[tech] gothamburg, macOS and Active Directory

[David Adam]

Hi all,

> <elliot> How does one get a home directory on Gothamburg?

The move to Active Directory needed three things to make it work:
* Pull UID numbers from the UNIX attributes, not from the SID:
# dsconfigad -uid uidNumber
* Same for GID:
# dsconfigad -gid gidNumber
* Don't look for home directories locally (use the AD attributes):
# dsconfigad -localhome disab

I believe this can be done through the GUI if needed.

Combined with the automounter (`ln -s 
/net/services.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/space/away/home /home`), which was already 
set up, this made my login work with the correct UID/GID.

David Adam
UCC Wheel Member
zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au