Problems with High Sierra ?

[2097]

Unsure if any one has taken this plunge yet ! but i thought i would give it ago.

 

This is a fresh install from Yosemite ( big trouble trying to migrate from a Raid setup so i went for a fresh ! ).

 

Problems i have seen so far are

 

In the server tool my groups took a whole day to populate ! , after adding a profile in profile manager the "Profile Manager" interface says these groups have no members ! , the server app says different ! . Workaround is assigning uses to OD groups instead ! , pain in the arse but is ok for the time being.

 

My biggest problem is none of my bloody SMB shares are mounting !, they are able to connect to SMB's fine using the "Connect to Server" and it dont even ask them for credentials as its using AD credentials . Only way around this i can imagine is mucking around with custom settings to make a symlink on their desktop !.

 

Any one else had these problems with Sierra or Mavericks ?

[davethetekkie]

I tend to leave MacOS updates a good couple of months on my personal gear... the only real incentive to look at High Sierra for me is the introduction of eGPU support... and I just don’t have enough cash for an enclosure and an RX 580 to gamble that it’ll do the job well!

 

The last Apple server I played with in anger was an XServe, so that tells you how long ago that was... but I hated the thing with a fiery passion. Hopefully they’ll fix the glitches with the server app soon (though it’s seemingly a LONG way from being their priority these days)!

[2097]

From what i can see it seems Login items is broken as none of it works ( i.e. i cant set it to open a program at login ) under a user policy

 

I have instead added the shortcuts to the dock so they can click on it to mount it ! what a pain though

[free780]

Well I think I have you have to update your server so you can get the profile manager that works. I tried it on an older i5 and just seem to have issues.

[2097]

Was working fine on Yosemite ( when i say fine was buggy ! but not these problems ). The server is a reasonable spec "Mac Mini Server" which was the i7 model.

 

Looks like there was no easy way to Copy AD users to a OD group so i found a way:

 

Create the OD groups and add a single user to them . Then export all the groups in Server.app ( save them as separate files).

 

Now delete the OD groups.

 

Now in the Server App goto each AD group ( 1 at a time ) Export to desktop , open file and you will see the list of usernames . I found that i had to remove the "Domain" part of the username so i did a find and replace to remove "Domain" . Copy list of usernames to the exported OD group file .

 

now just click Import in Server App and it will be created.

 

Does make me wonder if this is a bug ! as it seems i couldn't add a user into a OD group which is "Domain\Username" ( Thats how they are listed in my AD groups which are listed as 0 members ! ) but it would allow me to just add them as a single username without the domain tag at the beginning and they then show up in profile manager.

[free780]

I had to give the Mac server and Mac clients read all properties access to user accounts to determine group membership in AD. This was with Sierra not high Sierra. Profile Manager still struggles with large AD groups. Edited October 26, 2017 by free780

[2097]

I had to give the Mac server and Mac clients read all properties access to user accounts to determine group membership in AD. This was with Sierra not high Sierra. Profile Manager still struggles with large AD groups.

 

Thanks for that will give it ago

 

On a slightly different note, im starting to have problems with file sharing . Does the current OSx still limit SMB shares to 10 current users when sharing from the OS and not the Server APP . Reason i ask because High Sierra had moved SMB sharing back to the Server "Sharing" interface opposed to managing it from the "Server APP" and i read on pervious versions of the OS it limited SMB sharing to "10" connected users. I am wondering if this is the problem i am hitting !