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

[Kemal Demis]

David
Try using a login hook + Bombich login scripts 
http://www.bombich.com/mactips/scripts.html
We use a modified version of the  refresh-default-homedir.sh 
<http://www.bombich.com/mactips/files/scripts/refresh-default-homedir.sh> 
script to suit our needs.

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Kind regards
Kemal Demis
Computer Systems Officer
Email cckhd at jcu.edu.au





David Kudrev wrote:
> 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   
>
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