Os x server loses active directory binding

I am running an open directory/active directory network. Authentication is from the Windows server 2003 active directory. It has worked fine until the last month. Now clients stop authenticating & when I check the AD plugin it says network accounts are not available. I can force the server to unbind, then renew the binding & everything works great.
Is there any work around or fix for this other than upgrading the windows server to 2008?
Thanks

Yes. You are likely experiencing one of two common issues. 1: You time skew is too large (although an unbind/bind will not solve this) or 2: you are failing to properly set the random machine password.
Try this command on the server:
sudo dsconfigad -passinterval 0
Then:
sudo dsconfigad -show
to confirm the setting. This will prevent the machine from refeshing its machine password with the domain every 14 days (default setting). The issue is that Apple's plugin does not properly catch an exception. What happens is the plugin detects that it should re-randomize the machine password so it creates a new one, records it to the config file, and THEN tries to write it to the domain. When the write to the domain fails, the system then sends the new password already recorded in the config file and now they mismatch. This is a common AD integration issue and is likely associated with your binding rights in AD.
As for time, make sure you are pointing all your Macs to the DC for time info or to a mutually agreed upon external server.
Hope this helps. Easy to fix.

Similar Messages

OS X Server loses Active Directory Credentials

I'm running Yosemite on a Mac Mini with OS X Server version 4.0.3. The server is bound to an Active Directory forest running Windows Server 2012 R2
In order for the iPad enrollments to work correctly (as well as other server services) I must have the login credentials from AD. However for no apparent reason the OS X Server loses ALL AD credentials. The only way I've found to get them back is to reboot the OS X Server, sometimes it takes several reboots, but eventually I get reconnected with the AD server.
There doesn't seem to be any particular pattern or time when I loose credentials, though I have suspicion it may be related to server load on the AD servers.
Is there anyone out there that can give me some help regarding this issue, a log file, a setting or maybe some setting on the AD servers I might be over looking?

Yes. You are likely experiencing one of two common issues. 1: You time skew is too large (although an unbind/bind will not solve this) or 2: you are failing to properly set the random machine password.
Try this command on the server:
sudo dsconfigad -passinterval 0
Then:
sudo dsconfigad -show
to confirm the setting. This will prevent the machine from refeshing its machine password with the domain every 14 days (default setting). The issue is that Apple's plugin does not properly catch an exception. What happens is the plugin detects that it should re-randomize the machine password so it creates a new one, records it to the config file, and THEN tries to write it to the domain. When the write to the domain fails, the system then sends the new password already recorded in the config file and now they mismatch. This is a common AD integration issue and is likely associated with your binding rights in AD.
As for time, make sure you are pointing all your Macs to the DC for time info or to a mutually agreed upon external server.
Hope this helps. Easy to fix.

Macs Lose Active Directory Binding

We run 10.5.8 and use Deploy Studio 1.0.rc12 for imaging. We run several Mac labs here all with basically the same image. Lately, they have been un-binding themselves from our Active Directory and we can't get them to stay reattached. We try manually and have flushed the DS Cache etc. Removed the Server Policy and so forth. Nothing has worked to date. I do see over the internet that there are many problems of this sort, but none of those fixes have worked for us. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chris

Hi
You don't have to do it if you don't want to but it would be helpful if you posted the solution. That way others looking to fix similar problems can find it more readily.
Tony

Snow Leopard and Windows 2003 Active Directory Binding Issues

Ok I have a new imac 27" with snow leopard (completely patched).
I am attempting to join it to an active directory domain.
First the prequel:
* I have opened full traffic to and from the machine and our domain controllers
* I have enabled full logging on the firewall and there are no blocked packets
* I have used wireshark to watch the traffic on the mac and there appear to be no anomalies (packets being sent out but not getting a response, dns requests that aren't answered, etc)
* I have enabled full KDC logging on the domain controller in question and there are no errors in any of the event logs on either domain controller.
* The domain admin account in question has Enterprise, Schema and Domain Admin rights
* I have tried it both with and without an existing computer account and with every conceivable combination of caps and no caps on domain name, user and computer names.
I am getting the following error at the very end of the process:
"Unable to add server. Credential operation failed because an invalid parameter was provided (5102)"
I enabled debugging on Directory Services and will post a log in a reply.
Anyone have any ideas? I have been banging my head on this for a week with no luck.

Here is the log with the Active Directory: entries grepped... the full log is far too large to reply to here, if you think you need it let me know and I can email it to you it is 548kb
obviously machine names, usernames and ip addresses have been munged.
2011-02-09 12:13:32 EST - T\[0x0000000100404000\] - Active Directory: copyNodeInfo called for /Active Directory
2011-02-09 12:13:36 EST - T\[0x0000000100404000\] - Active Directory: copyNodeInfo called for /Active Directory
2011-02-09 12:13:41 EST - T\[0x0000000100404000\] - Active Directory: copyNodeInfo called for /Active Directory
2011-02-09 12:13:46 EST - T\[0x0000000100404000\] - Active Directory: copyNodeInfo called for /Active Directory
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Bind Step 1 - Searching for Forest/Domain information
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: subdomain.domain.tld - Start checking servers for site "any"
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 2, Kerberos - 2, kPasswd - 2
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Adding Server - "dc3.subdomain.domain.tld"
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Adding Server - "dc1.subdomain.domain.tld"
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: subdomain.domain.tld - Finished checking servers for domain
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: DomainConfiguration reachabilityNotification - Node: subdomain.domain.tld - resolves - enabled
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Bind Step 2 - Finding nearest Domain controllers
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Bind Step 3 - Verifying credentials
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: subdomain.domain.tld - Start checking servers for site "any"
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 2, Kerberos - 2, kPasswd - 2
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Adding Server - "dc3.subdomain.domain.tld"
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Adding Server - "dc1.subdomain.domain.tld"
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: subdomain.domain.tld - Finished checking servers for domain
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: DomainConfiguration reachabilityNotification - Node: subdomain.domain.tld - resolves - enabled
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: EstablishConnectionUsingReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - New connection requested
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: FindSuitableReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - Attempting Replica connect to dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: watchReachability watching socket = 21, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: VerifiedServerConnection - Verified server connectivity - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: CheckWithSelect - good socket to host dc3.subdomain.domain.tld. from poll and verified LDAP
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: FindSuitableReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - Established connection to dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: kadmEntry port is nil, will use default 464
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: populateKerberosToDomain - Bailing no domain cache for
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Password verify for [email protected] succeeded - cache MEMORY:vyvyIt4
2011-02-09 12:13:47 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Switching active cache to MEMORY:vyvyIt4
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Secure BIND Session Success with server dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 using cache MEMORY:vyvyIt4 user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Processing Site Search with found IP
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: No site name available
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: subdomain.domain.tld - Start checking servers for site "any"
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 2, Kerberos - 2, kPasswd - 2
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Adding Server - "dc3.subdomain.domain.tld"
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Adding Server - "dc1.subdomain.domain.tld"
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: subdomain.domain.tld - Finished checking servers for domain
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Updating Mappings from inSchema.........
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Updated schema for node name subdomain.domain.tld
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Configuration naming context = cn=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=subdomain,DC=domain,DC=tld
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Top domain set as <cn=subdomain,cn=partitions,cn=configuration,dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=tld>
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Updating domain hierarchy cache
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Updating policies from domain subdomain.domain.tld
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Updated policies for node name subdomain.domain.tld
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Bind Step 4 - Searching for existing computer
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: EstablishConnectionUsingReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - New connection requested
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: watchReachability watching socket = 18, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: VerifiedServerConnection - Verified server connectivity - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: establishConnectionUsingReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - Previous replica = dc3.subdomain.domain.tld. responded
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: kadmEntry port is nil, will use default 464
2011-02-09 12:13:48 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: populateKerberosToDomain - Bailing no domain cache for
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Password verify for [email protected] succeeded - cache MEMORY:zXpbfEi
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Switching active cache to MEMORY:zXpbfEi
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Secure BIND Session Success with server dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 using cache MEMORY:zXpbfEi user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Doing Computer search for Ethernet address - 10:9a:dd:56:1b:1d
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Bind Step 4 - no mapping for Ethernet MAC address
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Doing DN search for account - machinename
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: stopWatching socket = 21, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: LDAP connection closed - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 - cache MEMORY:vyvyIt4 user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Destroying cache name MEMORY:vyvyIt4 user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Closing All Connections
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: stopWatching socket = 18, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: LDAP connection closed - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 - cache MEMORY:zXpbfEi user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Destroying cache name MEMORY:zXpbfEi user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Bind Step 5 - Bind/Join computer to domain
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: EstablishConnectionUsingReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - New connection requested
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: watchReachability watching socket = 18, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: VerifiedServerConnection - Verified server connectivity - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: establishConnectionUsingReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - Previous replica = dc3.subdomain.domain.tld. responded
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: kadmEntry port is nil, will use default 464
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: populateKerberosToDomain - Bailing no domain cache for
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Password verify for [email protected] succeeded - cache MEMORY:10xG6op
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Switching active cache to MEMORY:10xG6op
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Secure BIND Session Success with server dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 using cache MEMORY:10xG6op user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Looking for existing Record of machinename
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Doing DN search for account - machinename
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: EstablishConnectionUsingReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - New connection requested
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: watchReachability watching socket = 21, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: VerifiedServerConnection - Verified server connectivity - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: establishConnectionUsingReplica - Node subdomain.domain.tld - Previous replica = dc3.subdomain.domain.tld. responded
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: kadmEntry port is nil, will use default 464
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: populateKerberosToDomain - Bailing no domain cache for
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Switching active cache to MEMORY:10xG6op
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Secure BIND Session Success with server dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 using cache MEMORY:10xG6op user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: KerberosID Found for account CN=MACHINENAME,CN=Computers,DC=subdomain,DC=domain,DC=tld - MACHINENAME$
2011-02-09 12:13:49 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Existing record found @ CN=MACHINENAME,CN=Computers,DC=subdomain,DC=domain,DC=tld with [email protected].
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Setting Computer Password FAILED for existing record......
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Computer password change date is 2011-02-04 18:21:01 -0500
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Schtldled computer password change every 1209600 seconds - starting 2011-02-09 12:13:50 -0500
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Closing All Connections
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: stopWatching socket = 21, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: LDAP connection closed - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 - cache MEMORY:10xG6op user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: stopWatching socket = 18, xxx.xxx.164.71 -> xxx.xxx.174.77
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: LDAP connection closed - dc3.subdomain.domain.tld.:389 - cache MEMORY:10xG6op user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: Destroying cache name MEMORY:10xG6op user [email protected]
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x00000001026AA000\] - Active Directory: Failed to changed computer password in Active Directory domain
2011-02-09 12:13:50 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: copyNodeInfo called for /Active Directory
2011-02-09 12:13:51 EST - T\[0x0000000102481000\] - Active Directory: copyNodeInfo called for /Active Directory
Message was edited by: aelana

Download issue when Windows 7 Pro joins a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Hi,
I purchased 2 new Dell OptiPlex 3010 desktop computers that came with Windows 7 Professional operating system with SP1.
There were no Microsoft updates installed yet. After I added one of these Dell computers to the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, I was not able to download several items.
Below are several examples:
1) I downloaded the Norton anti-virus installation file. This file is not the full installation of Norton; it is more of a file where you execute it and it will download the full installation from the Internet like from their Norton web
site. So when I executed this installation file, it does not download the full installation files.
It just hung at the screen saying “Downloading” and it will finally stop with an error (don’t remember the error message).
Note: If I have the full Norton installation file then I am able to install it on this computer with no problems.
2) I downloaded the Adobe Reader installation file. This file is not the full installation of Adobe Reader; it is more of a file where you execute it and it will download the full installation from the Internet like from their Adobe web
site. So when I executed this installation file, it hung at the downloading part and then it will error out with a “Actionlist Not Found” message.
Note: If I have the full Adobe Reader installation file then I am able to install it on this computer with no problems.
3) I installed Microsoft Office 2010 Standard version on this computer.
I configured Microsoft Outlook to retrieve emails from my email provider (pop and smtp settings).
After configuring Microsoft Outlook, I was able to send emails through Microsoft Outlook successfully (and very quickly), but he was unable to retrieve my emails. The progress bar for the Receiving in the "Outlook Send/Receive Progress" box
shows no progress. The Progress bar is not moving. There is a message at the bottom of Microsoft Outlook stating "Receiving message 1 of 6 (x.xx KB of x.xx MB)" and it is very slow. My new emails were not being retrieved at all.
I tried various pop and smtp servers that was available for my email provider, but all had the same effect.
4) I can access certain web sites (e.g.
www.yahoo.com, www.cnn.com) while I cannot access other web sites like
www.usatoday.com, my web hosting email site.
Note: I had a Dell computer with Windows XP Professional operating system and this computer does not have any of the above issues.
The above are only a few examples that I have experienced.
If I removed this Dell OptiPlex 3010 computer from the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory then I still experience the same issue.
So as another test, I setup the other new Dell OptiPlex 3010 with the same Windows 7 Professional OS with SP1.
This time, I did not join the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory and I was able to successfully download the full Norton installation files, download the full Adobe Reader installation files, download my emails from Microsoft Outlook 2010, etc.
But once I joined this computer to the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory then I am not able to download these files and emails at all.
It seems like there might be some group policy or a security setting that is preventing these downloads so I disabled the group policy on the Windows Server 2008 AD and Windows 7 Profession OS, but it didn’t resolve the issue.
I disabled all of the firewall programs on this Windows 7 Professional OS, but it still did not resolve the issue.
Since the Windows Server 2008 AD did not have DHCP installed, I installed DHCP and setup a scope.
Then configured the Windows 7 Professional OS to obtain an IP address, but it didn’t resolve the issue.
If I move this Windows 7 Professional computer to another network where it did not have any Active Directory; it just had a wireless router serving DHCP then everything works on the Windows 7 Pro computer.
Any ideas what is the root cause when a Windows 7 Professional computer join a Windows Server 2008 AD?
Thanks,
wl_tech

Hi,
Could you please tell some information for the AD environment and how it connect to the internet?
Regarding 3rd party installlers didn't work as expected, please also seek help in their offical website.
For outlook not receiving emails, could you please take a look in
Event Viewer and see if there are any special errors logged there?
And when trying to access the website like
www.usatoday.com, any special errors IE showed out?
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

Upgrade from Windows Server 2012 Active Directory to Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory

We are currently running Windows Server 2012 Active Directory and would like to upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2 AD. Is it OK to just do an in-place upgrade, or is it advisable to build new domain controllers on R2? Are there any guides or articles anyone
can recommend?

Hi Ginandtonic,
To upgrade DC(Domain Controller) from windows server 2012 to windows server 2012 r2, please refer to these articles:
Upgrade from windows Server 2012 to 2012 R2
Upgrade Active Directory from 2012 to 2012 R2
I hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Anna

Sun java directory server and Active Directory

We are using two different directory servers Sun java directory server and active directory.
My question is how we can have password synchronization between these two directory servers.
I have checked Sun Java[TM] System Identity Synchronization for Windows 1 2004Q3
http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=41537425
It seems that it's supported platforms is only for solaris and windows , but I have installed my Sun java directory server on linux and obviously it doesn't work for me.
I would be grateful if anyone can suggest a solution to work around this situation.
I have checked identity manager , I would like to know that if I can do this using this product.
http://www.sun.com/software/products/identity_mgr/specs.jsp
--regards.
Sara

Yes RHEL 4 is a supported OS with DSEE 6.0.
Identity Synchronization for Windows is a part of DSEE that allows synchronization of users, passwords and groups between Sun Directory Server and Active Directory bi-directionally without altering the users environments, ie it does not require that users change their current habits.
Identity Manager is a complete identity management solution that is targetting enterprise work flow when it comes to user provisioning and de-provisioning, but also allows to build authentication and password change forms that will provision the passwords to many different systems including Sun Directory Server and Active Directory but also IBM mainframes, legacy applications, databases...
If you are implementing a complete identity management solution, then go with Identity Manager. If you need a lightweight and fast solution for just synchronizing users and passwords between Sun DS and MS AD, Identity Synchronization for Windows should be your choice.
Regards,
Ludovic.

Mac OS X Server and Active Directory Replica

Hello,
Has anyone ever encountered any problems when making a Mac OS X Leopard server an Active Directory Replica? We're working on this project and we want to make sure that we don't mess up our primary AD server when we configure this.
Thanks so much,
Mac man of the Bay

Hi
Not sure what you mean by Active Directory Replica? If you mean you want your Mac Server to be the BDC to a Windows-based PDC then no it won't happen. OSX Server can only perform as a Domain Member when a Windows Server is the PDC. Neither can you have a Windows Server as the BDC when the PDC is an OD Master - as far as I know.
Have you downloaded and read the manual?
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/OpenDirectory_Admin_v10.5_2ndEd.pdf
Briefly: OD Master/Replica relationship can also be PDC/BDC only if both boxes are OSX.
Tony

Require list of all events for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Hi all,
I require list of all events for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. Event Log name for Active Directory log is "Directory Service".
Regards,
SR

Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
Do you mean you want to list all Active Directory logs into one file named “Directory Services”?
If that, it’s hard to achieve. There are kinds of Active Directory logs stored in different locations and they have different file formats. It’s hard
to collect them into one file.
Active directory records events in the directory services log in Event Viewer. By default, Active Directory records only critical error events. To instruct Active
Directory to record other events in the directory services log, we need to modify registry.
For more information please refer to following MS articles:
Active Directory Diagnostic Logging
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961809.aspx
How to configure Active Directory diagnostic event log
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314980
Lawrence
TechNet Community Support

RoboHelp Server 8/Active Directory

Hi again,
After moving my install of RoboHelp Server from our Windows Server 2008 R2 server to an older Windows Server 2003 Web Edition box, I was able to get RoboHelp Server talking to SQL Server 2008 through ODBC. Now on to the next problem. I've been trying to configure LDAP authentication against Active Directory, which I can see from a post from NSC_Gillis last August, it looks like there's a problem here.
My setup now consists of:
RoboHelp Server 8 installed on Windows Server 2003 Web Edition with Tomcat 6.0.26 and JRE 1.6.20.
The relevant config section from my <context_name>_server.properties file:
#To use LDAP authentication , uncomment the following...
authtype = ldap
ldapURL = ldap://<subdomain>.<domain>.com:389
usersearchbase = DC=<subdomain>,DC=<domain>,DC=com
rolesearchbase = DC=<subdomain>,DC=<domain>,DC=com
useridkey = uid
rolename = cn
rolesearch = member
DefAdminUid = <UidOfAdmin>
DefAdminPwd =
This yields one of ththe following two results when attempting to subsequently log in to the Web Administrator interface:
Error in LDAP authentication.
javax.naming.AuthenticationException: [LDAP: error code 49 - 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C0903A9, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v1db0
Error in LDAP authentication.
javax.naming.AuthenticationException: [LDAP: error code 49 - 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C0903AA, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 325, v1772
Both of these errors indicate that when RoboHelp Server is attempting ldap_bind(), that it is doing so with bad credentials. When it comes to Active Directory, these credentials have to be in the form of a valid User Principal Name (UPN) and a password, which given the configuration data above, we're never able to provide one. And since I've been able to configure Tomcat itself to use a JNDI Realm for authentication successfully against the same said Active Directory, I have to assume RoboHelp Server is attempting to do an anonoymous ldap_bind() which just won't work with Active Directory.
If someone can provide some guidance at this point, I'd be grateful.
I admit, for a product that is released only for use on the Windows platform, to include LDAP functionality, but then break it so it won't work with Active Directory, or at least to provide little to no guidance/documentation on how to get it to work, seems patience testing at the least.
If we cannot get this resolved, we will be forced to review our future use of the RoboHelp/RoboHelp Server products as a whole.
Thanks,
Scott

Hi Scott,
RoboHelp Server doesn't do an anoymouse LDAP bind. It uses the ldap user id and password provided in the properties file. Please note that for RoboHelp Server configured with LDAP, "DefAdminUid" property in robohelp_server.properties should be set to a valid LDAP user principal and "DefAdminPwd" property should be set to LDAP password of that user principal.
Regards
Tulika.

Active Directory Binding Problems

Hi all,
I'm trying to bind to Active Directory but keep on getting the "unknown error occurred" at step 5.
I captured the adplugin debug log, the only error I can see is the following:
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Setting Computer Password FAILED Deleted Record......
Has anyone had the same problem? If so any ideas how to overcome it?
See Complete debug log below.
2006-03-30 15:33:07 BST - ADPlugin: PeriodicTask Called.......
2006-03-30 15:33:07 BST - ADPlugin: Calling OpenDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:07 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:07 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:07 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:07 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CloseDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:35 BST - ADPlugin: Calling OpenDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:35 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:35 BST - ADPlugin: Doing CheckServerRecords......
2006-03-30 15:33:35 BST - ADPlugin: student.hastings.ac.uk - Start checking servers for site "any"
2006-03-30 15:33:35 BST - ADPlugin: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 2, Kerberos - 1, kPasswd - 1
2006-03-30 15:33:35 BST - ADPlugin: No matching _kerberos records for server - "napier.student.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Server #1 picked - "rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: student.hastings.ac.uk - Finished checking servers for domain
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Got rootDSE for server rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk to determine forest
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Determined Forest of hastings.ac.uk from Domain Controller rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Found Default Domain student.hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Global Catalogs - Start checking servers for site "any"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 3, Kerberos - 2, kPasswd - 2
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Server #1 picked - "rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Server #2 picked - "kepler.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Found Forest Domain GC hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: hastings.ac.uk - Start checking servers for site "any"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 2, Kerberos - 2, kPasswd - 2
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Server #1 picked - "kepler.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Server #2 picked - "galileo.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Found Forest Domain hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Something wrong, unable to determine domain information from Config container......
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Finished CheckServerRecords......
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Created KerberosClient record Generation ID 165422016
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Rebuilt Kerberos File
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CloseDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Calling OpenDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:36 BST - ADPlugin: Doing CheckServerRecords......
2006-03-30 15:33:37 BST - ADPlugin: PeriodicTask Called.......
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: No existing connection in connection mgr for [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: Secure BIND Session with server rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: Read Context information from server for configurationNamingContext of CN=Configuration,DC=hastings,DC=ac,DC=uk
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: Processing Site Search with found IP
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus 0.
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: student.hastings.ac.uk - Start checking servers for site "any"
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 2, Kerberos - 1, kPasswd - 1
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: No matching _kerberos records for server - "napier.student.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: Server #1 picked - "rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:41 BST - ADPlugin: student.hastings.ac.uk - Finished checking servers for domain
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Got rootDSE for server rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk to determine forest
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Determined Forest of hastings.ac.uk from Domain Controller rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Found Default Domain student.hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Global Catalogs - Start checking servers for site "any"
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 3, Kerberos - 2, kPasswd - 2
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Server #1 picked - "rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Server #2 picked - "kepler.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Found Forest Domain GC hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: hastings.ac.uk - Start checking servers for site "any"
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Total Servers "any" LDAP - 2, Kerberos - 2, kPasswd - 2
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Server #1 picked - "kepler.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Server #2 picked - "galileo.hastings.ac.uk"
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Found Forest Domain hastings.ac.uk
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Retrieved existing connection from connection mgr [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Read Context information from server for configurationNamingContext of CN=Configuration,DC=hastings,DC=ac,DC=uk
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus 0.
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Finished CheckServerRecords......
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Created KerberosClient record Generation ID 165422022
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Rebuilt Kerberos File
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Closing All Connections - Connection Manager
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Closing Connection - [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Closing All Connections - Connection Manager Completed
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CloseDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Calling OpenDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:42 BST - ADPlugin: Verify called for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: Verify successful for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CloseDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: Calling OpenDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: No existing connection in connection mgr for [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: Secure BIND Session with server rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:43 BST - ADPlugin: Read Context information from server for schemaNamingContext of CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=hastings,DC=ac,DC=uk
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus 0.
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Updating Mappings from Schema..........
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Doing Computer search for Ethernet address - 00:0a:95:e4:05:84
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Doing DN search for account - testibook
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Retrieved existing connection from connection mgr [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus -14136.
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CloseDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Calling OpenDirNode
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CustomCall
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Looking for existing Record of testibook
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Doing DN search for account - testibook
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Retrieved existing connection from connection mgr [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus -14136.
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Attempting Add Record......
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Adding in OU = CN=Computers,DC=student,DC=hastings,DC=ac,DC=uk
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Retrieved existing connection from connection mgr [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus 0.
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Retrieved existing connection from connection mgr [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Added record CN=testibook,CN=Computers,DC=student,DC=hastings,DC=ac,DC=uk
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus 0.
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Setting Computer Password......
2006-03-30 15:33:47 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:35:47 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:37:47 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:39:48 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:41:48 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:43:48 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:45:48 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:47:48 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:49:48 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:51:48 BST - ADPlugin: Changing Password for User [email protected] as [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Good credentials for [email protected]
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Existing connection too old in connection mgr [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Secure BIND Session with server rutherford.student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Deleting Record CN=testibook,CN=Computers,DC=student,DC=hastings,DC=ac,DC=uk...
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Returning connection to pool for domain student.hastings.ac.uk with dsStatus 0.
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Setting Computer Password FAILED Deleted Record......
2006-03-30 15:53:48 BST - ADPlugin: Updating Local Admin Group
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Cleaning Previous Additions to Local Admin Group
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Sending lookupd flushcache at request!
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Resetting memberd cache also!
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Closing All Connections - Connection Manager
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Closing Connection - [email protected]@student.hastings.ac.uk:389
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Closing All Connections - Connection Manager Completed
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Bind/Join failed - Launching kerberosautoconfig -u
2006-03-30 15:53:49 BST - ADPlugin: Calling CloseDirNode
Many Thanks
Paul

Hi Paul!
I've personally never seen this error message, but a quick search on Google (which you may have already done as well) for "Setting Computer Password FAILED Deleted Record" found someone else who had the same problem. His issue was firewall related and was fixed by opening some ports for AD. He also provides a link to a Microsoft KB article about this.
Hope this helps and good luck! bill
1 GHz Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Active Directory Binding Post 10.5.2 (Domain authentication that works!)

Main points: Be sure your local time is being updated by a time server on your network, be sure that all devices are syncing with the same NTP server.
Pre add your computer you want to bind in your domain.
Key: in Directory Utility, choose to authenticate against a known server. So under the Administrative tab choose "prefer this domain server" and enter in the DNS name of a DC in your domain. Also uncheck authentication with any DC in the forest.
Now bind and click Ok.
Now in Directory Utility, click on Search Policy, and add servers in the Authentication tab by choosing Custom Path. Click the + and you should see your domain or multiple domains in your forrest listed. Add them appropriately. In some configurations, you may want to do this for "Contacts".
You can now go back into the Active Directory plugin, and choose to authenticate from any DC in the forest, and remove the selection that allows only authenticating against one server.
Sorry for the lack of deep explanation, but if you are at the point where the AD and DNS is working fine, then this should be pretty straightforward and to the point.

alex.est wrote:
miscategorized and inaccurate this post is from 2004 and has no relevance to 10.5.2
What? I wrote this the day that it says I did. And, yeah this solved issues with 10.5.2's AD binding issues.

Active Directory Binding Issues

I am having difficulties trying to rejoin a Mac Pro back to the domain.
It is currently running Lion 10.7.4 - some reason it dropped out of the domain
and now I can not rejoin it to the domain.
Every time I go thru Directory Utility to join it I get "unable to connect to server" or
I get "invalid credentials supplied for binding to the server" - I've gone thru terminal and also tried to
force the bind. Still nothing.
I've also done repair permissions and then try to rebind and nothing.
It's odd cuz I can ping the server from the Mac Pro - and when I launch Safari it wants proxy authentication
so it seems like it's on the domain but it isn't.
I go into Active Directory on Windows Server and can not find it in any OU's.
Pretty much at my witt's end.
Is there a way to remove all previous Active Directory Bindings and computer names from the Mac Pro and
then restart from scratch.

I am having difficulties trying to rejoin a Mac Pro back to the domain.
It is currently running Lion 10.7.4 - some reason it dropped out of the domain
and now I can not rejoin it to the domain.
Every time I go thru Directory Utility to join it I get "unable to connect to server" or
I get "invalid credentials supplied for binding to the server" - I've gone thru terminal and also tried to
force the bind. Still nothing.
I've also done repair permissions and then try to rebind and nothing.
It's odd cuz I can ping the server from the Mac Pro - and when I launch Safari it wants proxy authentication
so it seems like it's on the domain but it isn't.
I go into Active Directory on Windows Server and can not find it in any OU's.
Pretty much at my witt's end.
Is there a way to remove all previous Active Directory Bindings and computer names from the Mac Pro and
then restart from scratch.

Active Directory Binding

When binding a computer to Active Directory the plug-in asks for the AD forest, AD domain and computer ID. My assumption is that the computer ID is the Active Directory user ID and it needs to be unique for every computer you bind to AD. Is this correct?

OK, here's the deal.
"After I click on bind, I have to enter a nettworkadministrator name and password"
Yes, your Windows admin, has to make your AD ID a "Domain Admin (adding machines into AD), if he will and knows how to. When you input your AD name and password, it will work.
Now, you could also do this with the Win Admin in front of you, when he is in front of his PC, controlling the Win 2003 / AD server, or in front of the actual server.
My guess is he has not created the "container / object name", just ask him to do it just as he would for a Win PC being added to the AD domain, what is he using to name the PC's, they should not be "User names", but Unique ID's, like Asset tag info, as long as they are unique.
Now I also suspect, the Fully Qualified Domain Name, FQDN. It must be used in the Active Directory (Directory Access) app. Don't worry about forest, it is automatic. The admin or someone, must know the FQDN, ours is something like, LA.AD.'companyname'.ORG
Once you know this and are sure it is correct, go to a PC and do Start, RUN, CMD, to get a dos / command line:
and do: ping 'your FQDN here'
if the DNS in AD is working properly, it will return an actual IP address, if this happens, then we know the FQDN is correct and the name is being resolved by DNS in AD and that it won't be an issue with OS X Directory Access.
Also, take anything out that you might have in OS X "Network" prefs pane on DNS, even if it is right , not needed to bind, but if it is wrong, won't find the AD server.
And the network time must be right, AD is picky about this, if your Mac is even minutes off, it will not Bind, but it will also give you a Message saying your Mac time is off.
In Sys Prefs, Date/Time, I input the internal AD server, FQDN, not the Apple's time server (since I think the Win Admins are blocking NTP outgoing), plus you want your time synced, internally anyhow.
Just some tips that got AD working for us.
E-mail me if you have any further questions, I am sure we can get you bound to your AD server, I can email you some screen shots if needed.
[email protected]
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

10.5.3 and Active Directory Binding

Hi gang!
Ever since I updated to 10.5.3, I am having all sorts of issues with AD binding to our domain now.
I'll try to keep it short...
It started with a Kerberos prompt from Entourage 2008. I was prompted with an update Kerberos window to enter my password. Entered my password but got an error that my password was invalid.
Navigated and opened the kerberos.app and noticed no ticket. Tried to create a new ticket. I was prompted with my account does not exist.
Opened directory utility and saw that my AD domain was red and my server was not responding.
Tried to unbind, got an error that the account and every other account I tried was invalid, again. Could not unbind even after restarting a few times.
So I decided to reset everything by deleting the DirectoryService directory from Library/Preferences and restarted.
Re-entered all my company information to now get an INVALID ERROR!
I cannot bind now no matter what information I enter.
And if it does pass all the steps and bind, the forest information and domain administration is not entered or received. Red dot server not responding.
I even reinstalled 10.5.3.
Still cannot bind.
Anyone know what gives?

Ok here is what I did to fix our AD/OD issues.
Login in as root.
Unbind both AD/OD and delete them.
On the Mac Server remove all three entries pertaining to machine in OD.
machine$, machine.local, LKDC......
from a terminal you can type with no quotes "dscl . -read /Users/Admin AuthenticationAuthority" to get the Hash value.
On AD delete the machine record for the computer your trying to bind (if it exists)
Delete contents of /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService (not the folder!)
Delete system keychain /Library/Keychain/System.keychain
Empty Trash
Open up Terminal Go > Utilities > Terminal
type with no quotes: "sudo rm -fr /var/db/krb5kdc"
Then type with no quotes: "sudo /usr/libexec/configureLocalKDC"
this will recreate the Hash value for the machine.
Reboot (Important)
Login as root.
Open directory Services.
Bind to OD, then to AD.
Under services make sure your "/Active Directory/All Domains" is higher than your OD record if you want authentication from AD.
Open up your Date & Time preferences and sync clock with your AD server.
Reboot.
Login. (It did take awhile before I could login, about 5-15 minutes)
I hope this helps.

Os x server loses active directory binding

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for