OD and AD Integration with leopard?
I have a AD domain with windows clients attached and would like to add in a leopard server and mac clients into the setup. The aim is to have users log on to any Windows or MCX workstation and get their work? So basically AD is already (and will continue) to host authentication details and I wish to use the xServe to store home directories?
This is what I understand:
1) The Leopard Server must be in workgroup mode form install
2) Once installed bind to the AD domain
3) Import the user form the AD server into the OD server
5) Group these up as necessary
6) Set share points for home directories and apply acl's for user groups
7) Set home directories (Not quite sure how this would work)
8) Bind new mac clients to AD server then OD server?
The problems I am having are:
1) Why import the user from AD, now two sets of users exists? If a users forgets his/her password and I reset it on the AD server will it need resetting on the OD server too? Surely this is doubling your work?
2) Where would I set home directories? On the AD server under account prefs? If I set the home directories for the users on the OD server only the mac clients will pick up the settings?
3) Why cant I just set up a server in advanced mode and have an OD Replica server set up, I want to have authentication controlled from one place, i.e. the AD server and use the xServe for storage, so why can't users auth against AD and use SSO to auth against xServe to get their work?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time.
Regards,
r00tb00t
Message was edited by: r00tb00t
PowerMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.7)