Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.9.0 - Manual (Page 88)

If desired, MAC OS X can be configured to use Active Directory (AD) resources such as users and
groups. Once a computer is bound to an AD domain, users belonging to that domain may login to
the Macintosh system at the main login prompt. If you do this task, you must also enable Access
Control Lists on the K2 storage you access, either the K2 Media Server (FSM) for SAN access or
the stand-alone K2 system.
1. Open System Preferences and click Accounts .
2. If the Lock icon is locked, unlock it by clicking it and entering the administrator name and
password.
3. Click Login Options , then click Join or Edit . If you see an Edit button, your computer has at least
one connection to a directory server.
4. Click the Add (+) button.
5. From the "Add a new directory of type" pop-up menu, choose Active Directory .
6. Fill in the Active Directory information for the domain administrator account.
The administrator account is only needed at the time of binding. Once the computer is bound to
a domain, all users of the domain can be used to log in to the Macintosh system.
7. Click OK .
The Macintosh computer goes through the binding process. If successful, the domain name is
listed with the status message, "This server is responding normally".
8. Click Open Directory Utility or, if desired, click Done and open the Directory Utility from the
System/Library/Core Services folder.
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System connections and configuration