Active Directory: Offline user
Hi all,
I have been slowly integrating Mac into a windows domain environment and joining them to Active Directory. (2008 Domain)
I have read some white-papers but keep finding conflicting information between 10.5.x and 10.6.x.
I have joined this 13" MBP to the domain, and logged on with a 'Network User'. Everything works as I wanted it, smb shares, printers etc. (I wont be using home drives for now)
But off the network (at home) this user is unavailable (disappears). I have created a local user with the same username and linked it to the existing home folder, but I dont know if this is the right thing to do?
All I really want is AD integration for is pre-authenticated file-sharing and printing support. Only one user will use this machine, so I was hoping to use the same logon account on domain and off domain.
Or do I link a local account to a networked account?
Cheers
Matt
I have been slowly integrating Mac into a windows domain environment and joining them to Active Directory. (2008 Domain)
I have read some white-papers but keep finding conflicting information between 10.5.x and 10.6.x.
I have joined this 13" MBP to the domain, and logged on with a 'Network User'. Everything works as I wanted it, smb shares, printers etc. (I wont be using home drives for now)
But off the network (at home) this user is unavailable (disappears). I have created a local user with the same username and linked it to the existing home folder, but I dont know if this is the right thing to do?
All I really want is AD integration for is pre-authenticated file-sharing and printing support. Only one user will use this machine, so I was hoping to use the same logon account on domain and off domain.
Or do I link a local account to a networked account?
Cheers
Matt
MBP 13", 15", iMac 27", HP 67010b, 6550b, Mac OS X (10.6.6), Everything Windows and OS X
