Active Directory Problems...

[Bart Silverstrim]

I recently sent a posting about accessing Active Directory home
directories on the Mac and trying to sync information from the Mac to a
shared server without user intervention, but saw nothing on the
list...am I missing messages, or am I trying to do something that most
people don't do with Macs on Windows networks?

Just curious if I'm venturing into unwise-practices territory here.
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[John Musbach-3]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Bart Silverstrim
<bsilver@...> wrote:
> I recently sent a posting about accessing Active Directory home directories
> on the Mac and trying to sync information from the Mac to a shared server
> without user intervention, but saw nothing on the list...am I missing
> messages, or am I trying to do something that most people don't do with Macs
> on Windows networks?

You can always check the list archives to see whether or not you're
missing messages:
http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/archive/macosx-admin/



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[Jared Earle]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Bart Silverstrim
<bsilver@...> wrote:
> I recently sent a posting about accessing Active Directory home directories
> on the Mac and trying to sync information from the Mac to a shared server
> without user intervention, but saw nothing on the list...am I missing
> messages, or am I trying to do something that most people don't do with Macs
> on Windows networks?

I think no-one had an answer.

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[Michael Alatorre]

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[mailto:macosx-admin-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jared Earle
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 7:53 AM
To: Bart Silverstrim
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Subject: Re: Active Directory Problems...

 

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Bart Silverstrim
<bsilver@...> wrote:

> I recently sent a posting about accessing Active Directory home

> directories on the Mac and trying to sync information from the Mac to

> a shared server without user intervention, but saw nothing on the

> list...am I missing messages, or am I trying to do something that most


> people don't do with Macs on Windows networks?

 

I think no-one had an answer.

 

We use Portable Home Directories with our desktop machines in a dual
directory (AD-OD aka Magic or Golden Triangle) setup. For more info on
this, check out afp548.com and search on those terms. But, for my Mac
portables on campus, I use rsync, shell scripts, public key auth, and
cron to back them up on a set schedule. The portables use mobile network
accounts, bound only to AD (802.1X at the loginwindow). Portables have a
tendency to sleep as they move about, but what doesn't get caught one
hour will eventually on the next run. Our OS X file server runs the
rsync script and my portable users never have to do anything (just know
that it occurs). The users can mount the sharepoint where their backup
folder resides and see what's getting backed up. The script will email
me if it doesn't reach a portable, but I only investigate if it
consistently misses backups (after I make sure the user isn't off-site
on vacation, travel or the like). The only problem I have with it is
when DHCP/DNS re-uses an IP address with another machine of my mine
within my pool of portable users. Then, I just edit .ssh/known_hosts
file on the server to clear it up. Lastly, I use an exclude items file
with rsync and only backup the user's desktop and documents folders. Let
me know if you want more info this. HTH

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