AD Binding

[adeetz]

I am very new to this and the Apple world. I am an intern given the task to figure out how to manage our Mac environment with the tools we have from Jamf.

I am testing things using a pre-configured JSS that was set up by someone in the past but never used.

My question is, if we are using Centrify binding would we need a directory binding setting in a Configuration Profile?

At the moment my test machine is bound to AD through Centrify which is specified in the Computer Management settings in JSS. But they also had a directory binding setting configured in a Configuration Profile.

The following error shows up on the test machines Management tab:

The 'Directory Binding Account' payload could not be installed. Attempts to bind to the server 'dc.masonshoe.lcl' returned an unspecified problem.

Thanks in advance for any help you can lend a newbie ;)

[dpertschi]

Wow, I know seasoned consultants that can't even figure out how to manage Macs; ahh well, never mind that.

So if you have a Centrify binding configured in Computer Management > Directory Bindings, confirm all those settings and go with that alone.

I doubt the configuration profile will be of any use in your case with Centrify, maybe it was a test, but it won't offer you some of the options you get with the other method.

[RobertHammen]

Yep. One or the other, not both.

If you image or configure a new machine without the Centrify binding, but with the config profile, does it work? Or vice versa? My guess is yes.

[adeetz]

Thanks guys, I thought it was counter-productive but again I'm just an intern LOL!