Binding
Logged in as “administrator” binding from the “Join” button in Accounts failed with an error “unable to add server eServerSendError -14740.”
When binding through Directory Utility I received a notice that the computer account already existed. I checked the entire directory and the account was not there.
In Terminal I typed “dsconfigad- show” and found that the computer name was different than the name I had specified for the computer. I searched the AD and found the computer account listed by the “show” command and deleted it.
I also deleted all the PRT records for my subnet and reconfigured DHCP so that our DNS service account owned the DNS records. This is our new standard DHCP/DNS setup for all subnets.
I attempted to bind again with the [binding service account] and the bind failed with “insufficient privileges.” Using my domain admin account, I was able to bind the computer.
The edu.mit.kerberos file generated by the binding process was incorrect (lacking realm and server information) so I replaced with a file containing the correct information.
LDAP lookups were handled properly after the bind.
dsconfigad- show displayed the correct computer name.
Restarted the computer and logged in with my AD account. I was given a warning that my password would expire in 29 days (I had just changed my password) and it prompted me to set up a mobile account. On subsequent logins I was not given the password expiration warning.
Restarting the computer was very quick- it only took about 40 seconds. Directory Services was slow to start: 30-45 seconds after the login window appeared.
File handling and transfers
It has been reported that connecting to an SMB volume produces a beach ball lockup. I was able to connect to SMB shares (using SSO) but it took about 2 minutes. AFP connections were virtually instantiations.
3GB transfers to/from a SMB share on a Windows 2003 server across a 100mb network took 3 minutes.
3GB transfers to/from an AFP share on a Mac Mini running 10.5.8 server across a 100mb network took 6 minutes.
If I enabled Secure Empty Trash I was unable to delete the 3GB file. It would hang about halfway through the process and I was forced to restart the Finder. Turning off Secure Empty Trash allowed me to empty the trash without a problem.
Deleting an item from an AFP or SMB server volume closed the window.
There is now a “put back” function in Trash just like in XP.
Mac Mail
Auto setup asked twice to trust the certificate from IPG mail server.
There was no need to configure LDAP to do a GAL lookup.
Mail cannot access Public Folders.
There is now an archive mail function.
Meeting invites from Outlook and Entourage functioned perfectly regardless of whether or not they had attachments.
Meeting invites to Outlook and Entourage functioned perfectly.
It took a long time for mail to download and display in the Inbox window. Both my Blackberry and Entourage received mail much faster.
Notes are now synced properly with Blackberries.
Removing signatures locks up Mail.
There is no way to remove attachments! You must delete the entire mail.
Calendar
Delegates are limited to Calendar viewing only: you cannot configure shared mailboxes from the Mail client.
Free/Busy status in Calendar worked very well and it is nice that you can search for the next available time your invitees are available.
When viewing another person’s calendar their events are merged into your calendar and displayed as a different colour. People will either love this or hate it.
Once you’ve started to create a meeting request there is no “Cancel” button. You have to finish the request and then delete it.
Tasks entered into Mail say they will be put into a Tasks calendar but they are not.
There doesn’t seem to be a way to change the colour of calendar events.
Invites sent from a different time zone display the correct local time in the message header. The body text shows time for the sender, accepting the invite puts it into Calendar at the correct time. Entourage still has the problem where meeting invites sent from different time zones display the incorrect time when you double click on the event in your calendar.
There is a handy button that changes the time zone for all events in your calendar. Changing them back works too!
Address Book seems to be pretty much unchanged.
