Thread-topic: AD Mobile User Accounts & External Network
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On 7/27/06 10:05, "Jeff Greene" <email@hidden> wrote:
> This problem has been discussed fairly recently on the macenterprise.org
> mailing list. We've seen the same problem here at CU with our AD-bound
> laptops. The working theory is that if the DC is resolvable from off-campus,
> which ours is, but can't be connected to (firewalled off), the machines will
> hang until the connection attempt times out. We've yet to find a way to
> change the timeout value, but the same problem exists with our PC laptops, so
> this problem isn't just a mac issue. The PC laptops get around it by being
> able to open a VPN connection before login.
It doesn't matter if it's resolvable or not. The laptop will take a dog's
age to boot and let you log in, because it will keep trying to find the DC
anyway.
>
> Lance Ogletree from Rice U posted to the macenterprise list a possible
> solution. After having the user login and having their credentials cached, he
> removed the AD server from the authentication path in Directory Access. The
> user could still login to the machine with their cached AD logins, and the
> machine wouldn't try to connect to the AD. A downside obviously is that any
> password changes made to the user's AD password wouldn't be reflected on the
> laptop.
The other, more manual option, is to shut off Airport before you reboot or
shut down.
--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
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