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		cyberax 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Dependency Has Risks AD is one of the few good MS projects. But you can use it with Macs and Linux just fine! Just keep a couple of Windows servers running AD, and migrate everything else.

p_ing 6 months ago [–]

Apple doesn't recommend joining Macs to AD -- their implementation is awful, along with their SMB implementation.

But it is technically possible.

xcrunner529 6 months ago | [–]

The new way is local account with synced password and Kerberos.

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