Apple Mac OS X Server System Imaging and Software Update Administration For Version 10.4 or Later User Manual

Mac OS X and Novell eDirectory Integration Prepared by: Randy Saeks

R. Saeks July ’06 - 10 - Prior to jumping into the desktop setup portion, I wanted to shed some light on the Mount

R. Saeks July ’06 - 11 - The items to note from the LDF export on the previous page are the apple-mount-options, a

R. Saeks July ’06 - 12 - Desktop Setup Once the login process is setup, the next area of focus is Desktop Setup and

R. Saeks July ’06 - 13 - The setup currently in place is based on offering a more efficient and streamlined system,

R. Saeks July ’06 - 14 - zero grace logins remaining we did not want the Yes / No option as the Windows Novell Client

R. Saeks July ’06 - 15 - Login Scripts The next few pages contain the loginhook and logouthook that runs on the mac

R. Saeks July ’06 - 16 - The final step of the loginhook, is to copy the user profile that resides in /Library/Manag

R. Saeks July ’06 - 17 - Managing Preferences Once the login items are set, the next piece to work with is the man

R. Saeks July ’06 - 18 - Below is a screen shot of a group object in ConsoleOne, and the corresponding

R. Saeks July ’06 - 19 - Never means it isn’t managed and the user has full control. Manage once allows for the pref

Table of Contents Introduction ...

R. Saeks July ’06 - 20 - The green section on the left shows the name given to the computer list. Member mac

R. Saeks July ’06 - 21 - To the left, the Details section of WGM is displayed. As you can see, you are now

R. Saeks July ’06 - 22 - Desktop Management The final area when really wanting to tie all of the work together in i

R. Saeks July ’06 - 23 - The “Send UNIX command” feature is a great way to run preventative maintenance

R. Saeks July ’06 - 24 - If you have your machines set to auto-download updates, then any updates that a

R. Saeks July ’06 - 25 - Putting it all together Ok, so you have made it this far. At this point I want to pose a

R. Saeks July ’06 - 26 - When taking two directories and tying them together to support one another, it

R. Saeks July ’06 - 27 - Additional Information This section contains links to other sites and guides that you may f

R. Saeks July ’06 - 3 - Introduction The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to others tryin

R. Saeks July ’06 - 4 - Background Version three of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is incorporat

R. Saeks July ’06 - 5 - Directory Setup There are three ways in which it is possible to allow users to login with n

R. Saeks July ’06 - 6 - Below, a user record in ConsoleOne is shown and an explanation as to how items in

R. Saeks July ’06 - 7 - and the LDAP mapping is the eDirectory name of the attribute. Comments are als

R. Saeks July ’06 - 8 - User Attributes Directory Access Attribute eDirectory LDAP Attribute Description FirstName g

R. Saeks July ’06 - 9 - Computer Attributes Directory Access Attribute eDirectory LDAP Attribute Description comment