Launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh. Now we turn our attention to iOS apps that were designed expressly for performing one or more specific Active Directory and/or server management tasks. Select Active Directory on the new Directory Utility window. In the small window pop up, select Open Directory Utility. Select Login Options and hit Join for the Network Account Server. Go to System Preferences > User & Groups. User experience tab: Mappings tab: Administrative tab: Note: By not tying to a specific domain controller, the machine will get the first available controller in our setup. If you do not have this access and think you should, contact the IT Service Center. ADUSERNAME and ADPASS should be a user with sufficient privilages to add the computers to the domain. In this post, we will explain how to add an Apple computer into a Windows Environment. This process requires you to have access to add machines to AD. Please set HOST, DOMAIN, ADUSERNAME, and ADPASS to match the information for your domain.

You can edit the script to take out the M before '$SN', or you can append anything else you'd like onto it, such as an asset take or location. Note: the template we are using to name our Macs is the letter 'M' followed by the serial number. Here is a script we are using as a post-installation task to enable SSH, set the computer name, and then join the computer to our Active Directory managed domain.

Add mac to active directory domain