Mac OS X 10.4.4 Special Report: Active Directory issues; fixes

CNET staff

Sept. 2, 2009 9:09 a.m. PT

2 min read

Some users have problems changing the password for Active Directory services under Mac OS X 10.4.4.

Some users are also reporting issues with clients logging in. A poster to Apple's Discussion boards, Jeffrey Murphy, reports a similar issue, writing:

"Users from my active directory try to create a new weblog on my 10.4.4 OS X Server (bound to active directory), the receive the following error: 'The username or password you entered is incorrect.'

We've also seen issues with Active Directory and all versions of Mac OS X 10.4.x, where when "bound" to a Windows domain, sending print jobs to connected printers fails. Printer Setup Utility shows all the available printers, but when sending a job, the user is given the error "unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds", along with "Connection failed with error "NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY."

A possible fix MacFixIt reader Allan Marcus reports a fix that involves deleting then re-adding the Active Directory domain in Directory Access (located in Applications/Utilities).

Allan writes:

"When I upgraded my Mac OS X Server to 10.4.4 (from 10.4.3) my Active Directory bound users could not authenticate either. I opened Directory Access, clicked on the Authentication tab, removed the Active Directory Domain, hit Apply, then added back the Active Directory Domain, hit Apply, and now it all works."

Another reader confirms the workaround:

"Good News! I can confirm that Allan?s suggestion did fix our problem of not being able to change Active Directory passwords after the 10.4.4 upgrade. Before I tried Allan?s suggestion, I tried 'unbinding' and 'rebinding' the machine to Active Directory which didn't work either."

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