Hi
The OSX Server is configured as a Primary Domain Controller using Samba.
Ive had a read thru the macwindows.com article; it seems that I have to make the Windows Server the PDC of the network. All of the reports I have read indicate that the OSX server (whether it be 10.3 or 10.4) need to be bound to the AD domain, and I cannot bind the 2003 box to the Open Directory.
There is 700+ user accounts on the OSX Server - Is it possible to create an AD Domain on the 2003 box (with it being the PDC) and have the Open Directory accounts on the OSX server be transfered to the AD or somehow connect the OD users to the AD domain?
If the OSX server is bound to the AD, will the policies inforced by workgroup manager on the OSX client Macs still be applied? Will workgroup manager show all domain users - or just mac user accounts? Will changes made using workgroup manager (such as password or homedrive mappings) be reflected/updated on the windows server?
Ultimately I would like a scenario where the Mac OSX clients will have policies enforced by Workgroup manager on the OSX server, OS9 clients have policies enforced by Macintosh Manger on the OSX server, windows clients have group policies enforced by the Windows 2003 server and users have a common login username/password and homedrives etc.
At the moment I have all those requirements fulfilled except the windows clients being managed by group policies.
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by: JConchiePosted on 2005-10-19 at 08:33:06ID: 15116750
You're trying to mix apples and oranges here......the point being that you don't currently have a microsoft active directory domain running here....so when you try to add the 2003 server as an *additional* DC, it looks for another DC, already on the non-existant MS AD domain, from which to obtain the domain schema......and times out when it doen't find one.
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You can set up a new active directory domain, with the 2003 server as the *first* DC and then setup the mac machines to work with that....good article about that at:http://www.macwindows.c
You will then have to use a third party tool to support group policy on the macs. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/w