- Connect mac to windows domain host cannot be found password#
- Connect mac to windows domain host cannot be found Pc#
If you are getting ‘invalid domain’ it sounds like your iMac can’t find the domain, give this a try – open a Terminal session on your iMac and try to ping your domain (i.e.
Sorry for the delayed response on this – I have not worked much with Server 2008 (it is on my to-do list) so I am not sure how much help I can be of help here.
Connect mac to windows domain host cannot be found password#
If all goes ok you should be prompted to provide a username and password to access the share.
Connect mac to windows domain host cannot be found Pc#
Where Workstation is the name of the PC you are trying to connect to and Share is the name of the shared folder on that PC. In the Server Address location enter the name of the PC and share that you are attempting to connect to: To connect to a share on a PC you will need to go to ‘GO’ on the ‘Finder’ tool bar and select ‘Connect to Server’. Now if you trying to connect to a Windows WORKGROUP that will be a bit more challenging as you will need to have an account on each of the systems that you try to access with your Mac assuming some type of user security. Once you Mac is in your Company’s Domain you should be able to browse the network and connect to any share that you have permissions to. There you will need to click on Directory Servers (should be the default), click on the ‘+’ select ‘Active Directory’ as the directory type and provide the name of your Windows Domain (you will need to get this from your Network Admin), enter a computer ID (again I would get this from your Network Admin so as to maintain proper network naming conventions), finally you will need an account that has permission to add a workstation to the Domain, normally any authenticated user has that right though I would recommend that you have your Network Admin join you Mac into the Domain using the ‘administrator’ account. Unlock the utility (you will need to have admin rights to your Mac)
To do this will need to use ‘Directory Utility’ located as follows:Ĭlick on ‘Finder’ then go to ‘Applications’Īpplication -> Utilities -> Directory Utility I am going to assume that you are connecting to a Windows Domain – if so the easiest way to connect is to join your Mac to the Windows Domain.
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