I have zero experience with the apple XSan product. Plus having your macs in a dual-directory setup can be tricky.
You might find more help with this topic on the Mac OS X Enterprise list: http://lists.psu.edu/archives/macenterprise.html --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:36:09 -0800 Subject: OT:open directory > 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/> ~ > > --- > 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 > ~ 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
