Specifications

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8 Click Done.
9 If you want to congure advanced settings for your Active Directory connection,
click Open Directory Utility.
For more information about advanced connections to an Active Directory server,
see “Conguring Access to an Active Directory Domain” on page 160. Begin at step 4.
10 Open System Preferences and click Accounts.
11 In the lower left corner of System Preferences, click the lock and authenticate when
prompted.
12 Click Login Options.
13 Click Directory Services.
14 Click the Add (+) button.
15 From the “Add a new directory of type” pop-up menu, choose Active Directory, then
enter the following:
 Active Directory Domain: Specify the DNS name of the Active Directory server.
 Computer ID: Optionally edit the ID you want Active Directory to use for your server.
This is the server’s NetBIOS name. The name should contain no more than 15
characters, no special characters, and no punctuation.
If practical, make the server name match its unqualied DNS host name. For
example, if your DNS server has an entry for your server as “server.example.com,”
give your server the name “server.”
 AD Administrator Username and Password: Enter the user name and password of a
user that has authorization to add computers to Active Directory.
16 Click OK and then click Done.
17 Close System Preferences.
18 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
19 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
20 From the expanded Servers list, select Open Directory.
21 Click Setting, then click General.
22 Click Join Kerberos to join the server to the Active Directory Kerberos realm.
23 Enter the following information:
 Administrator Name: Enter the Kerberos server administrator’s user name.
 Password: Enter the Kerberos server administrator password.
 Realm Name: Enter the realm name of the Kerberos server.
 DNS/Bonjour Name of KDC: Enter the DNS or Bonjour name of the Kerberos server.