[K12OSN] Re: OSX Help

[Petre Scheie]

Put your instructions in the wiki, for future use.

Mark Sarria wrote:
> I am successfully authenticating to my Samba LDAP server from my MAC OS
> 10.2.8 iBook. IF you would like instructions I would be glad to email them
> to you
> --mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
> Of Jimmy Schwankl
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:39 AM
> To: jim at winonacotter.org
> Cc: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> Subject: [K12OSN] Re: OSX Help
> 
> 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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