Friday, June 27, 2008

New User Account Not Showing Up on Login Screen in OSX 10.5

Macs in a predominately Windows environment don't play well. We all know that. But here's another reason that they don't play well. With OS X 10.5 systems, when you bind the computer to the domain, when new users log into the system, their account will be created but the account will not show up on the login screen. When creating local accounts, I've found that OS X 10.5 has no problem also displaying on the login screen. However, when a network account was logged into the machine, their account would not show up on the login screen. In Tiger, I didn't have problems, but since this is our first Leopard build, we're having all kinds of fun. The fix is simple, however.

  1. Launch Directory Utility, which can be found in the Applications\Utilities folder.
  2. On the Directory Servers tab, click + to bind it to the domain.
  3. Click the Services tab.
  4. Double-click where it says Active Directory.
  5. Show the Advanced Options.
  6. In the User Experience tab, right below, tick the box that says Create mobile account at login.
  7. Reboot the system.

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