[JoshXotic]

Hello! I am looking for a FAQ on how to best integrate Mac users into a large office environment. Best practices, how-tos. Things such as working with an Exchange server (Entourage would be fine), file sharing, proxy servers that require authentication, etc.

I have just started a project to document how the 12" PB would work in our environment. My Mac OS experience is counted in hours at this point. In the first few hours I had Firefox, GIMP (and X11), and a few other things installed, and was very happy. I am having some problems with Entourage. File sharing is great but I can't seem to get a password to cache. I did try changing my Short Name to my Windows account which helped (although Firefox no longer works), but passwords will not cache.

If I can document a "positive experience", we would allow certain users to utilize the 12" PB. So far the only drawback I see is the lack of a docking station (please do not suggest the bookendz, grin).

Thank you SO much for your help!

Josh

[cpac]

I recall having problems getting my SMB passwords to cache as well, though I haven't been using my Powerbook in a windows environment for a while. If the problem is still a bug in Panther (10.3), it may well be fixed with the release of Tiger (10.4) in the next few months.

Anyway, as a more general help, Apple provides the following info:

http://www.apple.com/business/mac_pc/

There are a fair number of links and tutorials available from that page, and we're all more than willing to help with specific problems/questions.

Welcome to Macintosh, and heartfelt best of luck with opening up your office environment to Mac use...

[larkost]

As cpac indicated, SMB passwords have problems making their way into the keychain. There are a few solutions over at MacOs X Hints (search for smb password), some of them being shell- or apple-scripts. We can hope that this will be solved in 10.4 (there is major work going on in the SMB layer, especially in 10.4 Server, so there is a real chance).

You might also want to check out MacEnterprise.org as they have a number of articles in that general direction. But they are a little more focused on large installations.

[JoshXotic]

Great, thanks for your help!