[MacTUG] AD Schema Mods - Request for Testers

[Marlon A. Griffith]

His technique might prove useful.


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Thursday, March 20 2008 @ 10:48 pm CDT
Contributed by: MacTroll, http://www.afp548.com/users.php?mode=profile&uid=4


So I've cooked up a way of doing schema mods to AD using only Microsoft-supplied tools. This method leverages ADAM, Active Directory Application Mode, but doesn't require you to actually install ADAM on any of your systems.

You should be able to get full MCX management of your Macs from AD using this.

I'm looking for some testers for this that have a Windows 2003 AD domain and a variety of Mac clients that they can test with. The instructions are easy and should only take you about 30-45 mins at most. Note that schema changes, even on 2003, are a fairly permanent thing and should not be taken lightly, so only engage in this if you have a test domain, a virtual machine, or some other setup that you can test with.

If you're game for being a crash test dummy, drop me an e-mail with what your test environment would be.