Comments on: Guide: Using Mac OS X Server as a PDC

By: Mike Boylan

Mike Boylan — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:23:00 +0000

Neat! Thanks for this. Not officially supported, but if it works, hell, it works.

By: John Skinner

John Skinner — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:09:00 +0000

Now there is a workaround for Windows 7 and Mac OS X Server PDC!!!
I found more info over here..
http://www.macwindows.com/OSXServer.html#050310c

By: Mike Boylan

Mike Boylan — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:33:32 +0000

Yeah, you have to use a directory administrator account because, as you'll see, it will make a computer account with the convention [WINDOWSPCNAME]$ in Workgroup Manager.

I think Windows 7 support dropped support for NT style domains and that's what Samba emulates.

By: christophertran

christophertran — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:39:28 +0000

oh no. thats what I didnt do. Auth with diradmin, i authed with my admin acct instead. oops. Thanks for the help. Oh, and why doesnt this work with Windows 7?

By: Mike Boylan

Mike Boylan — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:38:18 +0000

Do you have authenticated directory binding enabled?

By: christophertran

christophertran — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:12:31 +0000

I keep getting the following error on Windows: "The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "stratitmain": Access is denied."

and this is in the smb log:
"auth_odsam.c:opendirectory_smb_pwd_check_ntlmv1(387)
opendirectory_user_auth_and_session_key gave -14091 [eDSAuthMethodNotSupported]"

and NTLMv1/2 and LAN Manager auth has been enabled for each SMB and OD. ??

By: Mike Boylan

Mike Boylan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:05:29 +0000

I've never used a QNAP device specifically, but the process shouldn't be any different than binding it to any other NT style domain. Find it in the preferences, enter the domain information, and authenticate with a directory administrator's password.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:04:21 +0000

please does anybody know how to make a qnap become a member of the OS X PDC?

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By: Mike Boylan

Mike Boylan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:28:02 +0000

Thanks a lot. Keep checking back. As soon as I get word back from Apple enterprise about the login credentials, I'll be updating the guide.

Glad you found it useful!