Mac Won T Join Domain

Macos sierra and later can t join an active directory domain without a domain functional level of at least windows server 2008 unless you explicitly enable weak crypto even if the domain functional levels of all domains are 2008 or later the administrator may need to explicitly specify each domain trust to use kerberos aes encryption.

Mac won t join domain. See set up mobile user accounts set up home folders for user accounts and set a unix shell for active directory user accounts. Deleting the host server and re binding finding the available server in the dropdown option but for some unknown reason the server is listed as unkown 00 00 12 34 56 78 home which i ve found is the mac address of the server. So you re trying to bind mac systems to your active directory ad domain but it isn t working properly.

Optional select options in the user experience pane. The fix is usually pretty simple through users and groups in syspref. I have moved a mixed windows mac environment to a windows 2016 essentails domain for a small business.

On the dc you can run dcdiag to test dns health amongst other things amongst other things. A initially the macs os x 10 12 4 sierra were simply connected to the smb folder shares using finder. Perhaps you re doing so for password policy enforcement to give access to domain bound resources and the network or because a higher up has asked for it.

If i try to map a network drive or add a network location i get windows can t communicate with the device or resource. It is available but is not responding to. Can t join a client to active directory domain.

The windows pcs are working fine but i have had issues with connecting the macs to shared folders they connect ok to the domain. We have 21 imacs running from the server el capitan recently upgraded and only one won t bind. In my opinion if you have a mobile mac user you probably wouldn t join it to your domain but would instead authenticate when needed.

When i try to join domain it asks for username and password then i get the network path not found.