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Active Directory Authentication for Mac OS X Clients

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Pre-requisites 1. Client Mac must be running Mac OS X version 10.3.3 or above. 2. Local (administrator) account on the client cannot be the same as any account found in Active Directory (AD). 3. Assistance from a Domain Administrator to “bind” the client machine to AD. Authentication Set-UP 1. Login locally to the client using the administrator account and launch Directory Access. 2. Verify that the Active Directory plug-in is checked and select Configure. 3. Enter the following information: AD forest: quinnipiac.edu AD Domain: quinnipiac.edu Computer ID: PBK-username 4. Check 'Authenticate in multiple domains' 5. Check 'Allow administration by: your domain admin accounts, etc here…' 6. Verify that everything is correct. Click the 'Bind' button. Wait for the process to complete. Note: You will need assistance from a Domain Administrator to complete this part of the process. 7.Choose the Authentication button. Click the Authentication button and choose Custom Search. Choose your AD domain from the list displayed. 8.Choose the Contacts button. Click the Add button and choose Custom Search. Choose your AD domain from the list. 9.Launch System Preferences/Accounts: Choose 'Login Options' Select 'Display login Window as: Name and Password' Verify that 'automatically log in as' option is not on. 10.Restart the client computer and login using a Quinnipiac network account.