>
> We have an XServe G5 running Panther Server 10.3.9. It is the only Mac
> in our building, and we use it as our company's mail server for both POP
> and SMTP. At the moment it is running as a standalone server for
> purposes of authentication.
>
> Some time ago, I purchased a Tiger Server upgrade, but I haven't gotten
> around to installing it yet. When I do install it, I'd like to do a
> clean install (reformat) and make the machine a member of the Windows
> domain so that it fetches all authentication credentials from the
> Windows PDC.
>
> An MCSE buddy of mine claims that one cannot create username aliases for
> domain users under Windows Server 2003. Seems pretty cheesy to me, but
> somehow I believe it. Our company policy dictates that one MUST have an
> email address that is generated as (first initial)+(complete last
> name)+(@implantsciences.com), with as many aliases as that user wants in
> addition. But we have no such policy with Windows domain usernames, so
> we have users whose AD/Windows domain login is, e.g. (informal first
> name)+(last initial) if that user's last name is particularly long.
>
> If the OSXS machine fetches all authentication info from a Windows AD
> domain, is it possible still to define username aliases for each domain
> user account, e.g., in WGM? If so, I imagine the aliases would only be
> valid on the OSXS machine, but that's fine, since we only need to have
> aliases for email purposes.
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
There are ways to have multiple names on Windows users, but it can be a
bit of a pain.
It used to be a GIANT pain to have mail for AD accounts on Mac OS X Server
because these accounts lack a Mac OS X Server mail attribute. Things got
much easier on Tiger because you can use a SACL to allow mail access.
<http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20051107132534555>
Your best bet for a mail alias when using a AD name and a SACL is to do it
the traditional way with an e-mail alias in /etc/aliases.
Josh
www.afp548.com
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