Okay, I've been beating my head on the table all morning with this, and
figure it's time to turn to the community for help.
I'm trying to thin image two MBAs that I received last week. I have created
a new config in Casper Admin named "10.7 Base Apps". In this config I have
thrown all of my base applications and scripts, including a post image
script that sets some of the finer settings like time zone, etc. During the
initial creation of the configuration in Casper Admin, I clicked on
"Management" and set "Ensure computers imaged" and gave it a user name and
password, and checked "Create this account".
I've booted the MBA from either a NetBoot (created on the MBA, and yes the
NetBoot works) or from an external USB drive. Getting the machine to boot
and run Casper Imaging is not the problem. Casper Imaging goes through and
lays down the applications and reboots the machine. The problem comes in
after the reboot and the machine is at the login window.
For some reason I cannot get past the login window entering the user's name
and password. The user appears on the loginwindow, but when I put in the
password the screen clears and then comes right back. If I enter ">console"
and slip to the console, I can login with that user's credentials. I can
even sudo up and list the users on the machine (dscl . list /Users) and see
that user. I just cannot get past the login window.
So, where to start? Any ideas? I haven't seen anything on the list about
this, so that's why I'm reaching out.
Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com
The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
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