Typical steps for joining a Mac to an Active Directory domain
Steps
- Using an account with Administrator privileges, log on to the Mac computer that you want to join to an Active Directory domain.
- Open the Directory Utility. On OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), go to: /System/Library/CoreServices
- If necessary, click the padlock icon and enter your password to unlock the Directory Utility.
- Select the box next to Active Directory to enable Active Directory support.
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Highlight Active Directory and click on the Pencil icon to configure the Active Directory connection.
- Under Domain, enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).
- Under Computer ID, enter the computer name.
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Click Bind. You are prompted for network credentials and a computer OU. Enter your OU admin account and password, and the computer OU location. For example:
ou=computers,ou=orgunits,dc=ad,dc=example,dc=com
Your machine will be bound to the specified Active Directory.
- Click Apply in the Directory Utility to save your changes and restart the machine.