Posts Tagged ‘Open Directory
Can Open Directory be used enterprise wide?
A few years ago, before I started at my employer, a project was started for an enterprise-wide Open Directory setup. Each business unit within the university has a decent number of Macs that were mostly unmanaged. The project passed governance and a budget was set aside to fund the implementation. This was back in the [...]
Migrate Local User to Domain Account
If you are migrating your machines to authenticate via Active Directory, you may need to convert your local user accounts and their home folders to an AD user account and retain the home folder. I had a script posted here but that version was Tiger only because it used NI* commands.
John DeTroye’s Tips and Tricks doc updated
John DeTroye has updated his T&T doc which has always been a great best practices guide to client management. It covers subjects such as Open Directory, setting up accounts, managed client settings (MCX) and ARD.
You can get the doc from here.
