[UniMacTech] Default profiles on Mac OS 10.5 with Active Directory (server 2003)

[David Kudrev]

Hi there folks, I have a bit of a curly one, so I'm working on a  
default profile on the Macs, which are connected to Active Directory,  
so what I want it to do, is for a user with an AD username/password,  
log onto the machine, and have a default profile set up (custom dock,  
wallpaper, settings, etc). Although it's not happening, I'm getting  
the OSX default profile (as opposed to the one I made and did;
sudo ditto -rsrc /Users/default/ /System/Library/"User Template"/ 
English.lproj/ then repaired permissions.

If I was to create a local account on the workstation, it will come up  
fine. However if I log in as a user on the AD, it will come up with  
the default Mac OS profile, with the exception that the home folder  
will appear as the network drive (so no local home folders).

Is there ANY way that I can get a user to log on via Active Directory  
on the mac and keep the default profile? Any questions you folks that  
may have, would be more than happy to answer! Thanks for this, as this  
has been wracking my brain for the past few days.

Kind regards

David Kudrev
Desktop Support Officer
Information Services Division
Flinders University
(08) 8201 2345
http://www.flinders.edu.au