It is also a good idea to back up the local user folder in Disk Utility before starting but once you do this a few times, you won't feel its that necessary. First ensure that the local mac user account password matches the password for the AD account that you want to migrate to.Ģ. Log into the computer under any Admin account other than the account that needs to be migrated.ģ. Go to System Preferences -> Users and Groups -> and click on Login OptionsĤ. Authenticate to unlock Preference Pane.ĥ. Click the 'Edit' or 'Join' button next to Network Account Server.ħ. In Open Directory Utility, authenticate as an admin and go to the Edit menu and enable the Root user if not already enabled. Set a password for the root user if not already set.Ĩ. If you have already added the computer to the domain and configured option to create mobile account at login, close Directory Utility and go back to Users & Groups in System Preferences and continue to next step. If you have not bound computer to domain, double click 'Active Directory' in the Directory Utility. Click the triangle to the left of the window to expand the Active Directory options. Authenticate with appropriate credentials. Choose create mobile account at login and then click OK. Continue back to Users & Groups in System Preferences and continue to next step.ĩ. Select the local user account that you want to migrate to an AD account and choose Delete (-).ġ0. At the Delete prompt, select option to 'Don't change the home folder (the home folder remains in the user folder). Before, Saving didn't work and I had to Authenticate to copy to them.This will rename the user folder by adding '(Deleted)' at the end of the folder. Have I messed up my system (those invisible files, etc), and things are now poised to eventually break apart? The Docs partition files appear to behave normally: I can open files, modify with apps, and Save them, and also copy files to the folders, without having to Authenticate. Maybe making Owner "system" on all my Apps and Docs (partition level and subfolders) would solve all my issues, across machines and locally? I have CCC, OnyX, BatChmod and applejack (current/OS X dependent versions) as tools for backup and repair, but need some guidance how to do so. or more from my childhood: "duck and cover". I started a thread here:īut I'm guessing it was too involved to invoke much more of a response than "run away". along with wanting to continue to work on files on each in my 2 studios. Have to admit, I've muddied the waters with my attempts to physically move disks and backup partitions around 2 of my computers, further adding use of Leopard on one, and Tiger on the other, and am now trying to use them as a backup for each other. but I sense that may be a deeper issue since "name.app" is really a packaged deal? Would also like to apply this "technique" to my Apps partition. originally using CCC 3.2.1 across a Network, the Docs partition had the issues with Owner (local username), Group (unknown) and Others. I'm wondering if things are back to normalcy, but I don't have much to compare it to. what did I actually do? The Get Info on partition Docs shows:Īnd the individual folders and their contents show: Your suggestion is clear but, I had already experimented, Creative Scientific that I am, and had done what I described above in an attempt to repair things on that partition.
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