Hi Burnettb1,
I have come across a similar issue as yours. I have included the instructions that I use to bind the Mac at my institution. In regards to wifi, I have not tried binding the Mac over wifi. Should you need to log in to a Mac with domain user credentials I would suggest to bind the Mac over ethernet. Once you get to the:
*Click on triangle to the left of Show Advanced Options to expand"
portion of the instructions click on the Mappings tab and select the checkbox for creating a mobile account at login. This will create a domain user profile on the machine that you can log into when not connected to the domain.
Hope this helps.
BIND iMac:
Login into iMac using administrative credentials
Open System Preferences
*Goto Users & Groups
*Click on lock in lower left-hand corner
*Use same password used to log into iMac
*Click on Login Options
*Click on ‘Join...’ button right of "Network Account Server: "
*Click on ‘Open Directory Utility…’ button
*Click on lock in lower left-hand corner
*use same password used to log into iMac and click on Modify Configuration
*Double-click on Active Directory
Active Directory Domain = domain
Computer ID = name of Mac
*Click on triangle to the left of Show Advanced Options to expand
*Click on Administrative tab
*Check Prefer this domain server
Type domainserver_ipaddr -or- servername.domain in this field
*Click on ‘Bind…’ button
*When prompted for network administrator login
username = [domain admin user]
pwd = [domain user password]
*Click OK (Note: search path will be updating. Until completed the ‘OK’
button will be greyed out
*Click OK
*Click lock to lock and close window
*Click lock to lock and close window
BIND CHECK:
*Search AD for added mac host - it should be there.
Open Terminal app by either:
1)
*Press command+spacebar
*Type Terminal and select app
2)
*Click on desktop
*Press shift+command+A
*Goto Utilities folder located within Application folder (which you should
be in) and open Terminal
*Once Terminal is opened type in id [domain username] and press return key. The output should be
some some network account information
*Close app by pressing command+Q and any other opened windows
*Restart iMac
*Log in
