[K12OSN] Re: OSX Help

[Jimmy Schwankl]

Jim Kronenbusch wrote:

> I have setup OSX successfully to auth to the new SAMBA/LDAP package.  
> No local
> accounts needed on OSX other than the admin account, but it will work 
> in
> conjunction with local accounts as well.  I will be using this on our 
> whole
> campus next year and make the switch over the summer.
>
> It connects over LDAP and when you get your login screen in OSX it 
> pulls from
> the Linux LDAP server.  Upon login it mounts your home folder via nfs 
> as the
> native OSX home folder locally.  This gives you full roaming profiles 
> with
> OSX!  Very cool.
>
> If you are interested in going this way let me know and I'll document 
> this.
> Currently it works with 10.3 and I will be updating this to be sure it 
> works
> with 10.4 when my copy of that shows up in the next week or 2.  I 
> assume it
> will be similar to what is needed in 10.2 as well but there may be 
> slight
> changes.  Apple seems to be constantly updating the admin portion of 
> LDAP.

Jim,

I'm very interested in going that way.  Any documentation you can give 
in that regards would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jimmy Schwankl


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