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Google releases MCX manifest for Chrome

by December 16, 2010 » Add more comments.
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Yesterday Google stepped up their effort to get Chrome accepted by enterprises by releasing details about managing Chrome with group policy and Open Directory.

View Open Directory ComputerGroup Membership with Applescript

by November 27, 2010 » Add more comments.

The following Applescript will show a selectable, scrollable list of machine accounts in OD, then show which ComputerGroup(s) that computer belongs to. This is a quick way to confirm membership without having to open WorkGroup Manager, and especially handy to allow your techs to verify without being a directory admin Read more »

Bind to OD Script & Add to Computer Group

by April 6, 2010 » Add more comments.

The following script is what I use to bind machines to Open Directory and it solves the following challenges: If bound to another OD domain, it removes that binding. If you’re not moving from another domain, you can ignore that part, it won’t hurt that it’s in there. Read more »

Add directory services data to LANDesk inventory

by March 27, 2010 » Add the first comment.

I posted over at the LANDesk community site on how I add AD and OD data to inventory, most of which LANDesk does not collect on it’s own. Much of this I did because we were moving from one OD domain to another and needed a way to see which Read more »

Can Open Directory be used enterprise wide?

by January 15, 2010 » Add the second comment.

A few years ago, before I started at my employer, a project was started for an enterprise-wide Open Directory setup. Each business unit within the university has a decent number of Macs that were mostly unmanaged. The project passed governance and a budget was set aside to fund the implementation. Read more »

Migrate Local User to Domain Account

by January 14, 2010 » Add more comments.
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If you are migrating your machines to authenticate via Active Directory, you may need to convert your local user accounts and their home folders to an AD user account and retain the home folder. I had a script posted here but that version was Tiger only because it used NI* Read more »

John DeTroye’s Tips and Tricks doc updated

by July 3, 2007 » Add the first comment.

John DeTroye has updated his T&T doc which has always been a great best practices guide to client management. It covers subjects such as Open Directory, setting up accounts, managed client settings (MCX) and ARD. You can get the doc from here.