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Join Mac OS X to an Active Directory / OpenDLAP directory from the commandline
Published: 02-05-2013 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article
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This little snippet joins an Mac OS X computer to a Windows Active Directory or OpenLDAP Directory domain from the Command Line or via Apple Remote Desktop. It is tested on OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 combined with a Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 mixed Active Directory domain and a Fedora 389 DS domain and an OpenLDAP domain.
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dsconfigad -add DOMAIN.EXT -computer "`hostname -s`" -mobile enable -mobileconfirm disable -username "DOMAIN_ADMIN_USERNAME" -password "DOMAIN_ADMIN_PASSWORD" -ou "CN=Computers,DC=DOMAIN,DC=EXT"
The following command also add's users in the "Domain Admins" and "IT_ADM" to the local Mac OS Admin users. Those users have local administrator rights on the OS X Machine
dsconfigad -groups "DOMAIN\Domain Admins,DOMAIN\IT_ADM"
This last command removes the OS X machine from a domain:
dsconfigad -remove DOMAIN.EXT -computer "`hostname -s`" -username "DOMAIN_ADMIN_USERNAME" -password "DOMAIN_ADMIN_PASSWORD"