just received my first group of parent controls incompatabilities. Thank
you all for your great suggestions and for taking the time to lend a helping
hand. I have decided to get the mac server in order to pair OD/AD, resolve
home directories, and manage print queues. I will also be setting it up as
a task server for ARD. I have to say, at first I wasn't too thrilled with
apple's native network management options. I have been pleasantly surprised
with the ARD ease of use and overall functionality and I am thrilled to be
getting a mac server now to complete the circle.
Thanks again for everyones input - I can't tell you how helpful you have all
been to a mac newbie. I hope others have found this helpful as well. Also
a huge thanks to this forum as a resource - this was my first posting and
the response was incredible. I will do my best to add in my two cents
whenever I feel I can be helpful.
Have a great school year everyone!
-Rick
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Jason Johnson <jasonpj@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You will be much happier (though it is hard to prove a negative) if you
> invest in a bulked up mini as a server but .......
>
>
> A good step by step with common problems for connecting a stand alone mac
> to AD. I will say your Windows environment really needs to be by the book
> for this to work well. This can create further tension between mac and PC
> support staff because it can highlight cases where perhaps best practices
> have not been followed (or they are disputed) on the Windows side.
>
> http://www.trioro.com/tech_blog/2008/01/connecting-mac-to-active-directory.html
>
> This will probably be all you need for print queues depending on your
> windows server. The resources I mentioned earlier also have a good deal of
> info.
>
> http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/winprtque/apple/index.html?s=301
>
> I would not recommend trying to do a one-to-one program without print
> queues. Printing directly to printers (especially one share by many users)
> creates a good deal of unhappiness by students and teachers because there is
> no rhyme or reason to the order things print, just whoever's request
> happened to hit when the printer finished its last job. Even worse is the
> that very few will remember to wait until the job has printed before closing
> their laptop leading to stuck local queues, and accidental reprints the next
> time the laptop is opened because the job is being spooled directly from the
> computer.
>
>
>
> _J
>
> ____________________________
> Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rick Castorani <rcastorani@aimpa.org>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 5:29:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Managing Macs in a Windows Environments
>
> That is a great point about backing up and transferring the students work.
> Also, $900 + server software sounds much more feasible to get my hands on
> than requesting an xserver (which I would probably only use about 10% of
> anyway).
>
> Jason, is there any way you can expand on what you said about AD access and
> print queues being configured locally without third part soft? I will be
> calling our apple rep on monday to discuss these options but I prefer doing
> my homework ahead of time and would greatly appreciate a point in the right
> direction. I have been checking out the links you mentioned previously and
> there is some absolutely great information there. I found this kind of
> thing for mapping drives which is more of what I'm used to:
> http://deploystudio.wikispaces.com/OS+X+10.5+Login+Hooks. Thanks again to
> everyone, your input has been invaluable.
>
> Rick Castorani
> Academy in Manayunk
>
>
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