Binding and Unbinding to Active Directory from Mac OS via Command Line

• Open the Terminal Application
• Type in sudo -i and type in your Mac Administrator account password. sudo gives you root level or administrator level privileges.

To View current Active Directory Settings

dsconfigad -show

To Unbind a Computer from an Active Directory Domain

dsconfigad -remove -username <username> -password <password> [-localuser <localadmin> -localpassword <localpass>]

Note: <username> needs to be replaced with domain administrator who has binding/unbinding rights.

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To Bind a Mac Laptop Computer to an Active Directory Domain

<computer-name> --> replace this with the computer name you want to bind to Active Directory
<username> --> needs to be replaced with domain administrator who has binding/unbinding rights.
<domain> --> replace with domain you want to join.

dsconfigad -add <domain> -computer <computer-name> -username <username> -password <password> -ou "CN=Computers,DC=network,DC=example,DC=com" [-force] [-localuser <localadmin> -localpassword <localpass>] -mobile enable -mobileconfirm enable -localhome enable -useuncpath enable -protocol smb -groups "Domain Admins,Enterprise Admins" -alldomains enable -packetsign require -packetencrypt require

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To Bind a Mac Desktop Computer to an Active Directory Domain

<computer-name> --> replace this with the computer name you want to bind to Active Directory
<username> --> needs to be replaced with domain administrator who has binding/unbinding rights.
<domain> --> replace with domain you want to join.

dsconfigad -add <domain> -computer <computer-name> -username <username> -password <password> -ou "CN=Computers,DC=network,DC=example,DC=com" [-force] [-localuser <localadmin> -localpassword <localpass>] -localhome enable -useuncpath enable -protocol smb -groups "Domain Admins,Enterprise Admins" -alldomains enable -packetsign require -packetencrypt require