mac OS X w/ Active Directory
eexlebots asks: "I work for a small college which has a few Mac OS X 10.2 machines and a fairly standard Active Directory setup. Actual deployment of these clients rides on getting them to authenticate at login to our Active Directory server. Apple has stated that this is possible (easy! seamless!) with Jaguar without the use of an additional Mac OS X server, but I have found the case to be quite different. It is possible, but not without a good deal of nightmarish configuration issues. Documentation? HA! No sign of it anywhere on Apple's site. I'm not alone: at macwindows.com I found a good many people who think that Apple's claims of seamless Windows Network integration to be a bad joke and nothing more. I was wondering who else out there is having this problem, and what they have done to solve it."
Step 1: plug into the network
Step 2: login using AD credentials
Step 3: There's no step 3! There's no step 3!
Couldn't we just ask nicely for Microsoft to open up the APIs for Active Directory?
Oh wait they don't have to since this would involve Security, DRM, Authentication, Innovation, The Butterfly, etc...
For a second I thought they were trying to make a rotten apple
Any idea how to take Active Desktop out of windows?
Probable webpage on Microsoft.com:
"This link will let you download instructions on how to use Active Directory for 3rd part OS'es, such as MacOS. By clicking on this link, you agree to the following:
1) I will not redistribute this document
2) I will hyperlink to this document, bypassing this EULA.
3) I will not use the information contained wherein to bypass Windows security settings by authenticating any 3rd part OS via Active Directory ( DMCA )"
I don't have a sig...Do you??
Hey...you mean we have to read a manual to get this stuff to work? But I want it now!
How are you supposed to save Xmas if you have to read a manual first!
Unix is user friendly, it's just selective about who its friends are.
Wow. Another RTFM post. Brilliant. So, I take it you read the actual Ask Slashdot question then, right? The part where he says he knows how to get it working, and wants to know if it has been this hard for everyone else to do so as well? Did ya read that part? Cause I don't think that ya did.
For reference:
"...It is possible, but not without a good deal of nightmarish configuration issues...I found a good many people who think that Apple's claims of seamless Windows Network integration to be a bad joke and nothing more." So that was the part where he says he knows how to do it. Now this is the exciting part... the ACTUAL question...
"...I was wondering who else out there is having this problem, and what they have done to solve it." Cool, huh? Reading story good! Reflex comments BAD! REFLEX BAD!
Now, you did find documentation on Apple's site so that's gotta be worth some points. +1 Informative to you. Of course, that's not really the point of his Ask Slashdot, so you get a +1 Moron because you can't read and a +3 Asshole because you've used this thread as a vehicle to vent your frustrations at the world. Your Karma is now -1 Idiot. Congratulations.
Now, for anyone else that feels inclined to add RTFM to this discussion, save your breath. We don't care. Post something useful, and if you're not willing to add your name to it, maybe that tells you a little bit about the message you're posting.
Thank god I'm not a moderator or my Dogma would crap on your Karma