Connected to Domain but can't log in using Actived Directory Credentials

Question

Hey everyone.  I've been working on this issue for two weeks now, and I don't know what else to try.  I'm connected to my domain but cannot get my Macbooks to log in using Active Directory credenitals both through our wireless network, and hard wired with an ethernet cable.  The weird part about it is that it is not uniform all across our network.  This only happens to certain Macbooks and as of right now there doesn't seem to be a pattern.  I can say that it has happened to all new Macbook Pros that we have ordered lately though.
We use Jamf to manage our Macs on our network, and ever since upgrading to a new version (9.01 and now 9.1) we have had this issue.  However I can't connect after manually adding the domain either, so for now it makes me think it is not a Jamf issue.  Has anyone dealt with this issue before, that might know of a fix?  Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Burnettb1,
I have come across a similar issue as yours.  I have included the instructions that I use to bind the Mac at my institution.  In regards to wifi, I have not tried binding the Mac over wifi. Should you need to log in to a Mac with domain user credentials I would suggest to bind the Mac over ethernet.  Once you get to the:
*Click on triangle to the left of Show Advanced Options to expand"
portion of the instructions click on the Mappings tab and select the checkbox for creating a mobile account at login.  This will create a domain user profile on the machine that you can log into when not connected to the domain.
Hope this helps.
BIND iMac:
          Login into iMac using administrative credentials
          Open System Preferences
                    *Goto Users & Groups
                    *Click on lock in lower left-hand corner
                    *Use same password used to log into iMac
                    *Click on Login Options
  *Click on ‘Join...’ button right of "Network Account Server: "
                    *Click on ‘Open Directory Utility…’ button
                    *Click on lock in lower left-hand corner
                    *use same password used to log into iMac and click on Modify Configuration
                    *Double-click on Active Directory
  Active Directory Domain = domain
                              Computer ID = name of Mac
                    *Click on triangle to the left of Show Advanced Options to expand
                              *Click on Administrative tab
                              *Check  Prefer this domain server
Type  domainserver_ipaddr -or- servername.domain in this field
                              *Click on ‘Bind…’ button
                              *When prompted for network administrator login
                                        username = [domain admin user]
                                        pwd = [domain user password]
                              *Click OK (Note: search path will be updating. Until completed the ‘OK’
button will be greyed out
  *Click OK
  *Click lock to lock and close window
                    *Click lock to lock and close window
BIND CHECK:
          *Search AD for added mac host - it should be there.
          Open Terminal app by either:
                    1)
                              *Press command+spacebar
                              *Type Terminal and select app
                    2)
                              *Click on desktop
                              *Press shift+command+A
                              *Goto Utilities folder located within Application folder (which you should
  be in) and open Terminal
          *Once Terminal is opened type in id [domain username] and press return key.  The output should be
some some network account information
          *Close app by pressing command+Q and any other opened windows
          *Restart iMac
          *Log in