Oct 29, '07 05:50:00PM • Contributed by: rootryan
If your Mac is bound to Active Directory (AD), make sure you unbind it before upgrading. Also make sure you have a local admin account (that was not created via AD) beforehand. I had a tough time with a Mac here -- the only account on the machine was created through authenticating via AD. In case this happens to someone else, and they find this, here's a fix:
Start up in single user mode (power on while holding Command-S) and enable the root account by giving it a password (by typing passwd and entering a password). Then reboot and log in as root. Once you've logged in (it was very slow for me), go into Directory Utility (/Applications » Utilities) and you will see the AD entry listed there.
For me it showed as connected, but was not getting the proper info. Unbind it, and as soon as it's done, you should see an immediate improvement. I was not able to log into my old account; I had to create a new (local) one, and then transfer the old home folder to my new one. I think I added that hint before, but here it is again, in case I didn't:
Create new user newuseraccount. In Terminal, do:
$ sudo -s (enter password)
$ cd /Users
$ rm -rf newuseraccount
$ mv olduseraccount newuseraccount
$ chown -R newuseraccount:staff newuseraccount
That's it -- good luck!
