My OS X Lion 10.7.4 Mac is successfully binded to my MS DC. However, every time doing reboot I keep receiving "Network accounts are unavailable" with red dot color and after few seconds it goes away.
Can anyone experienced this kind of behavior and how to resolved this? I have searched around in google but no luck to get rid this annoying message.
I hope anyone would share their knowledge.
Thanks.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Is this a normal behavior of OSX Lion when bounded to DC that it takes a moment to establish a connection with domain controller before the message "Network accounts are unavailable" goes away?
I hope apple staff and other people who have experienced could share their knowledged.
Thanks.
I do believe it's fairly normal... one of the crazy things about a fully cooperative multitasking OS, it can try to connect before the Interfaces are up & ready. 😉
Found a work-around. This command adds a delay, in this case 45 seconds, before displaying the Login Window.
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow StartupDelay -int 45
If the Login Window UI detects that the network servers are available when it starts, it will skip the delay, also if network servers become available before the delay expires, the Login Window UI cancels the delay and displays.
Kent
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10338123#10338123
Hi,
I have strange issue again. I have set the "Require password for sleep and screen saver" tick box and now when my iMac is on sleep mode/screen saver and I wake it up, my domain controller password is not accepted. I have enter several times my password but still no success. I found out that my iMac is disconnected from my domain controller server.
Do you guys know what caused this issue?
Thanks
We have this issue in our environment as well. Even when plugged into a Gigibit LAN it still takes Lion 30+ seconds to realize that the Domain controler is available.
Hi all,
Has anyone been lucky enough to find a solution for this that actually works?!
We are running 10.7 across the board and I cannot get the command:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist StartupDelay -int 30
to actually work!
When entering the command, it looks as if it has gone through fine, but does not seem to do anything. Is there a way to view the contents of the loginwindow.plist and check to see if my command has been injected?
We too are running the Golden triangle of OD and AD.
Regards,
Dave
network accounts are unavailable - OS X Lion 10.7.4
