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Hi There Thanks for the reply. I have ran the terminal command and also checked the sharing preferences. The DNS scavaging is also on on the Dns Servers. Each time i reboot the machine the the machine name in the sharing box in preferences under where it says remote logon.And tells you to log into the machine using SSH name is wrong. This name is the one that is being seen from the antivirus server and not the local machine name. Thanks Steve

We are now rolling out Mcafee antivirus from the server to macs and PCS. On the macs we have to enable Remote login under sharing to enable the windows server to log in and install the agent. This works fine but when we come to roll out the antivirus setup the machine name Art-Macbook-01 keeps saying it is unmanaged. On closer inspection the sharing name for the machine is Art-Macbook-02 and this was the name that was used to bind this with active directory. When i look at the Ssh name under sharing the machine is showing as CB3-16 So when i try to roll out the antivirus the mac has suddenly been recognised as CB3-16. IS there any way to change the ssh machine name from cb3-16 to the correct name of Art-Macbook-02 as it is going to be hard to track this machines if they keep using other machine names that are in active directory. Also every time the machine is restarted the name changes. Any help would be appreciated. Steve

We have a mac server which is all set up and running. Some machines can net boot to it to enable me to re image them with the net boot image stored on the server. Other machines which are the same type and hardware as the ones that have been imaged are not getting a connection from the server. When i hold the N key down to boot from the server i get the spinning globe then the machine eventually restarts after a while with the log on screen from the previous build. Not sure how to get around this.

Is there a way to stop the ICloud log in box appearing every time a new user logs into a mac with Yosemite installed.

We have created a fireworks drop down navigation bar and exported it as a HTML file. When the file is viewed in fireworks we can see that the drop down menu works. As soon as the HTML file is inserted as an image object then viewed in browser the drop down menu is not working. We also have the same problem when we insert the spry menu bar and view it in the browser we are not able to see the drop down menus.

Thanks for all your help I have now just rebuilt the machine and sorted it out that way as It was taking too long to try and fix the problem.

I have just configured some new macs with OSx Lion Does any one know how I can turn off the iCloud features for network users and to stop the osx lion set up feature starting up for when users log onto the machine.

These are on 10.68

The time and date are all correct on the machine.

Hi there Thanks for your reply.I have changed the settings for mobile users in the active directory utility. I have also set it to force local home directory on and off and I am still unable to log in.

I have bound the imac to the domain with the administrators user name and password. When network users log in the login screen shakes and nobody can log in. In the log in preferences all users are allowed to log in. The mac is also bound to open directory and the active directory has been moved to the top of the list. This still will not let anyone log in.

I have bound other macs which have gone on fine. When I try to bind this one to the network i get the following error message Authentication Failed please check the name and password and try again The Active directory user name and password are all correct.

Hi mate Thanks for the reply. I have managed to sort this out now by deleting the old preset then saving a new preset from the settings in work group manager. I have then added the user to that group and all is working now.

I have managed to copy all the pretences to a new workgroup in system manager. I have moved all the members that need moving from one workgroup to another one. The mac is now giving choice on the login scree when the user logs on for which workgroup to log onto. how do i force all users to log into the new group with ought a choice.

We have just purchased some cheap tablets as a test. I have managed to lock down all the settings with an app called app lock and also K9. The only thing I am unable to do is stop the users from changing the wallpaper.I am hoping to be able to put the schools official desktop on and make it the default. Does anyone know of a way to achieve this.

Hi Jake The easiest way is if you go into the preferences where all the plist files are. Then if you change the setting on the mac arrange all the files in order of date and copy it into work group manager. Hope this helps. Steve

I have managed to sort this out today in the office.

Our 2003 server hard drive has now given up the ghost. I need to reinstall the server and set it back up to being a deployment server. This server is not on the network as it is a standalone server connected to its own switch. Does anyone know how to set this up from scratch and what roles i need to define the server as. I have all the old images saved on another drive just need to set this up so i can deploy images again.

Is there a way to enable the secondary click for the trackpad in work group manager on the xserver server. Which will make it easier when users log into the laptops and the server.

Sorry never did manage to get this Working. Still looking for help or Advice if anyone knows how To do this.

We are running an xserve to control the preferences on our networked group of macs. All home folders are stored on a windows 2003 server so the xserve is just there to manage the doc and which applications the users are able to open. When users log into the server they are presented with there home drive and other netwrork shares that they are permitted to use. When they click save to save their work in whichever programme they are working on the default location is in the user folder under documents locally on the machine. Is there any way that i can change the default save location to be the users home directory for any user that logs into the machine.

We have an xserver set up running mac server leopard 10.6. In the workgroup manager i have a user group defined with system preferences that control the wallpaper etc. Is there any way that I can copy all the preferences from this group to a new group that I need to create to so i don't have to go through the hassle of setting up all the settings again.

Hi Tom Have now gone and given the user read write and modify access to there home folder. On the apple mac I have gone into the word preferenes and user options and the start up options to be the users H:drive. This is still giving me the same error message. Steve

Hi These files are stored in the Students home area on a windows 2003 server. They have read and right access to the folder. They are able to save if they use a pc but not on the mac. Cheers Steve

Students are trying to save a file with word on a mac. They are getting the above message when trying to save this in their home folders. The only way we can get round this is to save as a different file name then we end up with several files on the network