On Jul 27, 2006, at 8:34 AM, Ryan Kenny wrote:
Ok...so now I have eMacs in my lab that are not connected to any
sort of 5 port switches that are also not displaying the list of
users but rather a standard User Name/Password login screen. After
I log in as local admin then logout, the list appears but not after
a restart. So far, the only thing that fixes this is to manually
add my server dns name info to directory access rather then telling
the computers (eMacs) to get the info from DHCP. Is this happening
to anyone else? Let me know.
The general issue is probably that the Macs aren't getting network
access early enough in the boot process. This seems to be an
extremely common issue with 10.4 because various OS services load at
the same time without waiting for other services to be available.
Directory Services loads and tries to contact your Open Directory
server. However, network access isn't up and running yet, so attempts
to contact the server fail. It therefore gives up until something
triggers the OS to try again, which is a login attempt.
This would be exacerbated if you are supplying OD info via DHCP. If
network access isn't up the OS doesn't even know what server to
contact yet. So the solution you've found is a logical one
(especially since it fixes the issue!).
Someone else discovered an additional step that helps. When you
specify the OD server in Directory Access, set the Mappings choice to
"Open Directory" instead of "From Server". I'm guessing that
eliminates a step in the process, so early network access is even
less crucial.
Matt
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