Changing the share name
Changing the share name is important or else all the Macs will appear in DHCP and OD all as similar names. For example staffmac-xx
1. Go to Systems Preferences
2. Sharing
3. Change the name to proper AD name
Add Mac to Domain
- Go to System Preferences
- Users and groups
- Unlock
- Login options
- Join
- networkname.local
- Ok
- Edit
- Open directory utility
- Unlock
- Double click AD
- Change Computer ID
- Untick force local home directory on startup disk in the user experience tab
- Tick allow administration by and add networkname\administrator
- Tick prefer this domain server and type adserver.networkname.local
- Type Active Directory domain networkname.local
- Click bind, type in administrator account without networkname\
- Untick use for contact
- Lock and lock again