join MacBook on a Windows Domain

[Jim]

Snow Leopard - 10.6.8

trying to join a MacBook on a Windows 2003 R2 domain controller.

any tips other than what i've been reading online?

i'm strugglign and i'm thinking it might be a syntax issue with my inputs (FQDN, IP, domai\user, etc...)

[Doc]

Speak friggin ENGLISH!

[Jim]

chuck sent me this link which got me a little closer, but it wont bind
http://helpdesk.wisc.edu/ams/page.php?id=12248

[SRTie4k]

All of our binding issues we get here are due to not using the FQDN. Also make sure you follow the mac syntax for placing it in a specified OU. Also we sometimes need to try multiple times, or just reboot.

As you are no doubt aware already, Macs are a pain in the ass in an Active Directory environment.

[Jim]

As you are no doubt aware already, Macs are a pain in the ass in an Active Directory environment.

i'm trying this because they're authenticating wrong when joining our WiFi. people on Macs are getting authenticated as a random user on our A/D, so i'd like to give this a shot.

can you give me an example of some of the stuff you'd had sucess with? i'm doing FQDN and OU=, CN=, DC= paths ?

[SRTie4k]

i'm trying this because they're authenticating wrong when joining our WiFi. people on Macs are getting authenticated as a random user on our A/D, so i'd like to give this a shot.

can you give me an example of some of the stuff you'd had sucess with? i'm doing FQDN and OU=, CN=, DC= paths ?

When we join, we use FQDN for the domain, and the OU is specified as follows:

CN=<container>,DC=<domainname>,DC=<TLD>

So for example:

CN=Computers,DC=nestreetriders,DC=com