Active Directory - Open Directory Magic Triangle
I have a 10.5.5 server that I am trying to bind to our AD so I can provide SSO to our Mac users.
I start from a Standalone installation and Bind to AD through the Directory Utility without issue. The servers computer record is created in AD. However I am unable to join a kerberos realm because the "Join Kerberos" button never appears in the Open Directory settings in Server Admin.
I thought this part should be straight forward, but I am unable to get the button to appear. Am I missing something here?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi
If you can verify the edu.mit.Kerberos file has been created in /Library/Preferences then you have received your ticket and in that sense you are already 'joined'.
For lack of any definitive documentation I think the 10.5.4 Combo Update has made AD binding much simpler and easier. Because of this the button is no longer there because its no longer required? I've not had time to do any extensive testing but I think this is the case? If your Server Install Disk is 10.5 or 10.5.2 and you leave it as it is rather than updating I think you do see the button?
Tony
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Q3 - You create a shared directory (the LDAP node) when you promote the Server to an Open Directory Master Role. Judging by what you're saying you've already done this. The Users and/or Groups you're creating after promotion will be in the shared directory (the LDAP node). You can tell which node Users and/or Groups are in by simply looking at them in the Server App. If they have a small blue globe icon on their right shoulder they will be in the LDAP node. If they don't they will be local users and not in the shared directory (the LDAP node).
To view them in WorkGroup Manager, launch the application and authenticate using the Directory Administrator account. Above the main interface window you should see a small blue globe. The shared directory will be listed by the side of this icon as: Viewing Directory: /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 etc.
Q5 - MCX (Managed Cleint X) is Apple's equivalent to GPOs (Global Policy Objects). If you're familiar with Active Directory you'll know what this means.
Deprecation means "not using anymore". In other words you should not be using WorkGroup Manager to apply mac-style GPOs. You should be using Profile Manager instead. Profile Manager is the 'new' way to apply mac-style GPOs.
Profile Manager is part of Lion Server. It's also known as the MDM Server (Mobile Device Management Server).
It's up to you to decide what is good for your environment and needs. In some situations I'll use both and possibly augment them with Apple Configurator and Apple Remote Desktop. Then again in other sitations I'll use other numerous 3rd-Party tools available.
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10.6 home directory mounting with active directory and open directory integration
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iChat Server is not something that I know a great deal about.
I tend to point people to the OS X Server Communities and to look out for posts by Tim Harris.
Thanks for taking the time to post this.
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Active Directory and Open Directory not working
I am experiencing an issue, or several issues that I can't figure out how to resolve.
I have an Active Directory domain set up (running 2003 server R2) and it is humming along quite nicely.
A few weeks ago I got a new XServe running 10.5.4. Booted it up, bound it to AD, and then set up and OD Master on it so that I could manage some new Macs that we have.
The Macs are bound to both directories.
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If I try to pull down the directory menu above the user list, I see the following: Loca, Search Policy, Other..., /Active Directory/All Domains, and /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1.
If I select /Active Directory/All Domains from that list I get the following error.
+Unable to open the requested node.+
+The node /Active Directory/All Domains couldn’t be opened because an unexpected error of type -14002 occurred.+
I think these issues are related, but I can find no help on the first item (AD not showing up in the groups menu)
and a search for the second item only reveals the following page form Apple, which means absolutely nothing to me.
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Networking/Reference/OpenDirectoryRef/Reference/reference.html
The killer is that this all worked at one point. I had an Apple Tech out here and he helped me set up this 'Golden Triangle" method of authenticating against both directories. And it works... sort of... I can create groups in OD and add OD machine accounts to the group to enforce some settings. But I can't bring in AD users, cause I can't see the AD user list.
I hear that this is supposed to work... I can't figure it out.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
BillHi
Can you access Active Directory from the command line using dscl?
In what order are the LDAP directories listed in Directory Utility on the Server?
Is Kerberos running on the OD Master?
If you issue klist from the command line on the server itself - what is the result?
Or don't bother with any of the above and start again. You've nothing to lose anyway apart from some managed preferences which you can redo in little time. Scrub the configuration in the AD plug-in and demote to Standalone. Restart and go for an AD rebind. Make sure the edu.mit.Kerberos file is created in /Library/Preferences. Launch WGM and you should see AD Users and Groups this time, If you do go for promotion again. What you want to see in the OD Overview pane is everything running apart from Kerberos and the search base reflecting the FQDN of the OD Master. Make sure there is the loopback entry (127.0.0.1) in the LDAPv3 plug in. Finally make sure the OD Master lists itself first in the Directory Search Order.
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Anyone....?
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Directory Binding Script (Active and Open Directory) 10.7
Hi everyone
I'm reposting this in the right thread. I've written a Directory Binding Script for 10.6 and ported it now to 10.7 as among the things that have changed in the upgraded version is a refurbished directory binding enviroment.
The original thread can be found here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3090068. The script is applicable for clients as well and simplifies the binding process considerably.
Be aware that the reformatted script here contains some faulty line breaks. So you'll have to correct them in a proper text editor.
#!/bin/sh
#Uncomment the following line to abort the script on errors
#trap exit ERR
## Script to automate OD and AD Binding of Mac OS X 10.7 Servers
## Script written by Marc Horat, URZ Basel, 11.6.2010
## Updated: 12.08.2011
# With the use of the following sources as inspiration:
# http://www.howtomac.co.uk/?p=247
#Created by Ross Hamilton
#Clock restart / Remove existing settings
#Join to Open Directory and Active Directory
# Bombich's AD-Bind Script:
# This script binds to AD and configures advanced options of the AD plugin
# As this scripts contains a password, be sure to take appropriate security
# precautions
# A good way to run this script is to set it as a login hook on your master machine
# Because it only needs to be run once, the last thing this script does is to delete
# itself. If you have another login script that you typically run, include the
# script on your master machine, and indicate its path in the "newLoginScript"
# variable.
# If running this as a one-time login hook to bind to AD after imaging,
# be sure to enable auto-login (for any local user) before creating your master image
#################CONFIGURATION##########################
#OD
# These variables need to be configured for your env
odAdmin="YOURODADMIN" #enter your OD admin name between the quotes
odPassword="YOURODPW" # Enter your OD admin password between the quotes
oddomain="YOURODDOMAIN" # FQDN of your OD domain
computerGroup="YOURNEWODCOMPGROUP" # Add appropriate computer group you want machines to be added to, case sensitive
oldComputerGroup="YOUROLDODCOMPGROUP" # If the Computer is in a Group already
#AD
# Standard parameters
domain="YOURADDOMAIN" # fully qualified DNS name of Active Directory Domain
domainname="YOURADDOMAINNAME" #Name of the Domain as specified in the search paths
udn="YOURADADMIN" # username of a privileged network user
password="YOURADPW" # password of a privileged network user
ou="OU=YOUR,OU=OU,OU=URZ,OU=IN,DC=YOUR,DC=AD,DC=DOMAIN" # Distinguished name of container for the computer E.G. OU=Macs,OU=Computers,DC=AD,DC=DOMAIN,DC=CH
# Advanced options AD Plugin
alldomains="disable" # 'enable' or 'disable' automatic multi-domain authentication
localhome="disable" # 'enable' or 'disable' force home directory to local drive
protocol="smb" # 'afp', 'smb' or 'nfs' (since 10.7) change how home is mounted from server
mobile="enable" # 'enable' or 'disable' mobile account support for offline logon
mobileconfirm="enable" # 'enable' or 'disable' warn the user that a mobile acct will be created
useuncpath="enable" # 'enable' or 'disable' use AD SMBHome attribute to determine the home dir
user_shell="/bin/bash" # e.g., /bin/bash or "none"
preferred="-preferred $domain" # Use the specified server for all Directory lookups and authentication
# (e.g. "-nopreferred" or "-preferred ad.server.edu")
admingroups="$domainname\YOURADADMINGROUP" # These comma-separated AD groups may administer the machine (e.g. "" or "APPLE\macadmins")
packetsign="allow" # allow | disable | require
packetencrypt="allow" # allow | disable | require
passinterval="14" # number of days
namespace="domain" # forest | domain
# Login hook setting -- specify the path to a login hook that you want to run instead of this script
newLoginHook="" # e.g., "/Library/Management/login.sh"
################################# End of configuration
############ Begin of Script
# Host-specific parameters
# computerid should be set dynamically, this value must be machine-specific
# This value may be restricted to 19 characters! The only error you'll receive upon entering
# an invalid computer id is to the effect of not having appropriate privileges to perform the requested operation
#computerid=`/sbin/ifconfig en0 | awk '/ether/ { gsub(":", ""); print $2 }'` # MAC Address
#computerid=`hostname | sed 's/.unibas.ch//'`
#computerid=`/usr/sbin/scutil --get LocalHostName | cut -c 1-19` # Assure that this will produce unique names!
#computerid=`/usr/sbin/scutil --get LocalHostName`
computerid=`scutil --get ComputerName`
adcomputerid=`echo "$computerid" | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]`
# These variables probably don't need to be changed
# Determing if any directory binding exists
nicAddress=`ifconfig en0 | grep ether | awk '{print $2}'`
if dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
check4ODtmp=`dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep -n 1 | sed 's/1://' | sed 's/2://'`
check4OD=${check4ODtmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found LDAP: "$check4ODtmp
check4ODaccttmp=`dscl /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -read Computers/"$computerid" RealName | cut -c 11-`
check4ODacct=${check4ODaccttmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found LDAP-Computer-Account: "$check4ODacct
else
check4OD=""
check4ODacct=""
echo "No bound LDAP Server found"
fi
if [ $oldComputerGroup != "" ] && dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
check4ODgroupMembershiptmp=`dscl /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -read ComputerGroups/"$oldComputerGroup" | grep "$computerid"`
check4ODgroupMembership=$check4ODgroupMembershiptmp
echo "LDAP Group Membership in Group: "$oldComputerGroup
else
check4ODgroupMembership=""
echo "No LDAP Group Membership defined or not bound to a server"
fi
if dscl localhost -list "/Active Directory" | grep $domainname > /dev/null
then
check4ADtmp=`dsconfigad -show | grep "Active Directory Domain" | sed 's/Active Directory Domain//' | sed 's/=//'`
check4AD=${check4ADtmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found AD: "$check4AD
check4ADaccttmp=`dsconfigad -show | grep "Computer Account" | sed 's/Computer Account//' | sed 's/=//'`
check4ADacct=${check4ADaccttmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found AD-Account: "$check4ADacct
else
check4AD=""
check4ADacct=""
echo "No AD-Account found"
fi
osversionlong=`sw_vers -productVersion`
osvers=${osversionlong:3:1}
#Time Sync
#Restart ntpdate
StartService ()
if [ "${TIMESYNC:=-YES-}" = "-YES-" ] && ! GetPID ntpd > /dev/null; then
CheckForNetwork
if [ -f /var/run/NetworkTime.StartupItem -o "${NETWORKUP}" = "-NO-" ]; then exit; fi
touch /var/run/NetworkTime.StartupItem
echo "Starting network time synchronization"
# Synchronize our clock to the network’s time,
# then fire off ntpd to keep the clock in sync.
ntpdate -bvs
ntpd -f /var/run/ntp.drift -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
fi
echo ""
echo ""
sleep 5
#### Removing any existing directory bindings
#Clear OD Computer Account and delete entry from Computer group
if dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
echo "This computer is bound to the following Open Directory Services:"
dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3
echo "With the Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /LDAP
sleep 5
if [ "${check4ODacct}" == "${computerid}" ]
then
echo "This machine already has a computer account on $oddomain."
# Set the GUID
GUID="$(dscl /LDAPv3/$oddomain -read /Computers/${computerid} GeneratedUID | awk '{ print $2 }')"
echo "Found GUID: "$GUID
if [ "$oldComputerGroup" != "" ] && [ "$check4ODgroupMembership" != "" ]
then
echo "Removing entry from group $oldComputerGroup"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /ComputerGroups/"$oldComputerGroup" GroupMembership "${computerid}"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /ComputerGroups/"$oldComputerGroup" GroupMembers "${GUID}"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /ComputerLists/"$oldComputerGroup" Computers "${computerid}"
fi
echo "Removing Computer entry $computerid in OD"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /Computers/"${computerid}"
fi
#List existing Directories
echo "Removing OD-Binding to "$check4OD
dsconfigldap -r "$check4OD"
echo "Removing Search Path entries"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4OD"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4OD"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4OD"
sleep 5
else
echo "No LDAP or OD Binding present.";
fi
echo ""
# Check a second time in order to delete any remaining LDAP-Bindings
echo "Scanning for further LDAP servers"
if dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
echo "Found:"
dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3
echo "Removing OD-Binding to "$check4ODtmp
dsconfigldap -r "$check4ODtmp"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4ODtmp"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4ODtmp"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4ODtmp"
sleep 5
else
echo "No further LDAP or OD Binding present."
fi
echo ""
echo ""
#Remove the Active Directory binding
if [ "$check4AD" != "" ]
then
echo "This computer is bound to the following Active Directory Services:"
dscl localhost -list "/Active Directory"
echo "With the Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /Active
sleep 5
echo "Removing any existing AD-Binding to "$check4AD
dsconfigad -f -remove -username "$udn" -password "$password"
echo "Removing Search Path entries"
if [ "$preferred" != "-nopreferred" ]
then
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /Active Directory/"$domainname"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath /Active Directory/"$domainname"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /Active Directory/"$domainname"
fi
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
#remove search path entries from 10.6
if dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /Active > /dev/null
then
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/$domain"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/$domain"
fi
sleep 5
else
echo "No Active Directory Binding present."
fi
echo ""
#Remove Existing Directory Services Config
echo "Removing existing DS Config"
if [ -d "/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos" ]
then
rm -R /Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos
fi
if [ -d "/etc/krb5.keytab" ]
then
rm -R /etc/krb5.keytab
fi
# Clean up the DirectoryService configuration files
rm -Rfv /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/*
#OD
echo ""
echo ""
echo "Binding to OD-Damin "$oddomain
sleep 5
dsconfigldap -v -a "$oddomain" -n "$oddomain" -c "$computerid"
echo "Killing opendirectoryd"
killall opendirectoryd
sleep 5
echo "Adding computer account $computerid to /LDAPv3/${oddomain} on $oddomain"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -create /Computers/"$computerid" ENetAddress "$nicAddress"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /Computers/"$computerid" RealName "$computerid"
# Set the GUID
GUID="$(dscl /LDAPv3/$oddomain -read /Computers/${computerid} GeneratedUID | awk '{ print $2 }')"
# Add computer to ComputerList and ComputerGroup
if [ $computerGroup != "" ]
then
echo "Adding computer $computerid to OD group $computerGroup on $oddomain"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /ComputerLists/"$computerGroup" apple-computers "$computerid"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /ComputerGroups/"$computerGroup" apple-group-memberguid "${GUID}"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /ComputerGroups/"$computerGroup" memberUid "$computerid"
fi
echo "Finished OD Binding."
sleep 5 # Give DS a chance to catch up
echo ""
echo ""
echo "Performing the AD Binding"
#AD
# Activate the AD plugin
defaults write /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/DirectoryService "Active Directory" "Active"
plutil -convert xml1 /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.plist
#Use the existing AD-Computername or generate a new one
computeridtmp="default"
if [ "$check4ADacct" == "" ]
then
LEN=$(echo ${#adcomputerid})
if [ $LEN -lt 15 ]; then
echo "ComputerID "$adcomputerid " has 15 characters or less and is therefore suitable for AD-Binding. It is $adcomputerid"
computeridtmp=$adcomputerid
else
echo "ComputerID "$adcomputerid " has 16 or more characters and needs to be modified for AD-Binding."
echo "Removing any -"
computeridtmp=${adcomputerid//-/}
LEN=$(echo ${#computeridtmp})
if [ $LEN -lt 15 ]; then
echo "ComputerID "$computeridtmp" has now 15 characters or less and is therefore suitable for AD-Binding."
else
echo "Only using the last 15 characters of the Computer name to be able to bind to AD."
computeridtmp=${computeridtmp:(-15)}
fi
echo "Cropped Computername to "$computeridtmp
fi
else
computeridtmp=${check4ADacct//$/}
echo "Found existing AD Account previously, attempting to recreate in the OU: "$computeridtmp
fi
echo ""
# Bind to AD
echo "Binding to AD-Domain "$domain" with computerid "$computeridtmp
dsconfigad -f -add "$domain" -username "$udn" -password "$password" -ou "$ou" -computer "$computeridtmp"
echo ""
echo "Setting the Advanced AD Plugin options"
# Configure advanced AD plugin options
if [ "$admingroups" = "" ]
then
dsconfigad -nogroups
else
dsconfigad -groups "$admingroups"
fi
dsconfigad -alldomains "$alldomains"
dsconfigad -localhome "$localhome"
dsconfigad -protocol "$protocol"
dsconfigad -mobile "$mobile"
dsconfigad -mobileconfirm "$mobileconfirm"
dsconfigad -useuncpath "$useuncpath"
dsconfigad -shell "$user_shell"
dsconfigad "$preferred"
dsconfigad -packetsign "$packetsign" -packetencrypt "$packetencrypt" -passinterval "$passinterval"
dsconfigad -namespace "$namespace"
sleep 5
echo ""
echo ""
# Add the OD & AD node to the search path
if [ "$alldomains" = "enable" ]
then
csp="/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
else
csp="/Active Directory/$domainname"
fi
echo "Finished AD Binding."
echo "Adding Domain /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" and "$csp" to Search Path"
dscl /Search -create / SearchPolicy CSPSearchPath
dscl /Search/Contacts -create / SearchPolicy CSPSearchPath
echo "Adding OD.."
dscl /Search -append / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$oddomain"
dscl /Search/Contacts -append / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$oddomain"
echo "Adding AD.."
#Adding all Domains first to improve reliability under 10.7
if [ "$alldomains" != "enable" ]
then
cspadall="/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
dscl /Search/Contacts -append / CSPSearchPath "$cspadall"
dscl /Search -append / CSPSearchPath "$cspadall"
fi
dscl /Search/Contacts -append / CSPSearchPath "$csp"
dscl /Search -append / CSPSearchPath "$csp"
echo "Finished Updating Search Paths."
echo ""
echo ""
# Restart DirectoryService (necessary to reload AD plugin activation settings)
killall opendirectoryd
# Destroy the login hook (or change it)
if [ "${newLoginHook}" == "" ]
then
defaults delete /var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook
else
defaults write /var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook $newLoginHook
fi
sleep 5
# Customizing the login-Window
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow AdminHostInfo DSStatus
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow showInputMenu -bool TRUE
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWFULLNAME -bool TRUE
# This works in a pinch if the above code does not
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/SearchNodeConfig "Search Node Custom Path Array" -array "/Active Directory/All Domains"
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/SearchNodeConfig "Search Policy" -int 3
#plutil -convert xml1 /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/SearchNodeConfig.plist
#killall opendirectoryd
# Disable autologin
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser
srm /etc/kcpassword
echo ""
echo ""
echo ""
echo "Now bound to OD Domain:"
dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3
echo "With Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /LDAP
echo "Now bound to AD Domain:"
dscl localhost -list "/Active Directory"
echo "With Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /Active
exit 0 ## Success
exit 1 ## Failure
Any inputs, questions and improvement suggestions are, of course, most welcome!
Cheers
SeeHi everyone
I'm reposting this in the right thread. I've written a Directory Binding Script for 10.6 and ported it now to 10.7 as among the things that have changed in the upgraded version is a refurbished directory binding enviroment.
The original thread can be found here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3090068. The script is applicable for clients as well and simplifies the binding process considerably.
Be aware that the reformatted script here contains some faulty line breaks. So you'll have to correct them in a proper text editor.
#!/bin/sh
#Uncomment the following line to abort the script on errors
#trap exit ERR
## Script to automate OD and AD Binding of Mac OS X 10.7 Servers
## Script written by Marc Horat, URZ Basel, 11.6.2010
## Updated: 12.08.2011
# With the use of the following sources as inspiration:
# http://www.howtomac.co.uk/?p=247
#Created by Ross Hamilton
#Clock restart / Remove existing settings
#Join to Open Directory and Active Directory
# Bombich's AD-Bind Script:
# This script binds to AD and configures advanced options of the AD plugin
# As this scripts contains a password, be sure to take appropriate security
# precautions
# A good way to run this script is to set it as a login hook on your master machine
# Because it only needs to be run once, the last thing this script does is to delete
# itself. If you have another login script that you typically run, include the
# script on your master machine, and indicate its path in the "newLoginScript"
# variable.
# If running this as a one-time login hook to bind to AD after imaging,
# be sure to enable auto-login (for any local user) before creating your master image
#################CONFIGURATION##########################
#OD
# These variables need to be configured for your env
odAdmin="YOURODADMIN" #enter your OD admin name between the quotes
odPassword="YOURODPW" # Enter your OD admin password between the quotes
oddomain="YOURODDOMAIN" # FQDN of your OD domain
computerGroup="YOURNEWODCOMPGROUP" # Add appropriate computer group you want machines to be added to, case sensitive
oldComputerGroup="YOUROLDODCOMPGROUP" # If the Computer is in a Group already
#AD
# Standard parameters
domain="YOURADDOMAIN" # fully qualified DNS name of Active Directory Domain
domainname="YOURADDOMAINNAME" #Name of the Domain as specified in the search paths
udn="YOURADADMIN" # username of a privileged network user
password="YOURADPW" # password of a privileged network user
ou="OU=YOUR,OU=OU,OU=URZ,OU=IN,DC=YOUR,DC=AD,DC=DOMAIN" # Distinguished name of container for the computer E.G. OU=Macs,OU=Computers,DC=AD,DC=DOMAIN,DC=CH
# Advanced options AD Plugin
alldomains="disable" # 'enable' or 'disable' automatic multi-domain authentication
localhome="disable" # 'enable' or 'disable' force home directory to local drive
protocol="smb" # 'afp', 'smb' or 'nfs' (since 10.7) change how home is mounted from server
mobile="enable" # 'enable' or 'disable' mobile account support for offline logon
mobileconfirm="enable" # 'enable' or 'disable' warn the user that a mobile acct will be created
useuncpath="enable" # 'enable' or 'disable' use AD SMBHome attribute to determine the home dir
user_shell="/bin/bash" # e.g., /bin/bash or "none"
preferred="-preferred $domain" # Use the specified server for all Directory lookups and authentication
# (e.g. "-nopreferred" or "-preferred ad.server.edu")
admingroups="$domainname\YOURADADMINGROUP" # These comma-separated AD groups may administer the machine (e.g. "" or "APPLE\macadmins")
packetsign="allow" # allow | disable | require
packetencrypt="allow" # allow | disable | require
passinterval="14" # number of days
namespace="domain" # forest | domain
# Login hook setting -- specify the path to a login hook that you want to run instead of this script
newLoginHook="" # e.g., "/Library/Management/login.sh"
################################# End of configuration
############ Begin of Script
# Host-specific parameters
# computerid should be set dynamically, this value must be machine-specific
# This value may be restricted to 19 characters! The only error you'll receive upon entering
# an invalid computer id is to the effect of not having appropriate privileges to perform the requested operation
#computerid=`/sbin/ifconfig en0 | awk '/ether/ { gsub(":", ""); print $2 }'` # MAC Address
#computerid=`hostname | sed 's/.unibas.ch//'`
#computerid=`/usr/sbin/scutil --get LocalHostName | cut -c 1-19` # Assure that this will produce unique names!
#computerid=`/usr/sbin/scutil --get LocalHostName`
computerid=`scutil --get ComputerName`
adcomputerid=`echo "$computerid" | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]`
# These variables probably don't need to be changed
# Determing if any directory binding exists
nicAddress=`ifconfig en0 | grep ether | awk '{print $2}'`
if dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
check4ODtmp=`dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep -n 1 | sed 's/1://' | sed 's/2://'`
check4OD=${check4ODtmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found LDAP: "$check4ODtmp
check4ODaccttmp=`dscl /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -read Computers/"$computerid" RealName | cut -c 11-`
check4ODacct=${check4ODaccttmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found LDAP-Computer-Account: "$check4ODacct
else
check4OD=""
check4ODacct=""
echo "No bound LDAP Server found"
fi
if [ $oldComputerGroup != "" ] && dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
check4ODgroupMembershiptmp=`dscl /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -read ComputerGroups/"$oldComputerGroup" | grep "$computerid"`
check4ODgroupMembership=$check4ODgroupMembershiptmp
echo "LDAP Group Membership in Group: "$oldComputerGroup
else
check4ODgroupMembership=""
echo "No LDAP Group Membership defined or not bound to a server"
fi
if dscl localhost -list "/Active Directory" | grep $domainname > /dev/null
then
check4ADtmp=`dsconfigad -show | grep "Active Directory Domain" | sed 's/Active Directory Domain//' | sed 's/=//'`
check4AD=${check4ADtmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found AD: "$check4AD
check4ADaccttmp=`dsconfigad -show | grep "Computer Account" | sed 's/Computer Account//' | sed 's/=//'`
check4ADacct=${check4ADaccttmp//[[:space:]]/}
echo "Found AD-Account: "$check4ADacct
else
check4AD=""
check4ADacct=""
echo "No AD-Account found"
fi
osversionlong=`sw_vers -productVersion`
osvers=${osversionlong:3:1}
#Time Sync
#Restart ntpdate
StartService ()
if [ "${TIMESYNC:=-YES-}" = "-YES-" ] && ! GetPID ntpd > /dev/null; then
CheckForNetwork
if [ -f /var/run/NetworkTime.StartupItem -o "${NETWORKUP}" = "-NO-" ]; then exit; fi
touch /var/run/NetworkTime.StartupItem
echo "Starting network time synchronization"
# Synchronize our clock to the network’s time,
# then fire off ntpd to keep the clock in sync.
ntpdate -bvs
ntpd -f /var/run/ntp.drift -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
fi
echo ""
echo ""
sleep 5
#### Removing any existing directory bindings
#Clear OD Computer Account and delete entry from Computer group
if dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
echo "This computer is bound to the following Open Directory Services:"
dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3
echo "With the Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /LDAP
sleep 5
if [ "${check4ODacct}" == "${computerid}" ]
then
echo "This machine already has a computer account on $oddomain."
# Set the GUID
GUID="$(dscl /LDAPv3/$oddomain -read /Computers/${computerid} GeneratedUID | awk '{ print $2 }')"
echo "Found GUID: "$GUID
if [ "$oldComputerGroup" != "" ] && [ "$check4ODgroupMembership" != "" ]
then
echo "Removing entry from group $oldComputerGroup"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /ComputerGroups/"$oldComputerGroup" GroupMembership "${computerid}"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /ComputerGroups/"$oldComputerGroup" GroupMembers "${GUID}"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /ComputerLists/"$oldComputerGroup" Computers "${computerid}"
fi
echo "Removing Computer entry $computerid in OD"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$check4OD" -delete /Computers/"${computerid}"
fi
#List existing Directories
echo "Removing OD-Binding to "$check4OD
dsconfigldap -r "$check4OD"
echo "Removing Search Path entries"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4OD"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4OD"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4OD"
sleep 5
else
echo "No LDAP or OD Binding present.";
fi
echo ""
# Check a second time in order to delete any remaining LDAP-Bindings
echo "Scanning for further LDAP servers"
if dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3 | grep . > /dev/null
then
echo "Found:"
dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3
echo "Removing OD-Binding to "$check4ODtmp
dsconfigldap -r "$check4ODtmp"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4ODtmp"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4ODtmp"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$check4ODtmp"
sleep 5
else
echo "No further LDAP or OD Binding present."
fi
echo ""
echo ""
#Remove the Active Directory binding
if [ "$check4AD" != "" ]
then
echo "This computer is bound to the following Active Directory Services:"
dscl localhost -list "/Active Directory"
echo "With the Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /Active
sleep 5
echo "Removing any existing AD-Binding to "$check4AD
dsconfigad -f -remove -username "$udn" -password "$password"
echo "Removing Search Path entries"
if [ "$preferred" != "-nopreferred" ]
then
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /Active Directory/"$domainname"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath /Active Directory/"$domainname"
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath /Active Directory/"$domainname"
fi
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
#remove search path entries from 10.6
if dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /Active > /dev/null
then
dscl /Search -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/$domain"
dscl /Search/Contacts -delete / CSPSearchPath "/Active Directory/$domainname/$domain"
fi
sleep 5
else
echo "No Active Directory Binding present."
fi
echo ""
#Remove Existing Directory Services Config
echo "Removing existing DS Config"
if [ -d "/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos" ]
then
rm -R /Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos
fi
if [ -d "/etc/krb5.keytab" ]
then
rm -R /etc/krb5.keytab
fi
# Clean up the DirectoryService configuration files
rm -Rfv /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/*
#OD
echo ""
echo ""
echo "Binding to OD-Damin "$oddomain
sleep 5
dsconfigldap -v -a "$oddomain" -n "$oddomain" -c "$computerid"
echo "Killing opendirectoryd"
killall opendirectoryd
sleep 5
echo "Adding computer account $computerid to /LDAPv3/${oddomain} on $oddomain"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -create /Computers/"$computerid" ENetAddress "$nicAddress"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /Computers/"$computerid" RealName "$computerid"
# Set the GUID
GUID="$(dscl /LDAPv3/$oddomain -read /Computers/${computerid} GeneratedUID | awk '{ print $2 }')"
# Add computer to ComputerList and ComputerGroup
if [ $computerGroup != "" ]
then
echo "Adding computer $computerid to OD group $computerGroup on $oddomain"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /ComputerLists/"$computerGroup" apple-computers "$computerid"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /ComputerGroups/"$computerGroup" apple-group-memberguid "${GUID}"
dscl -u "${odAdmin}" -P "${odPassword}" /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" -merge /ComputerGroups/"$computerGroup" memberUid "$computerid"
fi
echo "Finished OD Binding."
sleep 5 # Give DS a chance to catch up
echo ""
echo ""
echo "Performing the AD Binding"
#AD
# Activate the AD plugin
defaults write /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/DirectoryService "Active Directory" "Active"
plutil -convert xml1 /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.plist
#Use the existing AD-Computername or generate a new one
computeridtmp="default"
if [ "$check4ADacct" == "" ]
then
LEN=$(echo ${#adcomputerid})
if [ $LEN -lt 15 ]; then
echo "ComputerID "$adcomputerid " has 15 characters or less and is therefore suitable for AD-Binding. It is $adcomputerid"
computeridtmp=$adcomputerid
else
echo "ComputerID "$adcomputerid " has 16 or more characters and needs to be modified for AD-Binding."
echo "Removing any -"
computeridtmp=${adcomputerid//-/}
LEN=$(echo ${#computeridtmp})
if [ $LEN -lt 15 ]; then
echo "ComputerID "$computeridtmp" has now 15 characters or less and is therefore suitable for AD-Binding."
else
echo "Only using the last 15 characters of the Computer name to be able to bind to AD."
computeridtmp=${computeridtmp:(-15)}
fi
echo "Cropped Computername to "$computeridtmp
fi
else
computeridtmp=${check4ADacct//$/}
echo "Found existing AD Account previously, attempting to recreate in the OU: "$computeridtmp
fi
echo ""
# Bind to AD
echo "Binding to AD-Domain "$domain" with computerid "$computeridtmp
dsconfigad -f -add "$domain" -username "$udn" -password "$password" -ou "$ou" -computer "$computeridtmp"
echo ""
echo "Setting the Advanced AD Plugin options"
# Configure advanced AD plugin options
if [ "$admingroups" = "" ]
then
dsconfigad -nogroups
else
dsconfigad -groups "$admingroups"
fi
dsconfigad -alldomains "$alldomains"
dsconfigad -localhome "$localhome"
dsconfigad -protocol "$protocol"
dsconfigad -mobile "$mobile"
dsconfigad -mobileconfirm "$mobileconfirm"
dsconfigad -useuncpath "$useuncpath"
dsconfigad -shell "$user_shell"
dsconfigad "$preferred"
dsconfigad -packetsign "$packetsign" -packetencrypt "$packetencrypt" -passinterval "$passinterval"
dsconfigad -namespace "$namespace"
sleep 5
echo ""
echo ""
# Add the OD & AD node to the search path
if [ "$alldomains" = "enable" ]
then
csp="/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
else
csp="/Active Directory/$domainname"
fi
echo "Finished AD Binding."
echo "Adding Domain /LDAPv3/"$oddomain" and "$csp" to Search Path"
dscl /Search -create / SearchPolicy CSPSearchPath
dscl /Search/Contacts -create / SearchPolicy CSPSearchPath
echo "Adding OD.."
dscl /Search -append / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$oddomain"
dscl /Search/Contacts -append / CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/"$oddomain"
echo "Adding AD.."
#Adding all Domains first to improve reliability under 10.7
if [ "$alldomains" != "enable" ]
then
cspadall="/Active Directory/$domainname/All Domains"
dscl /Search/Contacts -append / CSPSearchPath "$cspadall"
dscl /Search -append / CSPSearchPath "$cspadall"
fi
dscl /Search/Contacts -append / CSPSearchPath "$csp"
dscl /Search -append / CSPSearchPath "$csp"
echo "Finished Updating Search Paths."
echo ""
echo ""
# Restart DirectoryService (necessary to reload AD plugin activation settings)
killall opendirectoryd
# Destroy the login hook (or change it)
if [ "${newLoginHook}" == "" ]
then
defaults delete /var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook
else
defaults write /var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook $newLoginHook
fi
sleep 5
# Customizing the login-Window
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow AdminHostInfo DSStatus
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow showInputMenu -bool TRUE
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWFULLNAME -bool TRUE
# This works in a pinch if the above code does not
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/SearchNodeConfig "Search Node Custom Path Array" -array "/Active Directory/All Domains"
#defaults write /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/SearchNodeConfig "Search Policy" -int 3
#plutil -convert xml1 /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/SearchNodeConfig.plist
#killall opendirectoryd
# Disable autologin
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser
srm /etc/kcpassword
echo ""
echo ""
echo ""
echo "Now bound to OD Domain:"
dscl localhost -list /LDAPv3
echo "With Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /LDAP
echo "Now bound to AD Domain:"
dscl localhost -list "/Active Directory"
echo "With Search Path entries:"
dscl /Search -read / CSPSearchPath | grep /Active
exit 0 ## Success
exit 1 ## Failure
Any inputs, questions and improvement suggestions are, of course, most welcome!
Cheers
See -
Convert Open Directory mobile accounts to Active Directory mobile accounts
We have 200 or so Macs using OD mobile accounts.
Implementing Active Directory, getting rid of Open Directory.
How do I change the mobile accounts from OD accounts to AD accounts so that it authenticates against the AD Domain Controller and thus change compter login password when it's changed in AD?
I can convert accounts this way:
a. Delete users’ user account in User preferences pane of System Preferences, but choose to not change the home directory.
b. Log into users’ account by choosing the other option, thus creating a mobile account.
c. Log out, log into admin account, delete the newly created home directory, rename the home directory from the deleted users account to match the name of the deleted home directory and do a chown –R on the directory for that user.
Obviously doing above 200x times is tedious and I'd like to avoid this if possible!
Any other ideas? Preferably a script I can deploy to all computers?I am also testing Leopard in my Active Directory domain and here is what I have found so far. The wireless networks in Leopard seem to be a combination of Panther and Tiger. Each 'Location' that you set has its own list of preferred networks. I have one location for when I am locally on the domain network and others for my bench network and all others under 'Automatic'. The one problem with what you are talking about is that if people change locations and forget to change it back before they log in, it will not find the network, however, adding the other networks all in one location is fine as long as the AD network is on top. You also have to wait about 20 - 30 seconds after you reach the login prompt before proceeding or it will log in without being connected and the AD resources will not be available. I am also finding that Panther knew when it was not on the AD network and did not give any errors, however Leopard squawks when I log in on a different network.
Cheers,
Rob -
Date and Time Sync at boot for Active Directory/Open Directory Authenticati
All the macs in my school district are set to automatically sync their time with a network time server. They do not do this unless the system preference is opened. This poses a problem as all our users must authenticate against an Active Directory and an Open Directory server. If the time is out of sync they can not login, and therefore can not fix the time. I must then login in with a local admin account set the time and then the network account can login. I have tried using direct IP addresses for the NTP server. That doesn't work either. I have adjusted the tolerance of the AD server to accept a large discrepancy in time (did not work). Set the users to be mobile accounst (local home folders), did not work. The only fix will be to ensure that the time does sync at boot, before login. Is there a way to force the computer to sync at boot to a given NTP server, prior to the login window appearing?
I have come up with my own solution for this issue. It is a two part solution. We found that the computers are experiencing time drift and that after they get out of sync by 5 minutes they can no longer login. One would think that the setting in the Date and Time system preference to automatically synchronize the time would take care of this. That however is not the case that check mark does not affect the ntp service at all. It merely eliminates the need to click a button when entering the system preference. How did we discover this? well that is part of the solution. We used webmin (http://www.webmin.com) to look at the ntp configuration. No matter what changes we made with the Date & Time preferences nothing changed in the system ntp settings. So on to the solution: Install webmin, and configure the ntp protocol manually to sync at your desired interval (I did hourly). This stops time drift. Next create a startup item and associated plist to force time sync at boot (be sure to loop it as different machines initialize their network cards slower). I have made ours available for download (http://www.manheimcentral.org/~getzt/netTime.zip). I hope this helps others. We have found that this works fairly well.
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Not able to open active directory user and computer in windows server 2008r2
Hi All techies,
i would like to know one issue which i am facing mostly, i have created 5 virtual machine all with window server2008r2 and one windows 7 on vm-ware now when ever i start my virtual machines everything going rite but when i try to open active directory user/
computer or domain and trust i get a following error "data from active directory user and computers is not available from dc(null) bcoz unspecified error" even when i chk in events log its give me no help, and after 15-30 min everything works good
Please let me know the cause of it and really appreciate it .
Thanks
AtulYou need to ensure that
1. group policy that says "wait for network before logon" is applied to all computers including servers and workstations is applied
2. DNS record exists for all DCs in DNS
3. If there are multiple Domain Controllers in Forests, then they point them as secondary DNS server. This way they will be able to resolve IPs if local DNS server service takes time to start.
As Chris mentioned, you need to start all DCs first, give a time of 5 minutes and then start member servers and workstations for successful logon.
- Sarvesh Goel - Enterprise Messaging Administrator -
Open directory and Active directory
Hello everyone.
I am from a school in london. We currently have 8 servers (7 running Server 2003 and a recently installed Mac server running os x server 10.5)
We have recently installed new macs into our media room and need them to be set up to work with the current domain setup.
what we wish to do is to run the media centers computers through the Mac server but get the existing domain information from the Active directory server running windows. As i have not set up a mac server before I am having certain difficulties doing this. The first time we set up the active directory on the mac server we could log into the mac computers but could not change any of the policies to different groups to allow or deny certain applications from running. Everytime i go to save a policy for a certain group we get the error message
"Error while saving record "Finchley\Level 1@ Error -14140
Im guessing this is because we are trying to save that to the active directory and not onto the mac server so how can we Map the active directory to the Macs open directory so that we can customize the mac group policies?
Sorry if that didnt make alot of sense im typing abit fast
ThanksHave you been here?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DirectoryAccess/1.8/en/c7od45.html
It should be straight forward, depending on how your AD accounts are setup.
Unfortunately, I currently see a bug in the system which is often causing the home directory share to fail to mount when I use the AD plug-in in its default configuration. I'm pleading with Apple to fix this soon.
If you use the plug-in in "true network home" fashion, by unchecking the 'force local home' option, then you should avoid this annoying bug. This method however requires plenty of network bandwidth and space for your entire Mac home folder. -
Active Directory & Open Directory integration
Hello,
Here is the scenario I would like to accomplish. let me know if its possible or not.
Currently I have a cluster of domain controllers on a fairly large Active Directory domain. We have a lot of mac clients that are running totally independant and want to get them on the domain.
On the mac side, we want to run some mac services such as ichat server and get some of the other open directory features.
So is it possible to do this:
(Ad Domain) - one way replication -> (OD server) -> Mac Clients
Basically I would like to have an OpenDirectory server for the mac workstations, is there anyway to replicate all the users from the AD server? Then be able to specify the mac related options such as ichat on the OD server? Maybe I am going at this the wrong way, let me know!
Thanks
Nick
xServe Mac OS X (10.4.6)Hi dani190,
are you using the fully qualified domain name of the network server? ie if your server is bob. and your domain is domain.company.com. then the FQDNS would typically be bob.domain.company.com or bob.company.com.
If the FQDNS works, then have you checked in the AD to make sure the path to the network home folder uses the FQDNS?
For the contact search path, did you put the AD at the top the list? (in directory utility)
Did you set the WINS work group on your client computer to your domain?
ie:Apple Menu, System Preferences, Network, Active Network Port (ethernet and or airport) , Advanced Button, WINS Tab, set workgroup to the name of your domain. ie domain.company.com and or company.com -
Server 2008 R2 DNS Server can not open active directory erro 4000
The DNS server was unable to open Active Directory. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone without it. Check that the Active Directory is functioning properly
and reload the zone. The event data is the error code. Error 4000
This just started happening yesterday. Also File service and print server is unable to contact because of this error. I have no lookup zones. When I try and go to the DNS server I get a message The server VETSALDC could be contacted The error was Access
Denied. Would you like to add it anyway?
PLEASE HELPHi,
According to your description, my understanding is that DNS unable to open Active Directory with error 4000.
This happens when that particular DC/DNS server has lost its Secure channel with itself or PDC. This can also happen in a single DC environment where that DC/DNS server holds all the FSMO roles and is pointing to itself as Primary DNS server.
You may check AD DS using command line “DCdiag” (run as administrator). besides, you may try to stop and restart AD DS service(detailed steps reference the link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732714(WS.10).aspx ), make sure that the AD DS is running correctly.
Then restart the DNS service, detailed steps reference the link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735673(v=ws.10).aspx .
If the problem still exits, is there any other DC or DNS on your network? Post the TCP/IP parameters (ipconfig /all) of DC and DNS here.
Best Regards,
Eve Wang
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