Mac OS X 10.5: Network home directory may not mount if bound to Active Directory
Symptoms
When bound to Active Directory, one may not be able to log in using network accounts. The error message presented and/or logged may indicate that the user's home directory could not be mounted.
Products Affected
Mac OS X Server 10.5, Mac OS X 10.5, Microsoft Active Directory
Resolution
Ensure that the attribute for the affected home directory in Active Directory uses a fully qualified host name for the server name. For example: \\server.example.com\homes\user
Additional Information
The Active Directory connector in Mac OS X 10.5 automatically appends the domain name of the Active Directory domain the user's account is in to the server name if the home directory attribute does not use a fully-qualified host name. Depending on the network configuration, this may or may not be correct and should be explicitly specified in the home directory attribute in Active Directory.
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