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#473956 - 07/03/09 06:58 AM migrate local to network accounts on OSX Macs
Gandalf123 Offline
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Registered: 10/06/07
Posts: 53
Hi,

I wandered if there was an easy/straightforward way to migrate local OSX accounts to network accounts ?
In the last 12-18 months we have been binding new Macs and Macs that have been reimaged to the ACtive Directory domain allowing users to log onto their Macs using AD credentials.
However, we have about 20-25 Macs that are not bound to the domain so the users log in using local accounts that were setup originally on the Macs.
We would like to bind these remaining Macs to the domain but the users have plenty of data and settings etc in their currebt local OSX accounts so if the Macs were bound when they logged in using an AD account instead of the local one, they would not see any of the data stored in the old profile.
Does anybody have any experience of dealing with this ?
Thanks

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#475234 - 07/21/09 08:15 AM Re: migrate local to network accounts on OSX Macs [Re: Gandalf123]
matthewm1970 Offline
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Registered: 07/21/09
Posts: 3
Have you looked at this walk-through yet?

http://www.macenterprise.org/articles/migratingalocalusertoanetworkuser

I found it pretty helpful.

-Matthew

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