[UniMacTech] Bit of a pickle, connecting to Active Directory (local user query)

[David Kudrev]

Thanks very much for all these responses, I'll look into that later  
on. Cheers!!

On 13/08/2008, at 10:37 AM, Alexia Langley wrote:

> Hi David,
>
>> From my understanding, OS X will always search for the local  
>> account of
> the username first, and even if the password is different it will  
> still
> use that account before it searches AD for that username.
>
> Not sure if you can force it to search AD, but perhaps the easiest  
> thing
> would be to change the username for either the local account or the AD
> account (IE delete your local account and re-create it with a  
> different
> username).  Is there a specific reason why you'd need both?
>
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> [mailto:unimactech-bounces at auc.edu.au] On Behalf Of David Kudrev
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:02 AM
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> Subject: [UniMacTech] Bit of a pickle,connecting to Active Directory
> (local user query)
>
> Hi folks, we're experimenting with Active Directory here and I want to
> move my machine onto Active Directory. The settings are set up
> correctly, however, little did I realise, that my shortname for my
> local account, is the username used on the network. I was wondering if
> there's any workarounds that I can log in onto the AD even though my
> local user account is the same username/password? I even tried to
> change the password on the local, and tried to login onto the AD, and
> it didn't budge. Having said that, I've been able to log in on another
> mac and even a Virtual machine with Windows XP onto the AD.
>
> Is there any way that I can somehow keep my preferences on the local
> login and be able to log onto the AD still? Would love some light shed
> on this topic please.
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> David Kudrev
> Desktop Support Officer
> Information Services Division
> Flinders University
> (08) 8201 2345
> http://www.flinders.edu.au	
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David Kudrev
Desktop Support Officer
Information Services Division
Flinders University
(08) 8201 2345
http://www.flinders.edu.au