Mac on domain

I am being asked to support our 4 Mac users in our graphic department. Setup are they need to be on the domain to be par with windows.
I am not an server guy or an engineer, just a desktop person at my work. I am thrown in cause I'm the only person in my groups that likes Mac because of my photograpy.
My Mac skill is just a basic home user.
Does the Mac need it own server?
Does Mac recognize .com and .net as the domain only?

Are you talking about an Internet domain or a Windows Active Directory domain. The former is trivial -- just a DNS entry. The latter is far more complicated and not worth doing for 4 users.

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Cannot join Windows XP machines to the Mac PDC domain

Frustrated...
Yesterday, I was able to successfully add 5 Windows XP machines to the Mac PDC Domain (lets call it xyz.lan). Those machines show up as valid computer accounts in Workgroup Mananger (PC1$, PC2$, etc.). Users are able to logon to those Windows XP machines using their Mac Open Directory user account and access their home folder, etc.
This morning, for some reason, I can no longer join XP machines to the Mac PDC domain. On both PCs I tried it with, I receive a "Insufficient System Resources exist to complete the requested service" on the Windows XP machine. I am using the diradmin user account and password to supply credentials. Same exact process as yesterday (which worked fine).
A couple things of note. I made sure the PDC domain is set to Enabled for allowing Guest Access and that WINS Registration is also enabled. Authentication is lso set for NTLMv2 and NTLM for enabled. I also tried rebooting the server this morning as well. It's running 10.5.4. This was not an upgrade from 10.4, but a fresh install of Leopard.
No changes were made on the server between yesterday and today that I am aware of.
Looking at the /var/log/samba/log.smbd log, there are thousands of entries for "This process has forked and you cannot use this corefunctionality process, You must EXEC()" etc... The log also shows failures when the XP machine tries to join to the domain. Log entries are listed showing, "pdbdefault_createuser: failed to add new account for 'PC6$'". Adding PC6$ manually via Workgroup Manager doesn't help either.
Any idea what to check next? I read so many varied things about Leopard and SMB not quite playing nice. People mentioning they had to go through all sorts of hurdles to get this working. Any advise is welcome.

Any news about this? I'm having the same problem trying to join a Vista box to the domain. Here are the logs:
[2009/04/22 13:25:25, 0, pid=42167] /SourceCache/samba/samba-
187.8/samba/source/passdb/pdbodsam.c:odssamgetsampwnam(1571)
opendirectorysamsearchname gave -14136 [eDSRecordNotFound]: no
dsRecTypeStandard:Computers record for account 'VISTA-02$'[2009/04/22 13:25:25, 0, pid=42167]
/SourceCache/samba/samba-187.8/samba/source/passdb/pdbodsam.c:odssamgetgrnam(2040)
odssam_getgrnam gave -14136 [eDSRecordNotFound]: no dsRecTypeStandard:Groups record for
'VISTA-02$'!
[2009/04/22 13:25:25, 0, pid=42167] /SourceCache/samba/samba-187.8/samba/source/passdb/pdbodsam.c:odssamgetsampwnam(1571)
opendirectorysamsearchname gave -14136 [eDSRecordNotFound]: no dsRecTypeStandard:Computers record for account 'VISTA-02$'
kDSStdAuthNewUser was successful for account "vista-02$"
kDSStdAuthNewUser accountid len(375)"0x49ef53056eb8a2630000009a00000214,1024 35
129849767195843988386717130686365750405143149807097035240997923637742337040903
506153973871003812041813
324419007326669993686871371821246150609561416487672279816850996014745064297496
041484464380321772803933500334864635264176672399865926313147079923364167109976
966344241501266923849093477
545323065093504527714303 [email protected]"
<CFArray 0x127bb0 [0xa087e1a0]>{type = mutable-small, count = 1, values = (
0 : <CFDictionary 0x10fa70 [0xa087e1a0]>{type = mutable, count = 3, capacity = 3, pairs = (
0 : <CFString 0x127230 [0xa087e1a0]>{contents = "dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName"} = <CFArray 0x1273d0 [0xa087e1a0]>{type = mutable-small, count = 1, values = (
0 : <CFString 0x127830 [0xa087e1a0]>{contents = "passwordserver"}
1 : <CFString 0x12b1b0 [0xa087e1a0]>{contents = "dsAttrTypeStandard:PasswordServerLocation"} = <CFArray 0x1276e0 [0xa087e1a0]>{type = mutable-small, count = 1, values = (
0 : <CFString 0x128030 [0xa087e1a0]>{contents = "10.10.1.102"}
3 : <CFString 0x10b150 [0xa087e1a0]>{contents = "dsAttrTypeStandard:AppleMetaNodeLocation"} = <CFArray 0x127b60 [0xa087e1a0]>{type = mutable-small, count = 1, values = (
0 : <CFString 0x125b80 [0xa087e1a0]>{contents = "/LDAPv3/127.0.0.1"}
[2009/04/22 13:25:26, 0, pid=42167] /SourceCache/samba/samba-187.8/samba/source/passdb/pdbodsam.c:odssamgetsampwnam(1571)
opendirectorysamsearchname gave -14136 [eDSRecordNotFound]: no dsRecTypeStandard:Computers record for account 'VISTA-02$'
[2009/04/22 13:25:26, 1, pid=42167] /SourceCache/samba/samba-187.8/samba/source/passdb/pdbinterface.c:pdb_default_createuser(371)
pdbdefault_createuser: failed to add a new account for 'VISTA-02$'
[2009/04/22 13:25:30, 2, pid=42171] /SourceCache/samba/samba-187.8/samba/source/smbd/reply.c:reply_special(328)
netbios connect: name1=10.10.1.102 name2=MYMAC
[2009/04/22 13:25:30, 2, pid=42171] /SourceCache/samba/samba-187.8/samba/source/smbd/reply.c:reply_special(335)
netbios connect: local=10.10.1.102 remote=mymac, name type = 0
[2009/04/22 13:25:30, 2, pid=42171] /SourceCache/samba/samba-187.8/samba/source/lib/module.c:dosmb_loadmodule(64)
Module '/usr/lib/samba/auth/odsam.dylib' loaded
Thanks!
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Publishing iWeb site to .Mac personal domain

I set up Personal Domain on .Mac & added the cname on my account with Network Solutions & are waiting for the changes to take effect now. But I have 2 sites in iWeb. How do I get the right site on the personal domain.

Hi again,
My Problem is that it is not clear how to redirect mlwhall.com --> www.mlwhall.com
Since CNAME is for aliases, I am not sure how to point mlwhall.com since that is the root name. The A (host) will only take an IP address, so I assume that if I am going to do this I need to do it in the CNAME section (pinging did not get me a useable IP address). I cannot believe I am the only person that wants to do this -- setting up domain forwarding does not seem to work either
Is it not common for people to want to have www.blah.com and blah.com to resolve to the same place?
----Martin----
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Adding Windows AD Server to Mac OD Domain

Help...
We are adding an Active Directory server to our network, to assist with larger groups and email issues. Problem is, through searching I've found people who say it is easy and others who say it will just fall apart. But... Nothing concrete about how to properly go about making sure it works the way it is supposed to...
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--Charles...

Received this from a community member on SpiceWorks forums...
David_CSG wrote:
It won't work in the direction you're trying to go, never has and isn't even supported. Joining Windows AD to Apple's Open Directory has never been an option from Microsoft, and I would recommend strenuously (even vehemently) against trying at all (via any 3rd-party software) where a Domain Controller is involved. Just don't.
Your best & only option is in the other direction, and is built-in and supported by the Mac OS: Binding FROM the Mac (server or client) to Active Directly.
The best you could do is authenticate your Windows client (only !) machines to Apple's Open Directory via pGina, see http://pgina.org/
That will not provide any AD domain administration features at all as the Apple OD server doesn't even offer them = Group Policy, and more.
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/563735-integrating-active-directory-into-o ur-mac-mavericks-open-directory-domain?page=1#entry-3684109

.Mac 'Personal Domain' and Aperture Galleries?

hi all.
I have a personal domain www.gregory.hk and I've arranged with my DNS guys to set up a subdomain gallery.gregory.hk with the CNAME pointing to web.mac.com
I'm getting two impressions from searches I've done on Apple:
1. personal domains only apply to .Web and not to Galleries.
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has anyone created galleries with Aperture and sent them to their personal domain?
has anyone been able to use a personal domain that doesn't include the www sub? after all, all that really matters is that requests to web.mac.com are via Port 80... right?
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great answer. thank you.
although the .Mac galleries have a slick interface (and Aperture only uploads new/edited photos), I have a few problems with the .Mac galleries:
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Join Windows PC with Mac Server domain

Hello
We are having a Mac OS X Server and few Microsoft PCs.
We want to join all PCs into domain of OS X Server.
Windows is showing error after entering domain name : Active Directory Domain Controller could not be contacted.
Please let me know the solution for this issue
Thanks

Hi Tattwam,
Due to this issue is more related to Mac OS X, to get better help, you may contact with the technical support of Apple.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os
Best Regards.
Steven Lee Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact [email protected]

.mac & personal domain, so which page first?

Ok, i will try to be as clear as possible here.
Anyone who used the old style of web forwarding willl know that in order to view one particular page first (opening page) you would normally publish your website and use the url of that one page to forward with your registrar...However, i am now using .mac to forward my personal domain, but i don't understand how i get one page to load first. For example i regularly have adverts for the site which i like to open first so everyone will see it before actually entering into the main site, but now using .mac it just opens one page...luckily for me its the main page. Does anyone know or understand what im saying here? Please help!! Rob
Oh yeah, by the way, if you want to look my address is
http://www.nelsonrfc.co.uk
I have also tried putting the page i want to open first at the top of the list and that doesnt work either...
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I was under the impression it was the top page in the site.
It should be whatever page is displayed first when you go to web.mac.com/username
I don't know if that helps, but it might give you a way to experiment.

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I have two .Mac accounts and wonder if this is confusing the sync.
I created the site synced it with my .mac account. It still appears as if under web.mac.com/mydomain/home.html
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can . mac host more than one of my domains at a time?????
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Hello
I recently migrated from Eudora to Mail.
I have several accounts. For travelling, in Eudora, I set up my accounts so as not to check mail and used the .Mac settings: smtp.mac.com for outgoing mail. I set as return address the address I wished the reply to go to.
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I would appreciate some help in setting up an additional account that will show my business return address but use the .Mac settings which I can use practically anywhere. (In a hotel my usual ISP is rejected)
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I don't believe this works with the authenticated
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connected to the internet.
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a .Mac account as part of an overall effort to
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address appearing in the "from" field (rather than [email protected]).
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After all, the access to the smtp server is controlled by the same userid
and password as the access to the .mac mail website.
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Hello everyone,
I just bought new mac laptop for work. I have windows 2003 server running. I want to join my mac to domain so its easy to manage computers in the network. i have tried many articales and disussions but there is no working solution.
if someone could guide me on how to join mac OS 10.4.5 to windows 2003 server, it will be greate.
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Hello everyone,
I just bought new mac laptop for work. I have windows
2003 server running. I want to join my mac to domain
so its easy to manage computers in the network. i
have tried many articales and disussions but there is
no working solution.
if someone could guide me on how to join mac OS
10.4.5 to windows 2003 server, it will be greate.
Thanks
Thanks for your reply
Again i am using this mac under Windows 2003 server and Exchange 2003, the 2 main components in bussiness. I have gotten email working. If i get mac to join domain i can manage mac through AD (active directory). I know it will not work as windows based workstation but something close.
I am very well aware that i will need windows emulation.
Could you please guide me on what emulation should i use and how it will work?
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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!

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.
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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
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          *Restart iMac
          *Log in

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