Migrate local OS X profile to Active Directory account

I need to add our MACs to our Active Directory domain.
How do I go about migrating their settings, preferences, and files to the new AD account?
On my test system, when I signed on, it created a new profile and everything had to be reconfigured.
How can I prevent this?

Oh good! Its not just me....
I raised this issue months ago when the version changed to 10.6.x and was told by Apple Lion would fix it...
It didnt, it fact it made it work... the version of Snow Leopard on the mac mini worked perfectly!
I have had mixed results so far... Initially binding to my 2008 mixed mode domain only worked if we specificed a specific Domain Controller and that has worked with a number of machines, our initial fleet of 5 machines for instance
A few weeks ago my lion client was rebooted and on power up it ahd lost its domain binding and nothing would work to get it back on. Im now stuck using a mobile account version of my account...
My new Lion Server just arrived and im following the same procedure and it doesn't work either giving me fairly generic error messages like the one you initially mentioned that leave me confused... In the middle of this project we upraded to 2008 DCs but are still running in 2000 mode...
We are looking at swapping to mac hard ware for our client base and if this issue isnt resolved I cannot move forward; joining a domain is step 1 of a Windows Install usually...
Thanks
Andrew

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Solution
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Write-Host "======================================================" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow
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Write-Host "======================================================" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow
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$radiobuttonContractor.Size = '104, 24'
$radiobuttonContractor.TabIndex = 1
$radiobuttonContractor.TabStop = $True
$radiobuttonContractor.Text = "Contractor"
$radiobuttonContractor.UseVisualStyleBackColor = $True
$radiobuttonContractor.add_CheckedChanged($radiobuttonContractor_CheckedChanged)
# buttonOK
$buttonOK.Anchor = 'Bottom, Right'
$buttonOK.DialogResult = 'OK'
$buttonOK.Location = '421, 227'
$buttonOK.Name = "buttonOK"
$buttonOK.Size = '75, 23'
$buttonOK.TabIndex = 0
$buttonOK.Text = "OK"
$buttonOK.UseVisualStyleBackColor = $True
#endregion Generated Form Code
#Save the initial state of the form
$InitialFormWindowState = $form1.WindowState
#Init the OnLoad event to correct the initial state of the form
$form1.add_Load($Form_StateCorrection_Load)
#Clean up the control events
$form1.add_FormClosed($Form_Cleanup_FormClosed)
#Show the Form
$form1.ShowDialog()
#Set the password for the new user account
#Change P@$$w0rd to whatever you want the account password to be
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
$objForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$objForm.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Arial",10)
$objForm.Text = "Password"
$objForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)
$objForm.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
$objForm.KeyPreview = $True
$objForm.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Enter")
    {$global:setpassword=$objTextBox.Text;$objForm.Close()}})
$objForm.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Escape")
    {$objForm.Close()}})
$OKButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$OKButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,120)
$OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$OKButton.Text = "OK"
$OKButton.Add_Click({$global:setpassword=$objTextBox.Text;$objForm.Close()})
$objForm.Controls.Add($OKButton)
$CancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$CancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,120)
$CancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$CancelButton.Text = "Cancel"
$CancelButton.Add_Click(
{$Looping=$False
$objForm.Close()
[environment]::Exit(0)
$objForm.Controls.Add($CancelButton)
$objLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$objLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,20)
$objLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,40)
$objLabel.Text = "Please enter the password you wish to set. Press Enter for P@SSw0rd:"
$objForm.Controls.Add($objLabel)
$objTextBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$objTextBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,60)
$objTextBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20)
$objForm.Controls.Add($objTextBox)
$objForm.Topmost = $True
$objForm.Add_Shown({$objForm.Activate(); $objTextBox.focus()})
[void] $objForm.ShowDialog()
#If OK then set password and continue
$userpassword = ($setpassword | Out-String)
$userpassword = ("$setpassword") + ("")
if ($userpassword -eq "") {$userpassword = 'P@SSw0rd'}
$password = (ConvertTo-SecureString $userpassword -AsPlainText -Force)
#Set Variables for New-ADUser cmdlet
$dplname = "$surname, $givname"
$upname = "$givname.$surname" + "@" + "$domdns"
$email = "$givname" + "." + "$surname" + "@eta.state.tx.us"
$office = "WBT"
$description = "$costcode"
$description2 = "611IS - Permanent"
$description3 = "611PM - Permanent"
$description4 = "501 - Permanent"
##$loginscript = "yourloginscriptname"
$servername = "teafs2"
$homedir = "\\$($servername)\User\$($samname)"
$homedirpath = "\\$($servername)\User\$($samname)"
$Company= "ETA"
$department = "yourdepartment"
$department4 = "School Finance"
$departmentnumber = "" + "-" + "$costcode"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "HOME SERVER is" $servername -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "HOME DIRECTORY has been set to" $homedir -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "DEPARTMENT has been set to" $department -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "DESCRIPTION has been set to" $departmentnumber -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host ""
#Create Active Directory Account
New-ADUser -Name $dplname -SamAccountName $samname -DisplayName $dplname `
-givenname $givname -surname $surname -userprincipalname $upname -emailaddress $email `
-Path $targetou -Enabled $true -ChangePasswordAtLogon $true -Department $department `
-OtherAttributes @{'departmentNumber'="$departmentnumber"} -Company $Company -HomeDrive "H" -HomeDirectory $homedir `
-Description $description -Office $office -ScriptPath $loginscript -AccountPassword $password `
#Add User to Active Directory Groups Based on Description Field
If ((Get-ADUser $samname -Properties description).description -eq $description2) {
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=InformationSystemsPrintGroup,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=InformationSystemsOUDataGroup,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=InformationSystemsNetworkAccess,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=Mail users,OU=Groups,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
If ((Get-ADUser $samname -Properties description).description -eq $description3) {
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=ProjectMgmtNetworkAccess,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=ProjectMgmtOUDataGroup,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=ProjectMgmtPrintGroup,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=Cognos ETASE Dev-Test-Prod,OU=Groups,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=PMO ALL,OU=Distribution Groups,OU=Mailbox accounts,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=PMO Permanent,OU=Distribution Groups,OU=Mailbox accounts,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=Mail users,OU=Groups,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
If ((Get-ADUser $samname -Properties description).description -eq $description4) {
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=SchoolFinancePrintGroup,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=SchoolFinanceOUDataGroup,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=SchoolFinanceNetworkAccess,CN=Groups,OU=ETA,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "CN=Mail users,OU=Groups,DC=tea,DC=state,DC=tx" -Member $samname
#Does the user require a mailbox?
$mailbox = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell
$intAnswer = $mailbox.popup("Does this user require a mailbox?", `
0,"Create Mailbox",32+4)
If ($intAnswer -eq 6) {
    Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "YourADGroupName5" -Member $samname
    $mailbox.popup("User added to EMail Provisioning Group", `
    0,"Created",64+0)
} else {
    $mailbox.popup("User has not been added to the EMail Provisioning Group", `
    0,"Not Created",64+0)
#Does the user require a LYNC Account?
$lyncaccount = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell
$intAnswer = $lyncaccount.popup("Does this user require a LYNC Account?", `
0,"Create LYNC Account",32+4)
If ($intAnswer -eq 6) {
    Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "YourADGroupName6" -Member $samname
    $lyncaccount.popup("User added to LYNC Provisioning Group", `
    0,"Created",64+0)
} else {
    $lyncaccount.popup("User has not been added to the LYNC Provisioning Group", `
    0,"Not Created",64+0)
#Create Home Directory and Set Permissions on Home Directory
New-Item -path $homedirpath -type directory
$acl = Get-ACL -path $homedirpath
$permission = "yourdomainname\$($samname)","Modify","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","None","Allow"
$accessrule = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $permission
$acl.SetAccessRule($accessrule)
$acl | Set-ACL -path $homedirpath
##Set Share Permissions on Home Directory
$Computer = $servername
$Class = "Win32_Share"
$Method = "Create"
$name = $sharename
$path = $sharedirpath
$description = ""
$sd = ([WMIClass] "\\$Computer\root\cimv2:Win32_SecurityDescriptor").CreateInstance()
$ACE = ([WMIClass] "\\$Computer\root\cimv2:Win32_ACE").CreateInstance()
$Trustee = ([WMIClass] "\\$Computer\root\cimv2:Win32_Trustee").CreateInstance()
$Trustee.Name = "EVERYONE"
$Trustee.Domain = $Null
$Trustee.SID = @(1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)
$ace.AccessMask = 2032127
$ace.AceFlags = 3
$ace.AceType = 0
$ACE.Trustee = $Trustee
$sd.DACL += $ACE.psObject.baseobject
$mc = [WmiClass]"\\$Computer\ROOT\CIMV2:$Class"
$InParams = $mc.psbase.GetMethodParameters($Method)
$InParams.Access = $sd
$InParams.Description = $description
$InParams.MaximumAllowed = $Null
$InParams.Name = $name
$InParams.Password = $Null
$InParams.Path = $path
$InParams.Type = [uint32]0
$R = $mc.PSBase.InvokeMethod($Method, $InParams, $Null)
switch ($($R.ReturnValue))
0 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Success"; break}
2 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Access Denied" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
8 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Unknown Failure" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
9 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Invalid Name" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
10 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Invalid Level" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
21 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Invalid Parameter" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
22 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Duplicate Share" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
23 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Reedirected Path" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
24 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Unknown Device or Directory" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
25 {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:Network Name Not Found" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}
default {Write-Host "Share:$name Path:$path Result:*** Unknown Error ***" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow;break}

Would you be able to show me how it's done?
Here's an example:
$date = Read-Host 'Enter a date (e.g. 4/23/14)'
Write-Host "Original string: $date"
$dateTime = [datetime]$date
Write-Host "DateTime object: $dateTime"
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Time Machine Backup using Active Directory account

I have two macbook pros (running 10.6.4) using Active Directory accounts and I am trying to backup them up to an Active Directory integrated XServe (running 10.6.4) with a shared Time Machine backup point. I open Time Machine preferences, select the disk, entering username and password, and it starts trying to make the backup disk available. However, it quits and gives me the following error - the network backup disk could not be accessed because there was a problem with the network username and password. The username and password are correct. I have tried three different accounts and they all produce this error.

This happened to an issue AFP. I had AFP authentication set to use Kerberos. I changed it to use "Any Method" and it is working properly.

Snow leopard Active directory account taking a long time to verify password

Hi,
My mac is configured to use an active directory account (windows small biz server 2008), i configured a mobile account when i was still under leopard and it was working fine. Since i upgraded to snow leopard i started experience the following issues:
When i am out of the office (not connected on the domain), logging in to my mac take about 5min after i type the password, same thing when the mac awakes from sleep, i type my password and it says verifying password and this takes about 5 minutes to complete! Another issue i am experiencing is that whenever i put my mac to sleep, when it wakes up most of the running applications crash and i have to restart them. i was hoping 10.6.2 would fix that but it didn't.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance for your support!

I guess we will have to wait for someone to give us a clue, or for apple to release 10.6.3 .

How to migrate from existing Database Usermanagement to Active Directory?

Hello experts,
we are running a portal with more than 2000 users. So far our user management is done by the portal´s own identity management with the database as data source.
However for many reasons instead of the database we would like to use an existing company´s Active Directory (=AD) as a data source for identity management. That means that we would like only to use the AD-users and AD-groups in the portal.
All users who are in the portal´s database now you can find also in the existing company´s Active Directory. Luckily the users have the same ID both in the database and in the AD.
We know that the migration form the database to AD is a big issue since many portal objects depend on the existing structures. However because the IDs of users are identical in both systems we hope to finde a way to "override" the existing usermanagement data with the AD data without loosing the existing settings (e.g. KM-Permissions, user profiles etc.).
Generally I am asking you if you have had already experience with changing the user management´s datasource of an already "living" portal (several 1000 users) to Active Directory User Managent.
What problems can occour?
Which modifications need to be done?
Which portal´s objects are affected by the migration?
Is a migration possible at all?
I will appreciate all suggestions, remarks, ideas.
Thanks in advance.
Thomas

Hello experts,
the current permissions in the KM-Objects are based on both groups and users from database.
Because it is not possible to modify the Group´s Display Name in the portal´s database we would also like to use LDAP-Groups in the portal: All users and groups in the portal shall be managed by Active Directory in future.
In the Active Directory it is possible to modify the Display Name of groups. This is a necessary feature because of reorganisations of departments in our company which occur from time to time.
Creating new groups with the new department names is not an option because one has to assign all department members to the new group again. Otherwise one need to asign the new group to the ACLs of all KM objects in question. This is a too big deal.
However, thank you for that hint Michael.
Any other experiences?
I will appreciate any ideas, foreseen problems.
Thomas

What is involved in going from local user accounts to active directory accounts with CCM 9.1.2?

We are currently using local user accounts with CUCM 9.1.2 and are looking at integrating it into the active directory structure.
We do utilize the same structure for user ID's.
I am looking to find out what the changeover will entail and if anything else needs to be done prior to the integration.
We also have Unity syncing up with CUCM for users as well as Contact Center sync'ed up for our ACD system.
Thanks
Mike

Hey Mike,
The process is pretty straight forward. CUCM 9.X supports the coexistence of AD integrated users and local users so you don't have to worry about local accounts disappearing if they don't have an AD account. The biggest thing to watch out for is that if you decide to revert back for whatever reason then the accounts that were in AD will be marked for deletion (from the CUCM, not AD) and will be removed after approximately 24 hours.
I recommend the following if you'd like to move to AD.
Run a DRS backup of CUCM. This is not necessary for the integration but is good practice in my opinion. I'd also do a full export of your users using the BAT so you can reimport users to how they were before the integration should you decide to revert for any reason.
Determine if you want to put the user's extensions in the telephonenumber field or ipPhone field in AD. Once you make a decision, I recommend populating that information in AD so it is available when you do the integration.
Make sure your local CUCM user accounts usernames are exactly the same as your domain accounts. That way when you do the integration the local users become AD users and keep all of their phone associations, group memberships, etc. If you need to change the usernames then be sure to notify your users ahead of time so they can start logging into UCCX or UCM user pages, etc. using their new username.
Create an account in AD that has read-only rights to your directory. Set the password to never expire. You will use this account later for the integration.
In CUCM, go into Serviceability and make sure the "Cisco DirSync" service is activated on the Publisher server.
Also in CUCM, navigate to the administration page and do the following:
Go to System > LDAP > LDAP System and Check the box to enable Synchronizing. Confirm the LDAP server type and attribute for User ID is accurate. This is typically Microsoft Active Directory and sAMAccountName respectively.
Go to System > LDAP > LDAP Directory
Click Add New
Give it a name (whatever you want).
Put in the Distinguished Name of the AD integration account you created earlier. For example, if you created an account called ciscoldap in the Service Accounts OU in the abc.com domain then it would look something like this... CN=ciscoldap,OU=Service Accounts,DC=abc,DC=com
Enter the password for the account.
Enter the search base. This can be a specific OU where your users exist, a parent OU which contains other OUs which contain all of your users or the entire domain. If you do the entire domain then in the abc.com example you would specify DC=abc,DC=com.
Select the option to perform a sync with AD on periodic intervals. The lowest interval you can set is every 6 hours.
Select either the telephonenumber or ipPhone field to be used for the user's extensions. This will be whatever you decided and populated in AD in an earlier step.
Add your primary and any backup domain controllers and ports. If they are just domain controllers and you are not using SSL then specify port 389. If they are also global catalog servers then you can do port 3268.
Click Save and Click the "Perform Full Sync Now" button.
I recommend that you also use LDAP for authentication as well so you only have one username and password to remember which is all controlled by AD. To add this do the following:Go to System > LDAP > LDAP Authentication.
Click Add New
Check the box to use LDAP Authentication
Add the same Distinguished name, passwords and user seach base that you used for your integration account earlier under the synchronization section. Also add the same primary and secondary LDAP servers and ports you used earlier.
Click Save
You can go a step further and create a filter to only pull in the users within the search base you specified and apply that. For example, maybe only pull in users that have their ipPhone field populated. Let me know if you have any questions on that or any of the above.
I hope this helps!

10.9 Profile Manager Active Directory Advanced Options

Hey guys!
I've been working with Profile Manager in Mavericks Server and so far, I'm pretty excited with the improvments in functionality that have been made. I'm still using WGM and MCX settings for my 10.6 - 10.8 users but would like to move to Profiles for 10.9 and iOS 7. However I have a single road block in my way and it's in reference to this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5981
I am able to use the "Directory" payload to bind to AD cleanly and everything works. However, I need to access some of these Advanced Options referenced in the KB article.
The first set of instructions about creating the .mobileconfig, downloading it, and then editing it works prefectly. However, I would then have to manually distribute the .mobileconfig instead of being able to push it. If I eventually wanted to modify it (such as add an ADDomainAdminGroupList later on) I would again have to manually distribute the .mobileconfig.
The second set of instructions in the KB article reference (with a "by the way" attitude...) stating that these settings can be added in the Custom Settings Payload. I have been unable to get this to work in any fashion. I'm unsure if the Directory Payload still has to be configured, or if it needs a dedicated UUID, or if it needs the entire AD configuration, etc...
Anyone been able to successfully set this up? I can provide my mobileconfigs upon request if that will help.
Thanks!
Nick.

Hello Nick,
I wouldn't be as sure as GeneMCX about the custom settings section. I actually was able to create a payload for the Finder and then override some of the settings by uploading the following file under the custom settings section:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>ShowHardDrivesOnDesktop</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ShowExternalHardDrivesOnDesktop</key>
    <false/>
    <key>ShowRemovableMediaOnDesktop</key>
    <false/>
    <key>ShowMountedServersOnDesktop</key>
    <false/>
</dict>
</plist>
Important: the file was named com.apple.finder.plist in order to populated the "Preference Domain" correctly (com.apple.finder in this case).
In this particular case, I let the client download the profile using the mydevice portal. Not sure if things would have worked properly if the configuration had been pushed to him.
Bottom line is: in at least one case, custom settings do allow to tweak a payload configuration. But not always. I am still unable to do a similar thing with mail accounts. I have no idea whereas Active Directory Advanced Options fall in the first category or in the second one.
You could probably make tests using a "simpler" service than AD... like Finder by example. Just get used to all this. One useful command on the client side is "profiles". You can have a look here: http://krypted.com/tag/profile-manager/
I hope this helps. Good luck!

Active Directory accounts no longer connect to Server

I administrate a small office network.
We have a Windows 2000 Server with active directory and a Windows 2003 Storage Server Appliance. (From Iomega)
After upgrading to 10.4.8 (it seems), our Mac integrated to the Active Directory has had problems connecting to the storage server.
When attempt to connect to smb://storage (the 2003 server appliance) we get a Error code -36 -- could not be read or written.
This only happens when logged into an AD account. Local accounts on the machine access the server as normal.
Also of note, the AD accounts have no problems accessing shares on the 2000 server.
Any ideas why this is only effecting AD accounts and a solution?

There are a couple of things you can check...
1. Check to make sure that the SMB signing option is disabled for the Windows 2003 Storage appliance. This can be done in the local group policy on the Server.
2. If it is a storage appliance, you should be able to run Microsoft's Services for Macintosh. This would give you AFP on the file server - a potential way to eliminate the need for using SMB on the Macs.
3. Use a 3rd party software on the Windows 2003 Storace Server called ExtremeZ-IP by Group Logic. It is a full featured AFP/IP file server for Windows (replacing SFM). We have an HP DL380 NAS device on our network (running Windows 2003 Storage Edition) that has 1.5 TB of storage for our MAc users. We use ExtremeZ-IP... I have nothing bu great things to say for it...

Cannot login with Active Directory Account

Hello,
I am testing SnowLeopard (10.6.1) for deployment in my labs for the Spring 2010 semester. We use local home directories. This is a brand new fresh install of SL, on a freshly formatted Hard Drive.
When bound to Active Directory I can get any AD account that I've tested (5 different accounts) to authenticate except one, which happens to be my own personal AD account.
The secure.log shows these entries when I attempt to login:
Oct 9 14:18:29 mac-0017f20fc40 SecurityAgent[209]: User info context values set for ctarbox
Oct 9 14:18:29 mac-0017f20fc40 authorizationhost[208]: Failed to authenticate user <ctarbox> (tDirStatus: -14090).
Considering that I could log in with other accounts, and after resetting my AD password then still not being able to authenticate, I came to the conclusion that I had a corrupt OU in Active Directory.
I contacted one of our AD admins and had him delete both of my AD accounts: ctarbox and ctarbox1 then recreate both accounts. I still cannot login to AD with my ctarbox account.
I can still login to my current lab machines anywhere on campus running 10.5.8 with ctarbox.
I am baffled by this. I have been authenticating to Active Directory since 10.1 and have never seen anything like this.
Any idea, anyone?
Cheryl Tarbox
Macintosh Support Specialist
Binghamton University

I have found the solution to my problem. I have accounts in two different domains in our AD tree. I'll called these domains Domain A and Domain B.
Domain A is the primary domain for authentication to our public computing labs.
Domain B is a secondary domain for authentication to shared resources for faculty/staff.
Both accounts have the same user ID, but different passwords. In my Directory Utility>Advanced>Administrative window I have the option "Allow authentication from any domain in the forest' checked.
With this option checked Directory Utility in 10.6.1 will allow me to authenticate Domain B, but not Domain A.
With this option checked in Directory Utility in 10.5.8 just the opposite is taking place, I can authenticate to Domain A, but not Domain B.
It seems that somewhere in the upgrade to 10.6.1 the search policy for Active Directory has changed. My workaround is to uncheck this option and specifically choose Domain A in the search policy.

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