Did you already look at this thread? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3228321?start=0&tstart=0
It looks like there are issues if your domain ends in a .local. On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Bill Humphries <[email protected]>wrote: > OK, i know this is way OT for many of you, but I know we have a few edu > people around here that may use it. I'm usually binding macs to AD, not OD > so I'm not up on all the gotchas that Apple usually doesn't document very > well. > > I have a video production client we are preparing to install Xsan for. > They have a Lion Xserver already in place. They want to use Open > Directory to better manage file access perms. I have OD installed, ldap is > advertised via DHCP and I have successfully bound a machine and logged in > as a OD user on the workstation. Problem is it doesn't work on every > machine. I have two laptops. One is a Lion, one is Snow Leopard. The SL > laptop binds and allows a network user to login. The Lion laptop fails to > bind. I get the "getting server information" then it goes to "unable to > add server. connection failed to the directory server (2100)." > Any hints or help appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Bill > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.**com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > **> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.** > com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmanager@lyris.**sunbeltsoftware.com<[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Thank you, Mike Sullivan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
